Greene County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Greene County

County Courthouse
Greene County Courthouse 400 Morrow Avenue Eutaw, AL 35462 Phone: (205) 372-3598

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1823, probate records from 1821, land records from 1820 and military discharge records

Parent County
1819--Greene County was created 13 December 1819 from Marengo and Tuscaloosa Counties. County seat: Eutaw

Record Loss
1868 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Hale
 * Marengo
 * Pickens
 * Sumter
 * Tuscaloosa

Biographies

 * Greene County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

Directories

 * 1855-1856 - Snedecor, V. Gayle. 1963 Reprint of Snedecor's 1855-1856 Directory of Greene County, Alabama. Eutaw, Ala., 1963. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War service men from Greene County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Greene County.


 * - 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, Company B

Probate Records

 * 1824-1829 Persons Named in the Greene County, Alabama Orphans Court Record A-L
 * 1824-1829 Persons Named in the Greene County, Alabama Orphans Court Record M-Z
 * 1830-1976 - Probate Records, 1830-1976 at  - free.

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Greene County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

 * 1816-1957 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.


 * 1823–1860 Marriages at ALGenWeb - free

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Green County has 2 books:


 * Book 1
 * Book 2

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * County ALGenWeb~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Greene County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Greene County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)