Hale County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Hale County

County Courthouse


Hale County Courthouse 1001 Main Street, Greensboro, AL 36744 Phone: (334) 624-4334

Probate Judge has marriage, divorce, probate court and land records from 1868

Parent County
1867--Hale County was created 30 January 1867 from Greene, Tuscaloosa, Marengo and Perry Counties. County seat: Greensboro

Neighboring Counties

 * Bibb
 * Greene
 * Marengo
 * Perry
 * Tuscaloosa

Biographies

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

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of see:


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Hale County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. This is a definitive work and can be used as an index to land grants. Digital version at HistoryGeo.com ($). Website includes free surname index..

Local Histories

 * Yerby, William Edward Wadsworth. History of Greensboro, Alabama: From Its Earliest Settlement. Montgomery, Ala.: The Paragon Press, 1908. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Research Guides

 * Inventory of the County Archives of Alabama: Hale County. Birmingham, Ala.: The Project, 1940. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

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.
 * Hale County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Hale County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Hale County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)