Lowndes County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Lowndes County

County Courthouse
Lowndes County Courthouse Tuskeena Street Hayneville, AL 36040 Phone: (334) 548-2252

Judge of Probate has marriage and land records from 1830, birth and death records from 1879 Probate Records from 1870 and military discharge records from 1919

Parent County
1830--Lowndes County was created 20 January 1830 from Butler, Dallas, and Montgomery Counties. County seat: Hayneville

Neighboring Counties

 * Autauga
 * Butler
 * Crenshaw
 * Dallas
 * Montgomery
 * Wilcox

Biography

 * Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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..

Research Guides

 * Inventory of the County Archives of Alabama: Lowndes County. Birmingham, Ala.: The Project, 1939. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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


 * Marriages at ALGenWeb - free

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