Houston County, Alabama Genealogy

Guide to Houston County, Alabama ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named after George Smith Houston, a Governor of Alabama. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Houston County Courthouse 114 North Oats Street PO Drawer 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 Phone: 334-677-4800 Houston County Website Health Department has birth, death and burial records Probate Office has marriage, probate and land records from 1903 Clerk Circuit Court has court records from 1903 Registrar in Chancery has divorce records from 1903

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.

Cemeteries
The following web site has additional information on Houston county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Alabama cemetery records by county.

Census Records
State Census


 * 1866 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Directories
Houston County, Alabama Online Historical Directories - identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online on both and pay-to-access websites.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Civil War World War I
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 Civil War Service Database at Alabama Department of Archives and History - index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1871-1880 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1880-1930  at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Service Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Gold Star Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945  at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1966 Alabama Active Military Service Reports at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

Newspapers

 * 1908-15, 1926, 1928-36, 1943-51 The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Ala.) at Ancestry $


 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1985 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Vital Records

 * Houston County Vital Records at ALGenWeb

Birth

 * 1881-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1881-1930 - at FamilySearch — index, and some images - How to Use this Collection

Marriage

 * 1733-2013 Alabama, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1920 Alabama Marriages
 * 1809-1920 (Selected Counties)] at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1816-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1903-1931 Houston County Marriage Books 1-8 Index 1903-1931 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1936-1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry $
 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry $

Death

 * 1881-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1881-1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry $
 * 1881-1974 Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1974 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - How to Use this Collection
 * 1908-1974 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1908-1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1959 Alabama Deaths1908-59 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Dothan Alabama Family History Center

Libraries
Troy University-Dothan Campus P. O. Box 8368 Dothan, AL 36304 334-983-6556 ext. 327 Website

Houston Houston-Love Memorial Library 212 W Burdeshaw St. P.O. Box 1369 Dothan, Alabama 36303 334-793-9767 Website

Dothan Houston Library Main Branch 445 North Oates Street Dothan, AL 36303 Phone: (334) 793-9767 Website

Dothan Houston Library Ashford Branch 305 6th Avenue Ashford, AL 36312 Phone: 334-899-3121

Dothan Houston Library Westgate Branch 535 Recreation Road Dothan, AL 36303 Phone: 334-699-2950

Societies
Southeast Alabama Genealogical and Historical Society P. O. Box 246 Dothan, AL 36302-0246 334-794-8378
 * Publications: Wiregrass Roots SEAGHS Magazine

Websites

 * 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.
 * Houston County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Houston County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
 * Houston Co. AL
 * United States Resources: Alabama
 * Al Gen Web