Autauga County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    Autauga County

County Courthouse


Autauga County Courthouse 135 N Court Street Suite B Prattville, AL 36067 Phone: (334) 358-6700

Judge of Probate has probate, land and military record Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and Court Record Record Office has marriage from early 1800's, Health Department has birth and Death Records

Quick History
Wikipedia

Parent County
21 Nov 1818: Autauga County was created from Montgomery County. 1819-1831: Washington was the county seat. 1831-1868: Kingston was the county seat. since 12 December 1868: Prattville has been the county seat to this day.

Cities
Millbrook | Prattville

Towns
Autaugaville | Billingsley

Unincorporated communities
Bethel Grove | Bonita | Booth | Dosterville | Forester | New Prospect

Neighboring Counties
Chilton | Dallas | Elmore | Lowndes | Montgomery

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Alabama Minorities has information specific to Alabama African Americans.

Biographies

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

Cemeteries
http://www.interment.net/us/al/autauga.htm

By selecting the above link, you will find the following cemeteries:

Interment.net:


 * Bethel Baptist Cemetery
 * Boone Chapel Cemetery
 * Jones Baptist Cemetery
 * Liberty Baptist Cemetery
 * Marbury Baptist Cemetery
 * Milton Baptist Cemetery
 * Pleasant Valley Cemetery
 * Wadsworth Baptist Cemetery

BillionGraves


 * Coles Cemetery, Billingsley
 * Daniel Pratt Cemetery, Prattville
 * Indian Grave, Billingsly
 * Memory Gardens Cemetery, Prattville
 * Oak Hill Cemetery, Prattville
 * Water Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Prattville

Additional Autauga County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Census
Searchable 1830 Census Index

Searchable 1840 Census Index

Searchable 1850 Census index by beats. Link to Beat Map.

Black, James M. Autauga County, Alabama 1850 Census. Digital version at - free.

Searchable 1860 Cenus index by beats

Link to Partial 1910 Census

Link to Partial 1910 Census Index, ED 1

Link to Partial 1910 Census Index, ED 2

Court Records
Searchable index of Commioners Court Records

Searchable index of Orphans Court Records

Land and Property
Searchable index of land records

Searchable index of wills and estates records

Maps
Link to historical maps.

Migrations
www.migrations.org/county.php3

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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

Marriage Lookup: searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/autauga/auta-mar.pl

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. Autauga County has two books listed.


 * Book 1
 * Book 2

Societies and Libraries
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alags/

www.autaugaheritage.com/

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