Cleburne County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Cleburne County

County Courthouse
Cleburne County Courthouse 120 Vickery Street, Heflin, AL 36264, Phone:(205) 463-2651

Probate Judge has birth and death records 1911-1921 Marriage and probate records from 1867 and land recrods from 1884

Parent County
1866--Cleburne County was created 6 December 1866 from Calhoun, Randolph and Talladega Counties. County seat: Heflin

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Carroll County, Georgia
 * Cherokee
 * Clay
 * Haralson County, Georgia
 * Polk County, Georgia
 * Randolph
 * Talladega

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Marriage

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


 * 1867-1893, 1938-1954 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.


 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry– ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.


 * 1867-1881, 1936–1969  Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry– ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.


 * 1867-1880  "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920"at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free


 * 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry– ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.


 * 1908–1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry– ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Cleburne County has one book.

Libraries
Public Library of Anniston - Calhoun County 108 E. 10th St. Anniston, Alabama 36201 Telephone: 256-237-8501
 * Their Alabama Room collections include local history and genealogical records of Cleburne County.

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