Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Coffee County

County Courthouse
Coffee County Courthouse 230 N. Court Ave Elba, AL 36323 Phone: (334) 347-2519

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1877 and land records from early 1800's Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

County seats: Elba and Enterprise

Record Loss
1851 and 1863 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Covington
 * Crenshaw
 * Dale
 * Geneva
 * Pike

Biographies

 * Clay 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 Barbour County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2010. 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..

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

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

Family History Center
Enterprise Alabama


 * 110 Shell Field Rd Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-347-3631
 * Hours: Tues &amp; Thurs 10 am -2pm Wed 4pm-8pm; other times by appt. Closures: Closed on Holidays

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