Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Monroe County

County Courthouse
Monroe County, Alabama Courthouse Square Monroeville, Al 36461 Phone: 251-743-2283

Courthouse Fire destroyed all records prior to 1833 Probate Judge has marriage probate and land record from 1832 1816 Census of Monroe County published by Monroe Journal Monroeville, Alabama

Parent County
1815--Monroe County was created 29 June 1815 from Washington County and the Creek Cession of 1814. County seat: Monroeville

Record Loss
1833--A courthouse fire destroyed all records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Baldwin
 * Butler
 * Clarke
 * Conecuh
 * Escambia
 * Wilcox

African-American

 * see obituary abstracts from the African-American newspaper, The Eagle, in the Newspaper section below

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of see:


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Monroe County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2009. 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..

Newspapers

 * Obituaries &amp; Death Notices published in The Eagle, 1891-1914 - an African-American newspaper of the county. Provided via Afrigeneas.com

Taxation

 * 1816 - Inhabitants of Alabama in 1816. Broken Arrow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1955. Digital version at - free. Includes Monroe County.


 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Monroe County is in District 1.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * There is a growing list of Monroe County Births that have been submitted by descendants found at ALGenWeb - free.

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


 * Deaths at ALGenWeb - free

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Monroe Alabama
 * 430 Goodway Road Goodway, Monroe, Alabama, United States Phone: 251-862-2937

Web Sites

 * Monroe County, ALGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * 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.
 * Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)