Marengo County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Marengo County

County Courthouse
Marengo County Courthouse 101 East Coats Avenue Linden, AL 36748 Phone: (334) 295-2219

Probate Judge has marriage, probate and land records Registrat in Chancery has divorce records Clerk circuit Court has court records

Parent County
1818--Marengo County was created 6 February 1818 from the Choctaw Cession of 1816. County seat: Linden

Record Loss
1848 and 1965 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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

https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Burned_Counties_Research

http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Choctaw
 * Clarke
 * Dallas
 * Greene
 * Hale
 * Perry
 * Sumter
 * Wilcox

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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Magnolia

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Marengo County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2008. 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..

Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War service men from Marengo County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Marengo County.


 * - 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, Company F

Probate Records

 * Inventory of the County Archives of Alabama: Marengo County. Birmingham, Ala.: The Project, 1940. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Demopolis Alabama
 * 600 US Hwy 80 West Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-289-2660 Hours: Th 1:30 pm-3:30pm; and by appointment

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