Etowah County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Etowah County

County Courthouse
Etowah County Courthouse 800 Forrest Avenue Gadsden, AL 35901 Phone: (256) 549-5429

Probate Judge has marriage divorce, probate and land records from 1867

Parent County
1866--Etowah County was created 7 December 1866 from Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshal and St. Clair Counties. It was formerly Baine County, which was abolished 3 December 1867, and re-etablished 1 December 1868. County seat: Gadsden

Neighboring Counties

 * Blount
 * Calhoun
 * Cherokee
 * De Kalb
 * Marshall
 * Saint Clair

Biographies

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

Cemeteries

 * Alabama City Cemetery
 * Altoona Cemetery
 * Altoona-Walnut Grove Cemetery
 * Armstrong Cemetery
 * Beth Israel Cemetery
 * Bethlehem Cemetery
 * Beulah Cemetery
 * Brasher Cemetery
 * Bristow Cemetery
 * Butler Cemetery
 * Carnes Cemetery
 * Cave Spring Cemetery
 * Conn Cemetery
 * Cornelius Cemetery
 * Cox Cemetery
 * Crestwood Memorial Cemetery
 * Croft Cemetery
 * Dillard Cemetery
 * Duck Springs Cemetery
 * Forrest Cemetery
 * Gallant Cemetery
 * Gilland Cemetery
 * Greenwood Cemetery
 * Hibbs Cemetery
 * Howelton Cemetery
 * Hughes Cemetery
 * Ivalee Cemetery
 * Jordan Cemetery
 * Leath Cemetery
 * Lebanon Cemetery
 * Lee Cemetery
 * Lee Family Cemetery
 * Macedonia Cemetery
 * Mauldin Cemetery
 * McCartney Cemetery
 * Mizell Cemetery
 * Moody Cemetery
 * Moodys Chapel Cemetery
 * Morton Chapel Cemetery
 * Mount Pisgah Cemetery
 * Mount Tabor Cemetery
 * New Bethel Cemetery
 * Noble Hill Cemetery
 * Patrick Cemetery
 * Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
 * Pine Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 * Rainbow Memorial Gardens
 * Red Hill Cemetery
 * Robbins Cemetery
 * Sardis Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Trasher Cemetery
 * Tillison Cemetery
 * Upton Cemetery
 * Walls Chapel Cemetery
 * Webb Cemetery
 * Whitesboro Cemetery
 * Youngs Chapel Cemetery


 * Etowah County, Alabama Cemetery Records. 1943. Includes Alabama City Cemetery, Attalla Cemetery, Baptist Church Cemetery, Beth Israel Cemetery, Bethany Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Fairview Church Cemetery, Garner Cemetery, Hokes Bluff Cemetery, McCauley Chapel Cemetery, Moragne Cemetery, Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Noble Cemetery, Pine Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Hill South Methodist Church Cemetery, Reed Cemetery, Tillison Cemetery, Turkeytown Methodist Church Cemetery, Union Hill Cemetery, Whorton's Bend Cemetery. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Additional Etowah County cemetery records are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Gadsen

Directories

 * 1931 - Miller's Gadsden City Directory 1931. Digital version at - free.

Local Histories

 * Barnes, Joe. History of Hokes Bluff, Alabama, and Eastern Etowah County. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Probate Records

 * 1830-1976 - Probate Records, 1830-1976 at  - free.

Vital Records

 * Etowah County Vital Records at ALGenWeb - free.

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. Etowah County has one book.

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Gadsden Alabama
 * 2001 Noccalula Rd Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States Phone: 256-546-0746 Hours: W 3:30pm-6:30pm
 * Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library
 * Dwight &amp; Cabot Ave Gadsen, Etowah, Alabama 35902 Phone: 256-490-4683
 * Hours: Thur 10am-3pm; 2nd Thur of the month open till 8pm

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