Randolph County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Randolph County

County Courthouse
Randolph County Courthouse P O Box 249 Wedowee, Al 36278 Phone: 256-357-4933

Probate Judge has birth and death records from 1886 marriage records from 1896, land and probate records from 1897 and military pensions 1904-1909

Parent County
1832--Randolph County was created 18 December 1832 from the Creek Cession of 1832. County seat: Wedowee

Record Loss
1896 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll County, Georgia
 * Chambers
 * Clay
 * Cleburne
 * Heard County, Georgia
 * Tallapoosa
 * Troup County, Georgia

Census

 * Gandrud, Pauline Jones. 1840 Federal Census of Randolph County, Alabama. 1947. Digital version at - free.

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Randolph County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2011. 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..

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Randoolph County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Nearly 14,000 Randolph County births.

Marriage

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

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. More than 5,000 Randolph County deaths and burials.


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

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

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