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 Records
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 ($).

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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


 * Marengo County Marriages at ALGenWeb - free

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. Marengo County has three books, with working links to two:


 * Book 2
 * Book 3

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)