Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Geneva County

County Courthouse
GENEVA COUNTY, 200 North Commerce Street Geneva, AL 36340, Phone: (334) 684-5620

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1898 and military discharge records from 1890 Clerk Circuit Court has court recrods from 1923 and divorce records.&lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Geneva County p. 37. ; .&lt;/ref&gt;

Parent County
1868--Geneva County was created 26 December 1868 from Dale, Henry and Coffee Counties. County seat: Geneva

Record Loss
1898 -- 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

 * Coffee
 * Covington
 * Dale
 * Holmes County, Florida
 * Houston
 * Jackson County, Florida
 * Walton County, Florida

Land

 * Pre-1908 Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Tract Book

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dothan Alabama
 * Dothan, Alabama
 * Enterprise Alabama
 * Enterprise, Alabama

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)