Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Monroe County

County Courthouse
Monroe County, Alabama Courthouse Square Monroeville, Al 36461 Phone: 251-743-2283

Courthouse Fire destroyed all records prior to 1833 Probate Judge has marriage probate and land record from 1832 1816 Census of Monroe County published by Monroe Journal Monroeville, Alabama &lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Monroe County p. 39. ; .&lt;/ref&gt;

Parent County
1815--Monroe County was created 29 June 1815 from Washington County and the Creek Cession of 1814. County seat: Monroeville

Record Loss
1833--A courthouse fire destroyed all records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Baldwin
 * Butler
 * Clarke
 * Conecuh
 * Escambia
 * Wilcox

African-American

 * see obituary abstracts from the African-American newspaper, The Eagle, in the Newspaper section below

Newspapers

 * Obituaries &amp; Death Notices published in The Eagle, 1891-1914 - an African-American newspaper of the county. Provided via Afrigeneas.com

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Monroe Alabama
 * Goodway, Alabama

Web Sites

 * Monroe County, ALGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)