Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy
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United States
Alabama
Monroe County
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
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 [1]
History[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1815--Monroe County was created 29 June 1815 from Washington County and the Creek Cession of 1814.
County seat: Monroeville [2]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
1833--A courthouse fire destroyed all records.
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
African-American[edit | edit source]
- see obituary abstracts from the African-American newspaper, The Eagle, in the Newspaper section below
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1820 | 8,838 | ||
| 1830 | 8,782 | −0.6% | |
| 1840 | 10,680 | 21.6% | |
| 1850 | 12,013 | 12.5% | |
| 1860 | 15,667 | 30.4% | |
| 1870 | 14,214 | −9.3% | |
| 1880 | 17,091 | 20.2% | |
| 1890 | 18,990 | 11.1% | |
| 1900 | 23,666 | 24.6% | |
| 1910 | 27,155 | 14.7% | |
| 1920 | 28,884 | 6.4% | |
| 1930 | 30,070 | 4.1% | |
| 1940 | 29,465 | −2.0% | |
| 1950 | 25,732 | −12.7% | |
| 1960 | 22,372 | −13.1% | |
| 1970 | 20,883 | −6.7% | |
| 1980 | 22,651 | 8.5% | |
| 1990 | 23,968 | 5.8% | |
| 2000 | 24,324 | 1.5% | |
| 2010 | 23,068 | −5.2% | |
For tips on accessing Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy census records online, see: Alabama Census.
Church[edit | edit source]
Court[edit | edit source]
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy see:
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Monroe County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2009. 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. FHL Book 976.125 E7b.
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
- Obituaries & Death Notices published in The Eagle, 1891-1914 - an African-American newspaper of the county. Provided via Afrigeneas.com
Probate[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- 1816 - Inhabitants of Alabama in 1816. Broken Arrow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1955. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free. Includes Monroe County.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 1881-1930 - Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1816-1957 - Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1881-1952 - Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
- 1908-1974 - Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Family History Center
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- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Monroe Alabama
- 430 Goodway Road
Goodway, Monroe, Alabama, United States
Phone: 251-862-2937
- 430 Goodway Road
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- Monroe County, ALGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
- 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.
- Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)