Alabama Lost/Missing Records

When record loss occurs there is usually an attempt to reconstruct the records. Land records are reconstructed to establish clear or legal title and for tax purposes.

Nearly half of the counties in Alabama have had burned courthouses. A number of them have burned several times. However, not all records were lost.

Alabama Counties Lost or Missing Records

County Year(s) of Record Loss
Butler April 1853	Coosa 1900	Franklin 1890	Limestone 1862	Pickens 1864, 1876
Calhoun 1861, 1865	Covington 1895	Geneva 1898	Marengo 1848, 1965	Pike 1830
Cherokee 1882	Dale 1895	Greene 1868	Marion 1883, 1887	Randolph 1869
Coffee/Elba 1877	Escambia 1868	Jackson 1864, 1920	Mobile 1823, 1840, 1872	Sumter 1901
Conecuh 1868, 1875 1885, 1895	Fayette 1866, 1916	Jefferson 1870	Monroe 1832, 1833	Walker 1865, 1868 1877, 1932