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Lauderdale County, Alabama
Pat M. Mahan, County Coordinator
A Brief Note About Lauderdale County, Alabama
Lauderdale County is located in the extreme northwestern corner of the state. It is bound on the north by the Tennessee counties of Hardin, Wayne, Lawrence, and Giles, and on the east by Limestone County, Alabama. The Tennessee River forms the southern boundary between Lauderdale County and the Alabama counties of Colbert and Lawrence. The western boundary is Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
Lauderdale County, Alabama was created February 6, 1818, by the Alabama Territorial Legislature. It was named for a Tennessean, Lt. Col. James Lauderdale, who died 23 December 1814, from wounds received at the Battle of Talladega. Florence, the county seat, was named by the city's architect, Ferdinand Sannoner, for his home, Florence, Italy. Other towns and communities in Lauderdale County, Alabama are listed here.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
| Queries | Surname List | Mail List | Lookups | Books |
Research Sources in Lauderdale County, AL
Probate Judge's [Court House] address with information regarding copies of their
documents and libraries located in Lauderdale County, AL.
Societies and Organizations Genealogical and Historical Societies that publish material about Lauderdale County, Alabama.
More Sites Related to Lauderdale County, the State of Alabama or of general interest .
Announcements of Family Gatherings Includes family reunions, cemetery decoration days, etc.
The Times Daily The local newspaper.
Towns and Communities of Lauderdale County, AL Maps of each township and range of Lauderdale County, AL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cops and Robbers [Mostly Robbers]
COUNTY COURT RECORDS:
| Chancery Court: | Circuit Court |
| Minute Docket "A" 1839-1859 | Final Record 1825-1826 |
| Record Book "F" 1849-1852 | Circuit Court Records 1843-1850 |
| Circuit Court Records 1850-1855 | |
| Circuit Court Minutes 1856-1860 | |
| Probate Court: | |
| Probate Records - Original records involving anything to do with the estate of a deceased person | Marriages - Marriage records are filed in the Probate Office. |
| Inventory Books - These books are mainly concerned with the inventory of an estate, i.e. personal property. | Inventory
Book A-1, 1818-1822 Inventory Book "A" 1847-1853 Index Inventory Book "B" 1853-1857 Index Inventory Book "C" 1857-1859 Index |
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Land
Records: Deeds are filed in the Probate Office. |
These land records are from the Bureau of Land Management - Government Land Office website. |
Education - The schools and teachers of Lauderdale County, AL
Land Records abstracted from the BLM site. Includes name and date for all townships and ranges in Lauderdale County, AL.
Lauderdale County Family Web Sites created by people doing research on Lauderdale County, AL families.
Lauderdale County Maps Maps of Lauderdale County, by township and range.
Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles
Newspapers A List of newspapers published in Lauderdale County, Alabama and their availability on microfilm in the local libraries.
Original Surname Records [Bible, Deeds, Letters, Marriages, Probate]
Pictures of the Past [Pictures contributed by people with Lauderdale County, AL roots.]
River Travel [Items having to do with travel on the Tennessee River and other waterways in Lauderdale County, Alabama.]
?? Who Am I ?? [Pictures that have not been identified]
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Comments about the ALGenWeb: Richard White,
State Coordinator
Comments about these pages: Pat M.
Mahan, Lauderdale County Coordinator
© Copyright 1998-2008 by Pat M. Mahan
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These pages last updated: 4 May 2008
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