Records that survive
These are the record series from Bibb County that the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) has on microfilm, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps. Most of the original books are still in the county.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Records and Indices · Probate Judge1817–1950
- Marriage Record · Dept. of Archives and History1820–1828
- Records of Birth · Probate Judge1900–1919
- Divorce Record · Circuit Court1907–1930
- Record of Births · Dept. of Archives and History1920–1941
Deeds and land
- Deed Records · Probate Judge1824–1902
- Indices to Real Estate Conveyances · Probate Judge1824–1900
Wills and estates
- Estate Case Files · Probate Judge1815–1924
- Estate Records · Probate Judge1815–1916
- Orphans Court Minutes · Dept. of Archives and History1818–1863
- Administrator Records · Probate Judge1821–1942
- Guardian Records · Probate Judge1823–1930
- Will Records · Probate Judge1900–1935
Military and pensions
- Confederate Pension Records · Probate Judge1865–1930
- Records of Honorable Discharge from Military Service · Probate Judge1921–1956
Tax records
- Poll Tax Records · Probate Judge1892–1917
Elections and voters
- Lists of Registered Voters · Board of Registrars1920–1951
Court records
- Minutes · Orphan's Court1818–1858
- Minutes · Probate Judge1834–1930
- Case Files · Circuit Court1837–1839
- Minutes · Chancery Court1845–1868
- Case Files · Probate Judge1865–1930
- 1898.03 · Probate Judge1898–1900
Schools
- Oath of Enumerator · Probate Judge1910–1934
Other records
- Records · Probate Judge1818–1900
- Bonds of County Officials · Dept. of Archives and History1824–1853
- Fee Book · Dept. of Archives and History1825–1863
- Records · Orphan's Court1846–1851
- Bonds of County Officers and Incorporations · Dept. of Archives and History1853–1889
- Naturalization Record · Circuit Court1907–1912
- Dog Registration Record · Dept. of Archives and History1920
- Dog Registration · Dept. of Archives and History1920–1921
Search ADAH's County Records on Microfilm database
Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History, County Records on Microfilm database. Enter the county's name to see every reel. Alabama's statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1908.
Where to find the records
- Find Bibb County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the probate judge and the circuit clerk.
- The probate judge
In Alabama the probate office keeps most of the records family historians want: deeds, wills, estates, guardianships and marriage licenses. Before 1850 the same work was done by the orphans' court and the county court.
- The circuit clerk
Civil and criminal court cases and divorces. Older divorces and equity suits may be in the records of the chancery court.
- The Alabama Department of Archives and History
In Montgomery: microfilm of county records from every county, Confederate service and pension records, and the surviving state censuses (1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866, with many counties missing).
- ADAH County Records on Microfilmfree
Enter "Bibb" as the county to see every reel of Bibb County records, with the office, record type and dates.
- ADAH: Alabama courthouses destroyed by fire (PDF)free
The counties ADAH lists as losing a courthouse to fire between 1823 and 1965, with the years.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Alabama, Bibb" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Montgomery County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Montgomery County
Later formed partly from Bibb County: Chilton County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1818, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Alabama's probate judges kept deeds as well as wills and estates, so one office holds most of a family's paper trail. For an ancestor who arrived before statehood in 1819, look in the records of the Mississippi Territory (to 1817) and the Alabama Territory (1817–1819) too.