This collection of records at FamilySearch consists of marriage records from Madison County Alabama. While the index provides records up to 1973, the actual marriage records only go to 1951. To help users better understand and access these free records, I have created this page.
These are called “county marriages” as they were recorded by the county, not the state, and they can be found within the county’s records. As can be found across the South, these records were not always recorded for blacks and when recorded were often done so in a different book.
You will need to be registered with FamilySearch to access these free records. Some of the records are searchable, but not all. It’s important that if you do not get results from the search, but you think your ancestor was married in a Bullock County, that you then use the links below to access digital images of the marriage volumes directly.
Marriage Records
These records are held at the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama. Each volume is individually indexed. The marriage licenses are arranged chronologically (in most cases), and may provide ages, height and weight, nativity, occupation, religion, residence and number of marriages.
Both the index S-Z and the records v1-v2 are currently unable to be viewed online. I expect that has to do with permissions for what else is on those microfilms.
Index
- Marriage records general index A-G 1810-1928
- Marriage records general index H-R 1810-1928
- Marriage records general index S-Z 1810-1928, Item 1
Currently unable to be viewed. - Marriage records general index v. 1 A-D 1928- 1973, Item 2
- Marriage records general index v. 2 E-H (Harris, Walter James) (p. 1-147) 1928-1973, Item 3
- Marriage records general index v. 2 H-K (Harris, Walter J.) (p. 147-end) 1928-1973, Item 1
- Marriage records general index v. 3 L-R 1928- 1973
- Marriage records general index v. 4 S-Z 1928- 1973
Mixed Marriages
- Marriage records v. 1-2 1809-1820, items 2-3
Marriage record vol. 1 has 2 sets of page numbers, one handwritten, one stamped. The numbers used in the index correspond to the last 3 digits of the stamped numbers. Currently unable to be viewed. - Marriage records v. 3-3E 1820-1831
- Marriage records v. 4-4A 1831-1853
- Marriage records v. 4B-5 (p. 1-1113) 1853-1871
- Marriage records v. 5 (p. 1114-end)-7 (p. 1-499) 1871-1874
- Marriage records v. 7 (p. 496-end)-9 (p. 1-501) 1874-1878
- Marriage records v. 9 (p. 498-end)-11 1878-1881
- Marriage records v. 12-13 1881-1885
- Marriage records v. 14-15 1885-1888
- Marriage records v. 16-17 1888-1892
- Marriage records v. 18-19 1890-1893
- Marriage records v. 20-21 1893-1896
- Marriage records v. 22-23 1896-1898
- Marriage records v. 24-25 1898-1900
- Marriage records v. 26-27 1900-1902
- Marriage records v. 28-29 1902-1904
- Marriage records v. 30-31 1904-1906
- Marriage records v. 32-33 1906-1908
- Marriage records v. 34-35 (p. 1-569) 1908-1910
- Marriage records v. 35 (p. 564-end)-37 (p. 1-559) 1910-1912
- Marriage records v. 37 (p. 556-end)-39 (p. 1-361) 1912-1914
- Marriage records v. 39 (p. 358-end)-40 1914-1915
- Marriage records v. 41-42 1915-1917
- Marriage records v. 43-44 1917-1919
- Marriage records v. 45-46 1919-1921
- Marriage records v. 47-48 1921-1923
- Marriage records v. 49-50 1923-1925
- Marriage records v. 51-52 1925-1927
- Marriage records v. 53 1927-1928, Item 1
- Marriage records v. 54-56 (p. 1-459) 1928-1930
- Marriage records v. 56 (p. 459-end)-59 (p. 1-303) 1930-1932
- Marriage records v. 59 (p. 303-end)-62 (p. 1-133) 1932-1935
- Marriage records v. 62 (p. 133-end)-65 (p. 1-475) 1934-1937
- Marriage records v. 92 (p. 265-end)-94 1948-1951 [v. 94 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 95 1950-1951
Colored Marriages
- Marriage records v. 65 (p. 475-end)-68 (p. 1-349) 1936-1940 [v. 66 and 68 “colored”; v. 67 “white”]
- Marriage records v. 68 (p. 349-end)-71 (p. 1-399) 1938-1941 [v. 68 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 71 (p. 399-end)-74 (p. 1-353) 1941-1942 [v. 72 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 74 (p. 353-end)-77 (p. 1-435) 1942-1945 [v. 75 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 77 (p. 435-end)-80 (p. 1-415) 1943-1945 [v. 79 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 80 (p. 415-end)-83 (p. 1-369) 1944-1946 [v. 82 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 89 (p. 279-end)-92 (p. 1-265) 1946-1948 [v. 91 “colored”]
- Marriage records v. 92 (p. 265-end)-94 1948-1951 [v. 94 “colored”]
White Marriages
- Marriage records v. 65 (p. 475-end)-68 (p. 1-349) 1936-1940 [v. 66 and 68 “colored”; v. 67 “white”]
- Marriage records v. 83 (p. 369-end)-86 (p. 1-329) 1944-1946
- Marriage records v. 86 (p. 329-end)-89 (p. 1-279) 1946-1947
Am looking for marriage records for Robert Cooper about 1865. He and his wife had five children in Alabama and it appears that after son’s Charles Augustus Cooper’s birth on March 13, 1879, Robert’s wife died as he and his children emigrated to Texas. There was a Mrs. Unk Cooper died March 17, 1879, buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It is thought that her last name was Mayfield or Cannon. Should you have any knowledge on these events, it would be so appreciated if you could contact me. Thank you!
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In Madison County, Alabama I am researching Stewarts, McClures, McCombs, Herberts and Arnolds. Thank you for including me.