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<h3> Repositories </h3>

<p>Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, and local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, and place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may be able to provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees.  

</p><p>Many archives and libraries have helpful sources for locating information about Alabama, such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids. They frequently have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids, such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state. Archives and libraries near state boundaries usually collect records relating to the adjacent states.  

</p><p>The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers:  

</p><p><img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/8/8d/Alabama_Department_of_Archives_and_History.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Alabama Department of Archives and History.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="300" alt="Alabama Department of Archives and History.jpg" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 300;" /><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Alabama Department of Archives and History">Alabama Department of Archives and History</a></b><br>624 Washington Avenue<br>Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 <br>Telephone: 334-242-4435 <br>Fax: 334-240-3433<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:n.dupree@archives.alabama.gov">n.dupree@archives.alabama.gov</a><br>The mailing address is:<br>P.O. Box 300100<br>Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 <br><br>  

</p><p>The Department of Archives and History (closed Mondays) has the following records: federal and state censuses; vital records (birth, death, marriage, and divorce); county records (deeds, wills, and other probate records); land, military, and military discharge records (DD214s); surname files; city directories; African-American records (Reconstruction to the present); American Indian records; and immigration and naturalization records.<br>  

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)">National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)</a></b><img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/e/e7/NARA_Atlanta.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="NARA Atlanta.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="130" alt="NARA Atlanta.jpg" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 130;" /><br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto://atlanta.archives@nara.gov/">atlanta.archives@nara.gov</a> <br><br>  

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Dallas Public Central Library">Dallas Public Central Library</a></b>

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Alabama Historical Association">Alabama Historical Association</a></b>

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Birmingham Public Library">Birmingham Public Library</a></b><img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/8/87/Linn-HenleyResearchLibrary.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Linn-HenleyResearchLibrary.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="130" alt="Linn-HenleyResearchLibrary.jpg" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 130;" /><br>2100 Park Place<br>Birmingham, AL 35203 <br>Telephone: 205-226-3665 <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:jpate@bham.lib.al.us">jpate@bham.lib.al.us</a> <br><br>  

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Samford University Library">Samford University Library</a></b><br>Special Collection Department<br>800 Lakeshore Drive<br>Birmingham, AL 35229<br>Telephone: 205-726-2749<br>Fax: 205-726-2642  

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Mobile Public Library">Mobile Public Library</a></b><img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/a/ab/Mobile_Public_Library_2008.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Mobile Public Library 2008.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="130" alt="Mobile Public Library 2008.jpg" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 130;" /><br>Local History Dept. <br>704 Government Street<br>Mobile, AL 36602-1499 <br>Telephone: 334-208-7093 <br>Fax: 334-208-5866 <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:mpllhg@acan.net">mpllhg@acan.net</a> <br><br>  

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Florence-Lauderdale Public Library">Florence-Lauderdale Public Library</a></b>

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="University of Alabama Libraries">University of Alabama Libraries</a></b> <br> William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library<br>University of Alabama<br>Second Floor<br>Mary Harmon Bryant Hall<br>500 Hackberry Lane<br>Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266 <br>Telephone: 205-348-0500 <br>Fax: 205-348-1699 <br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:archives@bama.ua.edu">archives@bama.ua.edu</a><br>The mailing address is:<br>P.O. Box 870266 <br>Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266  

</p><p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Auburn University Libraries">Auburn University Libraries</a></b><br>Special Collections Department<br>Auburn University Libraries<br>231 Mell Street<br>Auburn University, AL 36849<br>Phone: 334-844-4500 or 800-446-0387<br>The library has a large genealogical collection and a helpful worldwide web site.  

<p><b><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Wallace State College">Wallace State College</a></b>

</p><p>To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Alabama counties, use the 14 inventories of county archives, published by the Historical Records Survey from 1938 to 1942. These were published for: Clay, Colbert, Conecuh, Cullman, Greene, Hale, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Sumter, Talladega, Wilcox, and Winston counties. To access these publications, go to books.google.com and enter "Inventory of the County Archives of Alabama." The Family History Library has the inventories for Colbert, Conecuh, Cullman, Hale, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Marengo, and Talladega counties. To find these in the Family History Library Catalog see:  

<dl><dd>ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

<h3> Courthouse Fires  </h3>

<p><img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/3/30/Fire.png" _fck_mw_filename="Fire.png" _fck_mw_location="left" _fck_mw_width="30" alt="Fire.png" class="fck_mw_left" style="width: 30;" />Fires occurred in many county courthouses. If records are missing , you can often find cemetery records, censuses, church records, newspapers, Bible records, military service and pension records, delayed birth certificates, or records in neighboring counties that have similar information. See <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Burned Counties Research">Burned Counties Research</a>. Sometimes landowners registered their deeds after a courthouse fire. The following list shows when Alabama courthouses were damaged by fire: <br><br>  

<ul><li><ul><li>Baker 1870  

</li><li>Butler 1853  

</li><li>Calhoun 1861, 1865  

</li><li>Cherokee 1882  

</li><li>Chilton 1870  

</li><li>Choctaw 1871  

</li><li>Clay 1875  

</li><li>Coffee 1877  

</li><li>Conecuh 1868, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1900  

</li><li>Coosa 1900  

</li><li>Covington 1839, 1847, 1878, 1895  

</li><li>Crenshaw 1898  

</li><li>Dale 1869, 1885  

</li><li>Fayette 1866, 1916  

</li><li>Franklin 1890  

</li><li>Geneva 1898  

</li><li>Greene 1868  

</li><li>Jackson 1864, 1920  

</li><li>Jefferson 1870  

</li><li>Lawrence 1859  

</li><li>Limestone 1862  

</li><li>Marengo 1848, 1965  

</li><li>Marion 1866, 1883  

</li><li>Mobile 1823, 1840, 1872  

</li><li>Monroe 1832  

</li><li>Morgan 1926, 1938  

</li><li>Pickens 1864, 1876  

</li><li>Pike 1828  

</li><li>Randolph 1897  

</li><li>Sumter 1901  

</li><li>Walker 1865, 1877, 1886, 1932  

</li><li>Winston 1891<br>

<p>The above list was compiled from <i>Research in Alabama</i> by Wendy L. Elliott and <i>Researching in Alabama: A Genealogical Guide</i> by Marilyn Davis Barefield.  

<h3> Alabama Online Collections  </h3>

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<ul><li><a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/alabama/society-archive/">Alabama Archives Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies List with links</a>&#160;-&#160;A list of Alabama Archives, Libraries, Museums and Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

</li><li>Howells, Cyndi. “Cyndi's List - United States - Alabama.” In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [Internet site]. Edgewood, Wash.: Cyndi Howells, 1 March 1999 [cited 24 September 2011]. Available at <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/al.htm">www.cyndislist.com/us/al/</a>, this list has links to other Alabama genealogy sites and describes more resources than any other site on the Internet.

</li><li><a href="ALGenWeb">The ALGenWeb Project</a>, an affiliate of <a href="USGenWeb">The USGenWeb Project</a> Available at <a href="http://www.algw.org/">ALGenWeb</a>, this lists genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

</li><li><a href="http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/USA/AL/">United States Web Sites at RootswWeb - Alabama</a> This list of sites and resources includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list. For more information see <a href="Mailing Lists at RootsWeb - Alabama">Mailing Lists at RootsWeb - Alabama</a>

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