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Alabama Vital Records include birth, marriage, divorce, and death registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or extract of the original record may be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/alabama.htm Alabama Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office where the event occurred. An overview of [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] offers additional insight into researching vital records in general. | Alabama Vital Records include birth, marriage, divorce, and death registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or extract of the original record may be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/alabama.htm Alabama Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office where the event occurred. An overview of [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] offers additional insight into researching vital records in general. | ||
== African American | == Minorities == | ||
==== African American ==== | |||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Minorities African-American research] in [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Alabama Alabama] falls into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of the same record used to research non–African-Americans. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Slavery_and_Bondage Pre-Civil War slavery research] consists of '''slave importation declarations''', '''plantation records''', '''emancipation records''', '''apprenticeship bonds for freedmen''', [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Census census records], plantation owners’ family records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Church_Records church] records, cemetery records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Military_Records military records], probate and court records. | [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Minorities African-American research] in [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Alabama Alabama] falls into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of the same record used to research non–African-Americans. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Slavery_and_Bondage Pre-Civil War slavery research] consists of '''slave importation declarations''', '''plantation records''', '''emancipation records''', '''apprenticeship bonds for freedmen''', [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Census census records], plantation owners’ family records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Church_Records church] records, cemetery records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Military_Records military records], probate and court records. | ||
==== Alabama Indians ==== | |||
When researching [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Indians_of_Alabama Alabama Indians], it is important to identify the tribe to which an ancestor may have have belonged. Most [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Indians_of_North_America North American Indian] records are arranged either by tribal name or by locality of residence. | |||
== Birth Records == | == Birth Records == | ||