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== Death Records  ==
== Death Records  ==


'''Early - 1908'''  
'''Before 1881'''  


<br>
No deaths were recorded by government agencies. See '''Substitute Records''' below.
 
'''1881 to 1908'''
 
Starting in 1881, the State of Alabama required individual counties to register deaths. Because most counties were slow to comply, not all deaths were recorded. In addition, many records from this time period are missing or were destroyed. To obtain copies of death records from this time period, contact the County Court where the death occurred. (Microfilmed copies of county death records for some Alabama Counties are also available through [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityrelated&columns=*%2C0%2C0&subject=356&subject_disp=Alabama FamilySearch].)


'''January 1908 - Present'''  
'''January 1908 - Present'''  


The [http://www.adph.org/vitalrecords/ Alabama Center for Health Statistics] began filing death certificates in January of&nbsp;1908 for persons who died in Alabama. Death Certificates contain&nbsp;personal information on the deceased from an informant, usually a relative. The information was&nbsp;sent to the county clerk, who sent a copy to the state. <br>
Starting in January of 1908, Alabama State Law required the registration of all deaths occuring within the state of Alabama. Copies of death certificates were filed with the [http://www.adph.org/vitalrecords/ Alabama Center for Health Statistics]. Information found on a death certificate is reported by an informant (usually a relative) and may or may not be accurate. To obtain copies of original birth records, contact the [http://adph.org/vitalrecords/Default.asp?id=1560 Alabama Department of Public Health]. <br>  


{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="550" align="center" border="1"
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" width="550"
|+ '''Information Found on Alabama Death Records'''  
|+ '''Information Found on Alabama Death Records'''  
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="50" | '''Types of Information'''  
| height="50" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Types of Information'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" | '''before - 1908'''  
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''1881 - 1908'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" | '''1908 - present'''
| bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''1908 - present'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Deceased'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Name of Deceased'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date and Place of Death'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Date and Place of Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date and Place of Birth'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Date and Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Age at Death'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Age at Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Marital Status/Name of Spouse'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Marital Status/Name of Spouse'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Parents' Names'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Parents' Names'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Informant'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Name of Informant'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Occupation and Education of Deceased'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Occupation and Education of Deceased'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Whether Deceased was a Veteran'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Whether Deceased was a Veteran'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" |
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Deceased's Social Security Number'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Deceased's Social Security Number'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" |
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Cause of Death'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Cause of Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date and Place of Burial'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Date and Place of Burial'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|-
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Funeral Home'''  
| height="25" bgcolor="#66cccc" align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" | '''Funeral Home'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''x'''
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''x'''
|}
|}


<br>'''Resources for Alabama Death Records'''  
<br>'''Resources for Alabama Death Records'''  


*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama%2C_United_States_-_Online_Vital_Records Alabama Vital Records Online] has a number of quick links to death indexes for Alabama.  
*For indexes and other available online records, see [[Alabama Vital Records Online|Alabama Vital Records Online]].  
*Alabama Statewide Deaths from 1908-1974 are available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307888;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Record Search]
*Alabama. Department of Health. ''Death Records&nbsp;from 1908 to 1974&nbsp;and Death Indexes from 1908 to 1959''.&nbsp;Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1993-2000. (Starting [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=683729&disp=Alabama+deaths%2C+1908-1974%3B+index+t++ FHL Film 1,909,110]; also available on FamilySearch [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307888;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Record Search])<br>
*The [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Social_Security_Death_Index_%28SSDI%29 Social Security Death Index] (SSDI) is&nbsp;online&nbsp;and contains records of deaths for those who had social security numbers and the death was reported to the United States Social Security Administration. Most records start in 1962, but the file does contain a few records of deaths from 1942 until 1961.<br>
 
The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] has microfilms of statewide [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=683729&disp=Alabama+deaths%2C+1908-1974%3B+index+t++ Death Records&nbsp;from 1908 to 1974]&nbsp;and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=683729&disp=Alabama+deaths%2C+1908%2D1974%3B+index+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Death Indexes from 1908 to 1959]&nbsp;that may be viewed at a nearby&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center].
 
Alabama. Department of Health (Montgomery, Alabama). ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=683729 Deaths, 1908–1972; Index to Deaths, 1908–1969]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1993.


== Minorities  ==
== Minorities  ==
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