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Use this table to determine what records to search to achieve your [[Alabama]] research goal. | |||
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=== | | align="left" | '''1. If you need:''' | ||
| align="left" | '''2. Look first in:''' | |||
| align="left" | '''3. Then search:''' | |||
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| align="left" | Adoptions | |||
| align="left" | Court Records, Vital Records | |||
=== | | align="left" | Probate Records, Census, Obituaries | ||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Age | |||
| align="left" | Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Military Records, Bible Records | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Birth date | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Obituaries, Cemeteries | |||
| align="left" | Church Records, Bible Records, Military Records | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Birthplace | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries | |||
| align="left" | Census, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Boundaries and origins | |||
| align="left" | Maps, Gazetteers | |||
| align="left" | History | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Children | |||
| align="left" | Census, Probate Records, Obituaries | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Obituaries, Biography | |||
| align="left" | History, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="left" | Country of foreign birth | ||
| | | align="left" | Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records | ||
| | | align="left" | Biography, Minorities, Obituaries | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Death information | ||
| | | align="left" | Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries | ||
| align="left" | Probate Records, Church Records, Bible Records | |||
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|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Divorce | ||
| | | align="left" | Divorce Records, Vital Records, Court Records | ||
| align="left" | Newspapers, Census | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Emigration information | ||
| | | align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census | ||
| align="left" | Biography, History, Obituaries | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="left" | Ethnic background | ||
| | | align="left" | Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration | ||
| | | align="left" | Census, Obituaries, Naturalization and Citizenship | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Historical background | ||
| | | align="left" | History, Periodicals, Gazetteers | ||
| align="left" | Maps, Church Records | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Immigration date | ||
| | | align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census | ||
| align="left" | Obituaries, Biography, History | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | Living relatives | | align="left" | Living relatives | ||
| | | align="left" | Obituaries, Probate Records, Directories | ||
| align="left" | Court Records | |||
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| align="left" | Maiden name | |||
| | | align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records | ||
| align="left" | Probate Records, Military Records, Obituaries | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Marriage information | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Bible Records | |||
| align="left" | Obituaries, Probate Records, Military Records | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="left" | Migration information | ||
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Census, Biography | |||
= | | align="left" | History, Land and Property, Maps | ||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Naturalization | |||
| align="left" | Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records | |||
| align="left" | Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="left" | Occupations | ||
| | | align="left" | Census, Directories, Obituaries | ||
| | | align="left" | Land and Property, Biography, History, Probate Records | ||
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| align="left" | | | align="left" | Other family members | ||
| | | align="left" | Census, Obituaries, Probate Records | ||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records | |||
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| align="left" | | | align="left" | Parents | ||
| | | align="left" | Vital Records, Obituaries, Census | ||
| align="left" | Church Records, Biography | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="left" | Physical description | ||
| | | align="left" | Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration | ||
| | | align="left" | Biography, History | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Place-finding aids | ||
| | | align="left" | Maps, Gazetteers, History | ||
| align="left" | Periodicals, Archives and Libraries | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | align="left" | Places of residence | ||
| | | align="left" | Census, Military Records, Obituaries, Vital Records, Church Records | ||
| | | align="left" | Land and Property, Taxation, Voting Registers | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the state | ||
| | | align="left" | Census, Vital Records, Military Records | ||
| align="left" | Land and Property, Obituaries, History | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Previous research | ||
| | | align="left" | Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals | ||
| align="left" | Societies, History, Archives and Libraries | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Record-finding aids | ||
| | | align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Periodicals | ||
| align="left" | Societies, Genealogy, For Further Reading | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Religion | ||
| | | align="left" | Church Records, Vital Records, Obituaries | ||
| align="left" | Biography, History, Cemeteries | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="left" | | | align="left" | Social activities | ||
| | | align="left" | Societies, Obituaries, Biography | ||
| align="left" | Newspapers, History, Cemeteries | |||
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Revision as of 12:29, 19 December 2007
Use this table to determine what records to search to achieve your Alabama research goal.
| 1. If you need: | 2. Look first in: | 3. Then search: |
| Adoptions | Court Records, Vital Records | Probate Records, Census, Obituaries |
| Age | Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries | Vital Records, Military Records, Bible Records |
| Birth date | Vital Records, Obituaries, Cemeteries | Church Records, Bible Records, Military Records |
| Birthplace | Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries | Census, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship |
| Boundaries and origins | Maps, Gazetteers | History |
| Children | Census, Probate Records, Obituaries | Vital Records, Church Records |
| City or parish of foreign birth | Vital Records, Obituaries, Biography | History, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records |
| Country of foreign birth | Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records | Biography, Minorities, Obituaries |
| Death information | Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries | Probate Records, Church Records, Bible Records |
| Divorce | Divorce Records, Vital Records, Court Records | Newspapers, Census |
| Emigration information | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census | Biography, History, Obituaries |
| Ethnic background | Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration | Census, Obituaries, Naturalization and Citizenship |
| Historical background | History, Periodicals, Gazetteers | Maps, Church Records |
| Immigration date | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census | Obituaries, Biography, History |
| Living relatives | Obituaries, Probate Records, Directories | Court Records |
| Maiden name | Vital Records, Church Records | Probate Records, Military Records, Obituaries |
| Marriage information | Vital Records, Bible Records | Obituaries, Probate Records, Military Records |
| Migration information | Emigration and Immigration, Census, Biography | History, Land and Property, Maps |
| Naturalization | Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records | Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals |
| Occupations | Census, Directories, Obituaries | Land and Property, Biography, History, Probate Records |
| Other family members | Census, Obituaries, Probate Records | Vital Records, Church Records |
| Parents | Vital Records, Obituaries, Census | Church Records, Biography |
| Physical description | Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration | Biography, History |
| Place-finding aids | Maps, Gazetteers, History | Periodicals, Archives and Libraries |
| Places of residence | Census, Military Records, Obituaries, Vital Records, Church Records | Land and Property, Taxation, Voting Registers |
| Place of residence when you know only the state | Census, Vital Records, Military Records | Land and Property, Obituaries, History |
| Previous research | Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals | Societies, History, Archives and Libraries |
| Record-finding aids | Archives and Libraries, Periodicals | Societies, Genealogy, For Further Reading |
| Religion | Church Records, Vital Records, Obituaries | Biography, History, Cemeteries |
| Social activities | Societies, Obituaries, Biography | Newspapers, History, Cemeteries |