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| === Contact Information === | | === Contact Information === |
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| '''Email:'''<ref name="Main">"[http://www.mplonline.org/mainlib.htm#lhg Main Library]" at ''Mobile Public Library Alabama'' (accessed 28 August 2012).</ref> [mailto:lhgservices@mplonline.org lhgservices@mplonline.org] <br> | | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">Source 1.</ref> [mailto:repository@whatever.net repository@whatever.net] <br> |
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| | :North Pole, AK 99999-9999 <br><br> |
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| | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="S1" /> 800-000-0000, or 801-000-0000<br>'''Fax:''' 802-000-0000<br> |
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| '''Address:'''<ref name="Main" /> | | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="S1" /> Monday-Saturday 9:00 to 4:30 <br> |
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| :Local History and Genealogy<br>
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| :753 Government Street<br> | |
| :Mobile, AL 36602-1404<br><br>
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| '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Main" /> 251-208-7093<br> | | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> |
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| '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Main" /> Monday-Wednesday 9-5; Thursday-Saturday 9-3; [http://www.mplonline.org/close.htm Holiday schedule]. | | *Repository Internet site ''{create a link for each bullet, and then give a line or two listing content so the reader will know if it is worthwhile to click on that link}.''<br> |
| | *Repository catalog online. <br> |
| | *Repository database. <br> |
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| '''Map, and public transportation:'''<ref name="Main" />
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| *[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=753+Government+Street,+Mobile,+AL&hl=en&ll=30.686889,-88.051579&spn=0.006219,0.013078&sll=30.686781,-88.051469&hnear=753+Government+St,+Mobile,+Alabama+36602&t=m&z=17 Google map]. <br>
| | {''Please briefly '''describe the strengths and weaknesses''' of each collection for genealogists (about two or three sentences for smaller collections).<ref>Source 2.</ref> For example, explain the collection size, who (which ethnic, political, or religious groups) are covered, dates covered, jurisdictions covered, record types available, significant indexes, and any noteworthy record loss or gaps.<ref>Source 3.</ref>''} |
| *The free downtown [https://www.thewavetransit.com/157/MODA Moda Trolley] stops right at the Main Library; as does Bus Route 12 ($).
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| '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
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| *[http://www.mplonline.org/index.html Mobile Public Library (MPL) Internet site] reference services, getting books from other libraries, used book sales, services, bookmobile, youth services, and magazine services.<br>
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| *{{WC}}[https://mobi.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default MPL Catalog online] search by words, phrase, author, title, subject, series, or periodical title, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. <br>
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| *[http://www.mplonline.org/lhg.htm Local History and Genealogy webpage] describes their collections.<br>
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| === Collection Description === | | === Guides === |
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| Local history along the Gulf Coast from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS, southeastern U.S. genealogy, migration paths to AL, newspaper clippings, city directories, federal censuses, Dawes Commission Indian rolls, Index to Confederate pensions of AL and MS, roster of Confederate soldiers, and Mobile County Probate Court index 1819-1964, photos, Panton-Leslie trading company papers (est. during Spanish rule), CSS Alabama ship's log-journal and other papers.
| | {''Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. ''} |
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| === Alternate Repositories === | | === Alternate Repositories === |
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| | {'' '''List''' (link to a Wiki article for) '''at least one or more other repositories''' that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''} |
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| If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | | If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. |
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| ''Overlapping Collections''<br> | | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> |
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| *[[Alabama Department of Archives and History]], Montgomery, local government files, newspapers, maps, church records, Civil War soldiers, photos, publications, historical quarterly, 1867 voter database, World War I Goldstar database, vertical files, personal history surname file, and AL city directories inventory. | | *Alternate Repository ''{create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}''<br> |
| *[[National Archives at Atlanta]] federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers arrival indexes, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, workshops.<br> | | *<br> |
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| ''Similar Collections''<br> | | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> |
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <br> | | *<br> |
| *[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases.<br> | | *<br> |
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| ''Neighboring Collections''<br> | | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> |
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| *[http://algensoc.org/ Alabama Genealogical Society]/[[Samford University Library]] Special Collections, Birmingham, Baptist and Alabama history, church records, current and old newspapers, manuscripts, books, and theses. <br> | | *<br> |
| *[[Birmingham Public Library]] government records, business records, maps, photos, letters, diaries, scrapbooks, about the Jefferson County area, newspapers, maps, and Southern history.
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| *[[Florence-Lauderdale Public Library]], Florence, AL, good northwest AL local history collection.
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| *[http://www.cityofmobile.org/archives/ Mobile Municipal Archives] government papers including minutes, registered voters, poll tax books, and petitions.
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| *[http://www.probate.mobilecountyal.gov/records.asp Mobile County Probate Court] deeds 1813-1958, military discharges 1919-present, Lis Pendens 1915-1958, marks and brands 1872-1965, marriage licenses 1813-present, wills 1812-present.
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| *[http://adph.org/vitalrecords/Default.asp?id=1558 Bureau of Vital Statistics], Montgomery, birth and death certificates 1908-present, marriage certificates 1936-present, divorce records 1950-present.
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| *[[Auburn University Libraries]], Auburn, AL, federal depository library, genealogy websites, censuses, printed sources, manuscripts.
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| *[https://www.alabamahistory.net/ Alabama Historical Association] news and events, ''Alabama Review'', historical markers program, podcasts, and list of Alabama genealogical and historical societies. See also [http://library.uwa.edu/AlabamaRoom/genealogy.html U. of W. Alabama Library].
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| *[http://www.museumofmobile.com/ History Museum of Mobile], Mobile and Baldwin county artifacts, photos, and World War II casualty lists.
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| *[https://sites.google.com/site/rootsmgs/ Mobile Genealogical Society], calendar, cemeteries, MGS publications, ''Deep South Genealogical Quarterly'' index 1962-present, researchers and their surnames.<br>
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