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| | | | '''1. If you need:''' | ||
| | | | '''2. Look first in:''' | ||
| | | | '''3. Then search:''' | ||
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| | | | Adoptions | ||
| | | | Court Records, Vital Records | ||
| | | | Probate Records, Census, Obituaries | ||
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| | | | Age | ||
| | | | Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Military Records, Bible Records | ||
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| | | | Birth date | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Obituaries, Cemeteries | ||
| | | | Church Records, Bible Records, Military Records | ||
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| | | | Birthplace | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries | ||
| | | | Census, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship | ||
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| | | | Boundaries and origins | ||
| | | | Maps, Gazetteers | ||
| | | | History | ||
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| | | | Children | ||
| | | | Census, Probate Records, Obituaries | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Church Records | ||
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| | | | City or parish of foreign birth | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Obituaries, Biography | ||
| | | | History, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records | ||
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| | | | Country of foreign birth | ||
| | | | Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records | ||
| | | | Biography, Minorities, Obituaries | ||
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| | | | Death information | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries | ||
| | | | Probate Records, Church Records, Bible Records | ||
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| | | | Divorce | ||
| | | | Divorce Records, Vital Records, Court Records | ||
| | | | Newspapers, Census | ||
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| | | | Emigration information | ||
| | | | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census | ||
| | | | Biography, History, Obituaries | ||
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| | | | Ethnic background | ||
| | | | Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration | ||
| | | | Census, Obituaries, Naturalization and Citizenship | ||
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| | | | Historical background | ||
| | | | History, Periodicals, Gazetteers | ||
| | | | Maps, Church Records | ||
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| | | | Immigration date | ||
| | | | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census | ||
| | | | Obituaries, Biography, History | ||
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| | | | Living relatives | ||
| | | | Obituaries, Probate Records, Directories | ||
| | | | Court Records | ||
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| | | | Maiden name | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Church Records | ||
| | | | Probate Records, Military Records, Obituaries | ||
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| | | | Marriage information | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Bible Records | ||
| | | | Obituaries, Probate Records, Military Records | ||
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| | | | Migration information | ||
| | | | Emigration and Immigration, Census, Biography | ||
| | | | History, Land and Property, Maps | ||
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| | | | Naturalization | ||
| | | | Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records | ||
| | | | Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals | ||
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| | | | Occupations | ||
| | | | Census, Directories, Obituaries | ||
| | | | Land and Property, Biography, History, Probate Records | ||
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| | | | Other family members | ||
| | | | Census, Obituaries, Probate Records | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Church Records | ||
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| | | | Parents | ||
| | | | Vital Records, Obituaries, Census | ||
| | | | Church Records, Biography | ||
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| | | | Physical description | ||
| | | | Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration | ||
| | | | Biography, History | ||
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| | | | Place-finding aids | ||
| | | | Maps, Gazetteers, History | ||
| | | | Periodicals, Archives and Libraries | ||
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| | | | Places of residence | ||
| | | | Census, Military Records, Obituaries, Vital Records, Church Records | ||
| | | | Land and Property, Taxation, Voting Registers | ||
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| | | | Place of residence when you know only the state | ||
| | | | Census, Vital Records, Military Records | ||
| | | | Land and Property, Obituaries, History | ||
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| | | | Previous research | ||
| | | | Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals | ||
| | | | Societies, History, Archives and Libraries | ||
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| | | | Record-finding aids | ||
| | | | Archives and Libraries, Periodicals | ||
| | | | Societies, Genealogy, For Further Reading | ||
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| | | | Religion | ||
| | | | Church Records, Vital Records, Obituaries | ||
| | | | Biography, History, Cemeteries | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | Social activities | ||
| | | | Societies, Obituaries, Biography | ||
| | | | Newspapers, History, Cemeteries | ||
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[[Category:Alabama]] |
Revision as of 18:16, 29 July 2008
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 |