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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Main">"[http://www.mplonline.org/mainlib.htm#lhg Main Library]" at ''Mobile Public Library Alabama'' (accessed 28 August 2012).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<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> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="Main" /> | '''Address:'''<ref name="Main" /> | ||
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:Mobile, AL 36602-1404<br><br> | :Mobile, AL 36602-1404<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Main" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Main" /> 251-208-7093<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Main" /> | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Main" /> Monday-Wednesday 9-5; Thursday-Saturday 9-3; [http://www.mplonline.org/close.htm Holiday schedule]. | ||
'''Map, and public transportation:'''<ref name="Main" /> | '''Map, and public transportation:'''<ref name="Main" /> | ||
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''Similar Collections''<br> | ''Similar Collections''<br> | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ | *[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> | ||
*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
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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. | *[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. | ||
*[[Auburn University Libraries]], Auburn, AL, federal depository library, genealogy websites, censuses, printed sources, manuscripts. | *[[Auburn University Libraries]], Auburn, AL, federal depository library, genealogy websites, censuses, printed sources, manuscripts. | ||
*[ | *[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]. | ||
*[http://www.museumofmobile.com/ History Museum of Mobile], Mobile and Baldwin county artifacts, photos, and World War II casualty lists. | *[http://www.museumofmobile.com/ History Museum of Mobile], Mobile and Baldwin county artifacts, photos, and World War II casualty lists. | ||
*[https://sites.google.com/site/rootsmgs/ Mobile Genealogical Society], calendar, cemeteries, MGS publications, ''Deep South Genealogical Quarterly'' | *[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> | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 24 October 2023
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Contact InformationE-mail:[1] lhgservices@mplonline.org Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 251-208-7093 Hours and holidays:[1] Monday-Wednesday 9-5; Thursday-Saturday 9-3; Holiday schedule. Map, and public transportation:[1]
Internet sites and databases:
Collection DescriptionLocal 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. Alternate RepositoriesIf you cannot visit or find a source at the Mobile Public Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections
Sources |
