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 === Baptist  ===
-Special Collection, Samford University Library. See [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama Archives and Libraries]]. The Samford University Library Website has an inventory of their records and contains many different Alabama denominations in their collection besides Baptist. Also included are [http://library3.samford.edu/search~S27?/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&SUBKEY=(american%20Missionary%20association)/1%2C38%2C38%2CB/frameset&FF=X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C microfilmed records] of the American Missionary Association, a interdenominational missionary society devoted to abolisitionist principles beginning in 1846.
+Special Collection, Samford University Library. See [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama Archives and Libraries]]. The Samford University Library Website has an inventory of their records and contains many different Alabama denominations in their collection besides Baptist. Also included are [http://library3.samford.edu/search~S27?/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&SUBKEY=(american%20Missionary%20association)/1%2C38%2C38%2CB/frameset&FF=X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C microfilmed records] of the American Missionary Association, a interdenominational missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles beginning in 1846.
 For histories of the Baptist Church, see:
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 *Holcombe, Hosea. ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama. 1840.'' Reprint, Bessemer, Alabama: West Jefferson County Historical Society, 1974. {{FHL|192489|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 K21h}} This history of the Baptist Church to 1840 is indexed.
 *Flynt, F. Wayne. ''Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie.'' Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1998.
 *Bledsoe, W.C. ''History of the Liberty (East) Baptist Association of Alabama.'' Atlanta, Ga.: Constitution Job Office, 1886. Digital version at {{FSbook|187764}} - free.
 *Riley, B.F. ''A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama: Being an Account of the Struggles and Achievements of the Denomination from 1808 to 1923.'' Philadelphia: The Judson Press, 1923. Digital version at {{FSbook|187841}} - free.
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 === Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)  ===
-Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Alabama Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog ]. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. {{FHL|129780|item|disp=FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507}}. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.
+Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Alabama Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be located through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog&nbsp;] or by referring to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. {{FHL|129780|item|disp=FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507}}. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.
 === Episcopal  ===
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 A list of the Episcopal congregations in Alabama before 1939 is:
-*''Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama: Protestant Episcopal Church.'' Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. {{FHL|214903|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 K2h; film 897366 item 3}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH36,61974 Family History Archives]. This gives the location of each church with a brief history and describes the types and years of records that existed for each congregation in 1939.
+*''Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama: Protestant Episcopal Church.'' Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. {{FHL|214903|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 K2h; film 897366 item 3}}; digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE88487 FamilySearch Books]. This gives the location of each church with a brief history and describes the types and years of records that existed for each congregation in 1939.
 For a history, consult:
-*Whitaker, Walter C. ''History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama 1763-1891.'' Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts &amp; Son, 1898. Digital version at {{FSbook|202365}} - free.
+*Whitaker, Walter C. ''History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama 1763-1891.'' Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts &amp; Son, 1898. Digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE202365 FamilySearch Books] - free.
 === Methodist  ===
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 *Lazenby, Marion Elias, ''History of Methodism in Alabama and West Florida''. N.p., 1960. {{FHL|192480|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 K2L}}. This book includes a list of deceased ministers and a name and subject index.
-*West, Anson. ''A History of Methodism in Alabama.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Pub. House, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1893. Digital version at {{FSbook|78543}} - free.
+*West, Anson. ''A History of Methodism in Alabama.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Pub. House, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1893. Digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE78543 FamilySearch Books] - free.
 === Presbyterian  ===
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 The Archdiocese includes the counties of: [[Autauga County, Alabama|Autauga]], [[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin]], [[Barbour County, Alabama|Barbour]], [[Bullock County, Alabama|Bullock]], [[Butler County, Alabama|Butler]], [[Choctaw County, Alabama|Choctaw]], [[Clarke County, Alabama|Clarke]], [[Coffee County, Alabama|Coffee]], [[Conecuh County, Alabama|Conecuh]], [[Covington County, Alabama|Covington]], [[Crenshaw County, Alabama|Crenshaw]], [[Dale County, Alabama|Dale]], [[Dallas County, Alabama|Dallas]], [[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore]], [[Escambia County, Alabama|Escambia]], [[Geneva County, Alabama|Geneva]], [[Henry County, Alabama|Henry]], [[Houston County, Alabama|Houston]], [[Lee County, Alabama|Lee]], [[Lowndes County, Alabama|Lowndes]], [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon]], [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Monroe County, Alabama|Monroe]], [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]], [[Pike County, Alabama|Pike]], [[Russell County, Alabama|Russell]], [[Washington County, Alabama|Washington]] and [[Wilcox County, Alabama|Wilcox]].<ref name="rome" />
-For further information about local church records, please refer to county or city pages.<br>
+For further information about local church records, please refer to county or city pages.
-'''The Drouin Collection'''<br><br> [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1111 Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954]&nbsp; Ancestry ([[Access Codes|$]])<br>This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. It is the U.S. part of the U.S. and French-Canadian Drouin Collection. For more details see ''[[The Drouin Collection: Six databases]]''
+'''The Drouin Collection'''
+[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1111 Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954]&nbsp; Ancestry ($). This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. It is the U.S. part of the U.S. and French-Canadian Drouin Collection. For more details see ''[[The Drouin Collection: Six databases]]''
 The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian.
-'''State of Alabama'''<br>[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ Dept. of Archives and History]<br>624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130-3601<br>Collection includes:<br>Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Mobile, Alabama)<br>Family Records, 1700-1860<br>Scattered issues of Mobile and Birmingham Catholic newspapers in originals<br>Local Catholic cemetery gravestone transcriptions and funeral home records<br>Items pertaining to Catholic education in Alabama (yearbooks, students and faculty lists), scattered localities and dates.
+'''State of Alabama'''
+[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ Dept. of Archives and History]<br>624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130-3601<br>Collection includes:
+*Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Mobile, Alabama)
+*Family Records, 1700-1860
+*Scattered issues of Mobile and Birmingham Catholic newspapers in originals
+*Local Catholic cemetery gravestone transcriptions and funeral home records
+*Items pertaining to Catholic education in Alabama (yearbooks, students and faculty lists), scattered localities and dates.
 Some of the records of this diocese are available on microfilms at the Family History Library.