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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>  
*[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>  
*[http://olli.mplonline.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/49 MPL Catalog online] search by words, phrase, author, title, subject, series, or periodical title. <br>  
*[http://olli.mplonline.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/49 MPL Catalog online] search by words, phrase, author, title, subject, series, or periodical title. <br>  
*[http://www.mplonline.org/lhg.htm Local History and Genealogy webpage] describes their collections.<br>  
*[http://www.mplonline.org/lhg.htm Local History and Genealogy webpage] describes their collections.<br>


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


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.
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.  
 
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=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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*[[Birmingham Public Library]] government records, business records, maps, photos, letters, diaries, scrapbooks, about the Jefferson County area, newspapers, maps, and Southern history.  
*[[Birmingham Public Library]] government records, business records, maps, photos, letters, diaries, scrapbooks, about the Jefferson County area, newspapers, maps, and Southern history.  
*[[Florence-Lauderdale Public Library]], Florence, AL, good northwest AL local history collection.  
*[[Florence-Lauderdale Public Library]], Florence, AL, good northwest AL local history collection.  
*[ Mobile County Archives] Orphans’ Court minutes, marriages 1817-1970, wills 1817-1949, Probate Court cases 1817-1990, conveyances 1820-present, corporations 1880s-1968, military discharges 1910-1968, elections 1840s-present, jail logs 1880s-1978, mug shots 1953-1978, civil case files 1867-1976, divorces 1867-1960.  
*[http://www.cityofmobile.org/archives/ Mobile Municipal Archives] government papers including minutes, registered voters, poll tax books, and petitions.
*[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.  
*[http://mccpl.lib.al.us/montgomery/ Montgomery City-County Public Library] Ancestry.com, obituaries, black history, history, and local.  
*[http://mccpl.lib.al.us/montgomery/ Montgomery City-County Public Library] Ancestry.com, obituaries, black history, history, and local.  
*[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.  
*[http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ Auburn University Libraries], Auburn, AL, federal depository library, genealogy websites, censuses, printed sources, manuscripts.  
*[http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ Auburn University Libraries], Auburn, AL, federal depository library, genealogy websites, censuses, printed sources, manuscripts.  
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/aha/ahaleadership.html 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.archives.state.al.us/aha/ahaleadership.html 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].  
*[ Mobile County Historical Society], quarterly publication, and services.  
*[http://www.museumofmobile.com/ History Museum of Mobile], Mobile and Baldwin county artifacts, photos, and World War II casualty lists.
*[ Mobile County Genealogical Society], quarterly, publications on cemeteries, marriages, land, Bibles, wills, and the 1855 Alabama state census, and services including professional researchers.<br>
*[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  ===
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