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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Newspapers|U.S. Newspapers]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama|Alabama]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama_Newspapers|Newspapers]]'' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Newspapers|U.S. Newspapers]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama Genealogy|Alabama]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama_Newspapers|Newspapers]]'' | ||
Newspapers can provide useful information. They publish notices of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals. Notices include names of the persons involved, the date of the event, and may contain maiden names, names of parents, and names of other living relatives. | Newspapers can provide useful information. They publish notices of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals. Notices include names of the persons involved, the date of the event, and may contain maiden names, names of parents, and names of other living relatives. | ||
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=== Family History Library === | === Family History Library === | ||
The Family History Library collects indexes and abstracts of newspapers, but has not acquired original newspapers for [[Alabama|Alabama]]. The Gandrud and Jones Alabama Records Collection (see [[Alabama Genealogy|Alabama Genealogy]]) includes many extracts of newspaper and obituary records. Most of the newspaper records from that collection have been abstracted and published in: | The Family History Library collects indexes and abstracts of newspapers, but has not acquired original newspapers for [[Alabama Genealogy|Alabama]]. The Gandrud and Jones Alabama Records Collection (see [[Alabama Genealogy|Alabama Genealogy]]) includes many extracts of newspaper and obituary records. Most of the newspaper records from that collection have been abstracted and published in: | ||
Gandrud, Pauline, and Myra Jones. ''Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers, 1819–1893''. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981. {{FHL|1760|item|disp=BHL Book 976.1 V2g.)}} The book is indexed. | Gandrud, Pauline, and Myra Jones. ''Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers, 1819–1893''. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981. {{FHL|1760|item|disp=BHL Book 976.1 V2g.)}} The book is indexed. |
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