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 [[Alabama, United States - Online Vital Records|Alabama Vital Record Links]]
-The internet is a powerful tool for locating [[Alabama, United States - Online Vital Records|Alabama Vital Records]] within&nbsp;minutes that may have taken months or years&nbsp;to find 20 years ago. Online vital record resources&nbsp;are usually in the form of&nbsp;indexes and extracts&nbsp;of birth, marriage, death and divorce records. While the internet can deliver almost instantaneous results, original records should always be consulted.
+The internet is a powerful tool for locating online&nbsp;[[Alabama, United States - Online Vital Records|Alabama Vital Records]]. Within&nbsp;minutes you may locate information on your familythat may have taken months or years&nbsp;to find 20 years ago. Online vital record resources&nbsp;are usually in the form of&nbsp;indexes and extracts&nbsp;of birth, marriage, death and divorce records. While the internet can deliver almost instantaneous results, original records should always be consulted.
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-= Introduction, Why Vital Records Were Created  =
+= Introduction to&nbsp;Vital Records  =
 To learn more about vital records: [[Portal-United States Vital records|United States Vital Records]]
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 = Record Coverage  =
-&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; time and place
+Certificates?
+Church records?
+Cemetery records?
+time and place
 == Birth and Death Records  ==
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 === County Records  ===
-Beginning in 1881, counties were required to record births and deaths, though records do not exist for every county. The county death records specify name, age, gender, race, date, place, and cause of death.
+Beginning in 1881, counties were required to record births and deaths, though records&nbsp;have not survived&nbsp;for every county. The county death records specify name, age, gender, race, date, place, and cause of death.
 === State Records  ===
-In Alabama statewide registration of births and deaths began in January,1908 and was generally complied with by 1927. The Bureau of Vital Statistics / '''Center for Health&amp;nbsp;Statistics Record Servies'''&amp;nbsp;has Alabama birth and death records from 1908 to the present.
+In Alabama, statewide registration of births and deaths began in January 1908 and was generally complied with by 1927. The Bureau of Vital Statistics / '''Center for Health Statistics Record Servies '''has Alabama birth and death records from 1908 to the present.
-The Family History Library has microfilms of statewide death records and death indexes for 1908 to 1972:
+The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] has microfilms of statewide death records and death indexes for 1908 to 1972 that may be viewed at a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center] near you.&nbsp;
 Alabama. Department of Health (Montgomery, Alabama). ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=683729 Deaths, 1908–1972; Index to Deaths, 1908–1969]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1993.