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 = Death Records  =
 '''January 1908 - Present'''
-The Alabama Center for Health Statistics began filing death certificates in January of&nbsp;1908 for persons who died in Alabama.&nbsp; Death record information may include the date and place of death, name of deceased, name of spouse, birth date and place of the deceased, name of parents, occupation, cause of death, burial place, and church affiliation.<br>
+The Alabama Center for Health Statistics began filing death certificates in January of&nbsp;1908 for persons who died in Alabama.&nbsp; Death certificates were usually filled out by a mortician or medical professional. They filled in the information concerning the death and then obtained personal information on the deceased from an informant, usually a relative. Then, they sent the information to the county, who sent a copy to the state. <br>Death record information may include:
+*Date of death
+*Date of burial
+*Birth date of the deceased
+*City, county, and state of death
+*Name and location of the cemetery where buried
+*Country or state and sometimes the town and county of birth for the deceased
+*Country or state and sometimes the town and county of birth for the parents
+*Name of the deceased,
+*Married name of spouse
+*Names of parents, often with maiden surname of the mother
+*Name of the informant, who is often a child or other family member
+*Age of the deceased usually in years, months, and days
+*Sex of the deceased
+*Residence or address of the deceased, often including length of residence at that place or in the United States, if foreign-born
+*Whether the deceased was single, married, widowed, or divorced at the time of death
+*Occupation of the deceased
 Alabama Statewide Deaths from 1908-1974 are available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1307888;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Record Search]<br>The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] has microfilms of statewide [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=683729&disp=Alabama+deaths%2C+1908-1974%3B+index+t++ Death Records&nbsp;from 1908 to 1974]&nbsp;and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=683729&disp=Alabama+deaths%2C+1908%2D1974%3B+index+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Death Indexes from 1908 to 1959]&nbsp;that may be viewed at a nearby&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center].
 '''Social Security Death Index (SSDI)'''&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.<br>
 The county death records specify name, age, gender, race, date, place, and cause of death. TIME PERIOD?
 A free internet index and images to the Alabama Statewide Death Certificates can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search website. For a description of the collection see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Statewide_Death_Certificates Alabama Statewide Death Certificates]