Alabama Vital Records: Difference between revisions

*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help you determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. <br>  

*If you are unable to locate a vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record family births, marriages and deaths.<br>  

*Records for African Americans are often stored in separate files with separate indexes.<br>  

*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except direct descendants and/or ancestors. <br>  

*If the survival of a baby was questioned, the birth may not have been recorded.<br>  

*Search for Vital Records in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] by using a '''Place Search''' and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for '''Alabama''' to locate records filed by the State and the name of the county to locate records kept by an individual county.&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityrelated&columns=*%2C0%2C0&subject=356&subject_disp=Alabama]