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*Links to nationwide collections are listed in [[United States Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Online Genealogy Records.''']] | *Links to nationwide collections are listed in [[United States Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Online Genealogy Records.''']] | ||
===Anglican/Episcopal Collections=== | ====Anglican/Episcopal Collections==== | ||
*[http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/episcopal Alabama Episcopal Church Records]. 1830's to 1970's. Index. | *[http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/episcopal Alabama Episcopal Church Records]. 1830's to 1970's. Index. | ||
*'''1832-1972''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70662/ Web: Alabama, Episcopal Church Registers Index, 1832-1972] at Ancestry.com - index. | *'''1832-1972''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70662/ Web: Alabama, Episcopal Church Registers Index, 1832-1972] at Ancestry.com - index. | ||
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*'''1830s-1970s''' - [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/episcopal Alabama Episcopal Church Records] at the Birmingham Public Library - index | *'''1830s-1970s''' - [http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/episcopal Alabama Episcopal Church Records] at the Birmingham Public Library - index | ||
===Methodist Collections=== | ====Methodist Collections==== | ||
*'''1830-1920''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1246931?availability=Family%20History%20Library Methodist Episcopal Church, 1832-1920, Alabama] at FamilySearch - images | *'''1830-1920''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1246931?availability=Family%20History%20Library Methodist Episcopal Church, 1832-1920, Alabama] at FamilySearch - images | ||
*'''1836-1928''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1246933?availability=Family%20History%20Library Circuit Methodist Episcopal churches in Alabama, 1836-1928] at FamilySearch - images | *'''1836-1928''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1246933?availability=Family%20History%20Library Circuit Methodist Episcopal churches in Alabama, 1836-1928] at FamilySearch - images | ||
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*[https://library3.samford.edu/search~S27/?searchtype=Y&searcharg=church+records&searchscope=27&m=&SORT=D '''Catalog of church records in Samford University libraries'''] | *[https://library3.samford.edu/search~S27/?searchtype=Y&searcharg=church+records&searchscope=27&m=&SORT=D '''Catalog of church records in Samford University libraries'''] | ||
*PERSI is the '''Periodical Source Index''' and is available at [https://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index '''FindMyPast.com:PERSI.'''] PERSI is an index to family and local history periodicals from 1847 to the present. Many of these periodicals publish church records. | *PERSI is the '''Periodical Source Index''' and is available at [https://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index '''FindMyPast.com:PERSI.'''] PERSI is an index to family and local history periodicals from 1847 to the present. Many of these periodicals publish church records. | ||
===Baptist Records=== | ====Baptist Records==== | ||
*[http://www.sbhla.org/churchrecords.asp '''Church Records on Microfilm: Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archive'''] Includes information on ordering records. | *[http://www.sbhla.org/churchrecords.asp '''Church Records on Microfilm: Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archive'''] Includes information on ordering records. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Baptist_churches_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Alabama '''List of Baptist churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama'''] - to find churches that existed in earlier times. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Baptist_churches_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Alabama '''List of Baptist churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama'''] - to find churches that existed in earlier times. | ||
===Episcopal/Anglican Records=== | ====Episcopal/Anglican Records==== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/540603-inventory-of-the-church-archives-of-alabama-protestant-episcopal-church?offset=1 '''''Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama: Protestant Episcopal Church'''].'' Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. This gives the location of each church with a brief history and describes the types and years of records that existed for each congregation in 1939. Information on record location usually gives the name and address of the 1939 rector, though it no longer applies. Generally, the records are stored with the current rector; so if the address given is the church itself, it still applies. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/540603-inventory-of-the-church-archives-of-alabama-protestant-episcopal-church?offset=1 '''''Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama: Protestant Episcopal Church'''].'' Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. This gives the location of each church with a brief history and describes the types and years of records that existed for each congregation in 1939. Information on record location usually gives the name and address of the 1939 rector, though it no longer applies. Generally, the records are stored with the current rector; so if the address given is the church itself, it still applies. | ||
===Presbyterian Records=== | ====Presbyterian Records==== | ||
*Hall, James H.B. "The History of the Cumberland '''Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826'''," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 4 (1904):365-394. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/transactionsala03socigoog#page/n380/mode/2up '''Internet Archive''']. Identifies '''minute books''' available for early Presbyteries. The early Presbyteries did not keep records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. | *Hall, James H.B. "The History of the Cumberland '''Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826'''," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 4 (1904):365-394. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/transactionsala03socigoog#page/n380/mode/2up '''Internet Archive''']. Identifies '''minute books''' available for early Presbyteries. The early Presbyteries did not keep records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. | ||