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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Here you will find archive information unique to the state. Many more archives are kept by denomination. For denominational archives, go to [[United States Church Records#Searching for Church Records by Denomination|'''Searching for Church Records by Denomination.''']]</span> | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Here you will find archive information unique to the state. Many more archives are kept by denomination. For denominational archives, go to [[United States Church Records#Searching for Church Records by Denomination|'''Searching for Church Records by Denomination.''']]</span> | ||
====University Archives==== | |||
'''Samford University Library'''<br> | |||
800 Lakeshore Drive<br> | |||
Birmingham, AL 35229<br> | |||
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Telephone:205-726-2196<br> | |||
E-mail: referenc@samford.edu<br> | |||
*[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://algensoc.org/main/researchers.html '''Alabama Genealogical Society AGS RESEARCHERS LIST'''] | |||
====State Archives==== | |||
'''Alabama Department of Archives and History'''<br> | |||
P.O. Box 300100<br> | |||
624 Washington Ave.<br> | |||
Montgomery, AL 36130<br> | |||
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Telephone:334-242-4435<br> | |||
*[https://archives.alabama.gov/findaids/v8813_Denomination.pdf '''Finding Aid for Church and Synagogue Records Collections, 1805-2008'''] Browsable list. This collection contains the records of major denominations within Alabama, including '''Baptist, Catholic, Church of Christ, Episcopal, Jewish, Methodist and Presbyterian'''. | |||
**[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/AlChurchRecs/search.cfm '''Index to Churches in the Alabama Church and Synagogue Records Collection Database'''] at the Alabama Archives - index. | |||
*[https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/newform2.html '''Research Request Form and Instructions'''] | |||
*[https://archives.alabama.gov/ '''Website''']<br> | |||
'''Collection includes: '''Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile; family records 1700-1860, some Catholic school records, some Catholic newspapers, Catholic cemetery records, and funeral home records.''' | |||
====Alabama Catholic Archives==== | ====Alabama Catholic Archives==== | ||
*[http://www.bhmdiocese.org/ '''Diocese of Birmingham''']<br>2121 3rd Ave.<br>P.O. Box 12047<br>North Birmingham, AL 35202-2047<br>Phone: (205) 838-8322 <br> | *[http://www.bhmdiocese.org/ '''Diocese of Birmingham''']<br>2121 3rd Ave.<br>P.O. Box 12047<br>North Birmingham, AL 35202-2047<br>Phone: (205) 838-8322 <br> | ||
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[[File:Alabama Department of Archives and History.jpg|thumb|right|370px|<center>'''Alabama Department of Archives and History'''<br>'''Montgomery, Alabama'''</center>]] | [[File:Alabama Department of Archives and History.jpg|thumb|right|370px|<center>'''Alabama Department of Archives and History'''<br>'''Montgomery, Alabama'''</center>]] | ||
===Correspond with genealogical or historical societies.=== | ===Correspond with genealogical or historical societies.=== | ||