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'''1850–1880-- '''Mortality schedules exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. They list persons who died during the 12 months before the census was taken. For 1830 to 1900, the day set by law to begin taking the censuses was June 1. The mortality schedules are at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has the 1850 to 1880 schedules on microfilm: | '''1850–1880-- '''Mortality schedules exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. They list persons who died during the 12 months before the census was taken. For 1830 to 1900, the day set by law to begin taking the censuses was June 1. The mortality schedules are at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The Family History Library has the 1850 to 1880 schedules on microfilm: | ||
: '''1850--'''Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=632401&disp=United+States+census%2C+Alabama%2C+1850%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1533724 item 2] <br> '''1860--'''Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=632406&disp=United+States+census%2C+Alabama%2C+1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 1533724 item 3 and 1533830] <br> '''1870--'''Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=306345&disp=Alabama+death+census%2C+Autauga%2DWinsto%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1405189] See the 1870 census index which includes 31 counties. <br> '''1880--'''Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=372488&disp=Alabama+death+schedules%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 1405190–91] <br>Mortality schedules include a person’s name, age, race, marital status, state or country of birth, month of death, and occupation. The names are recorded alphabetically by county, city, precinct, and district. In 1850 they list the names of free persons and slaves together. They often gave the slaves’ full names. The 1880 schedule also lists the state or country of birth of the person’s parents. | |||
Statewide mortality schedule indexes include: | Statewide mortality schedule indexes include: | ||
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*Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''Alabama 1850 Mortality Schedule''. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1984. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=46299&disp=Alabama+1850+mortality+schedule%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.1 X2ja 1850].) This alphabetical list gives the name of the person, county, age at death, sex, month of death, state of birth, illness, and page number in the mortality schedule. Note that they also list the names of slaves.<br> | *Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''Alabama 1850 Mortality Schedule''. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1984. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=46299&disp=Alabama+1850+mortality+schedule%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.1 X2ja 1850].) This alphabetical list gives the name of the person, county, age at death, sex, month of death, state of birth, illness, and page number in the mortality schedule. Note that they also list the names of slaves.<br> | ||
*Barefield, Marilyn Davis. ''Alabama Mortality Schedule 1860''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1987. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=641923&disp=Alabama+mortality+schedule%2C+1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.1 X2bm].) This book is arranged by county and is indexed. It includes the person’s name, age, gender, marital status, state or country of birth, month and cause of death, and occupation. | *Barefield, Marilyn Davis. ''Alabama Mortality Schedule 1860''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1987. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=641923&disp=Alabama+mortality+schedule%2C+1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.1 X2bm].) This book is arranged by county and is indexed. It includes the person’s name, age, gender, marital status, state or country of birth, month and cause of death, and occupation. | ||
*[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880] | *[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880] | ||