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 The [http://www.adph.org/vitalrecords/ Alabama Center for Health Statistics] began filing death certificates in January of&nbsp;1908 for persons who died in Alabama. Death Certificates contain&nbsp;personal information on the deceased from an informant, usually a relative. The information was&nbsp;sent to the county, who sent a copy to the state. <br>Death record information may include:
 {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1"
-|+ '''Information that may be included in Alabama&nbsp;Birth Records (by time period)'''
+|+ '''Information that may be included in Alabama&nbsp;Death Records'''
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 | valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="40" | '''Types of Information<br>'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" | '''before&nbsp;- 1881<br>'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" | '''before&nbsp;- 1908<br>'''
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" | '''1881 - 1908<br>'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" |
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" bgcolor="#66cccc" | '''1908 - present<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Child<br>'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Deceased<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Sex'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Death'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Race'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Burial'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
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 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Parent's Names'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Death'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Midwife/Doctor'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Parent's Names'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Occupation of Father'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Occupation of Deceased'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 |-
-| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Residence'''
+| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" |
+'''Marital'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
 | valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
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-<br>
-*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
+*Whether the deceased was single, married, widowed, or divorced at the time of death
-*Residence or address of the deceased, often including length of residence and if foreign-born
-*Whether the deceased was single, married, widowed, or divorced at the time of death
-*Occupation of the deceased
 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].
 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.
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