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Alabama Vital Records include birth, marriage, divorce, and death registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or extract of the original record may be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/alabama.htm Alabama Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office where the event occurred. An overview of [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] offers additional insight into researching vital records in general.  
Alabama Vital Records include birth, marriage, divorce, and death registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or extract of the original record may be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/alabama.htm Alabama Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office where the event occurred. An overview of [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] offers additional insight into researching vital records in general.  


== Minorities ==
== Minorities ==


==== African American  ====
==== African American  ====


[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Minorities African-American research] in [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Alabama Alabama] falls into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of the same record used to research non–African-Americans. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Slavery_and_Bondage Pre-Civil War slavery research] consists of '''slave importation declarations''', '''plantation records''', '''emancipation records''', '''apprenticeship bonds for freedmen''', [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Census census records], plantation owners’ family records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Church_Records church] records, cemetery records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Military_Records military records], probate and court records.  
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Minorities African-American research] in [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Alabama Alabama] falls into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. Post-Civil War research consists of the same record used to research non–African-Americans. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/African_American_Slavery_and_Bondage Pre-Civil War slavery research] consists of '''slave importation declarations''', '''plantation records''', '''emancipation records''', '''apprenticeship bonds for freedmen''', [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Census census records], plantation owners’ family records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Church_Records church] records, cemetery records, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama_Military_Records military records], probate and court records.  


==== Alabama Indians ====
==== Alabama Indians ====


When researching [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Indians_of_Alabama Alabama Indians], it is important to identify the tribe to which an ancestor may have have belonged. Most [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Indians_of_North_America North American Indian] records are arranged either by tribal name or by locality of residence.  
When researching [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Indians_of_Alabama Alabama Indians], it is important to identify the tribe to which an ancestor may have have belonged. Most [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:Indians_of_North_America North American Indian] records are arranged either by tribal name or by locality of residence.    


== Birth Records  ==
== Birth Records  ==
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{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1"
|+ '''Information that may be included in Alabama Birth Records'''
|+ '''Information that may be included in Alabama Birth Records'''  
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="40" | '''Types of Information<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="40" | '''Types of Information<br>'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Sex'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Sex'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Race'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Race'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Parent's Names'''  
| 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>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Midwife/Doctor'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Midwife/Doctor'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
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{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1"
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1"
|+ '''Information that may be included in Alabama Marriage Records (by time period)'''  
|+ '''Information that may be included in Alabama Marriage Records'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="40" | '''Types of Information<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="40" | '''Types of Information<br>'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Bride/Groom<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>x
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>x  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Marriage<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Location of Marriage<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Presiding Official<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Presiding Official<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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<br>'''1950 - Present'''&nbsp;  
<br>'''1950 - Present'''&nbsp;  


Statewide Divorce Records for Alabama began January of&nbsp;1950. There is&nbsp;an online index for&nbsp;[http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8976&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Alabama Divorces for 1950-1959].
Statewide Divorce Records for Alabama began January of&nbsp;1950. There is&nbsp;an online index for&nbsp;[http://content.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8976&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Alabama Divorces for 1950-1959].  


== Death Records  ==
== Death Records  ==
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Deceased<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Name of Deceased<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>'''x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | <br>'''x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Date of Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Death'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Death'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>x'''
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| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Burial'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="52%" bgcolor="#66cccc" height="25" | '''Place of Burial'''  
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
| valign="middle" align="center" width="16%" | '''<br>'''
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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].  
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.
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.  


== '''Substitute Records'''  ==
== '''Substitute Records'''  ==
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