1,663
edits
Alabama Vital Records: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
(Updated and edited Divorce Section) |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 66: | Line 66: | ||
The [http://www.alabama.gov/portal/secondary.jsp?page=AboutAlabama_Genealogy State of Alabama] required the registration of births on a state level beginning in 1908. Early registration in this time period was sketchy. Individual counties complied with the request more regularly over time and almost all births were recorded by 1927. Most of the early birth registers and certificates did not record the name of the child but may contain other important information (see table below). It was more common to find the child's name in the record by the 1920's. Some sources for online indexes are at [[Alabama Vital Records Online]]. [http://adph.org/vitalrecords/Default.asp?id=1559 Alabama Vital Records State Department of Health] has instructions for ordering copies of birth certificates. | The [http://www.alabama.gov/portal/secondary.jsp?page=AboutAlabama_Genealogy State of Alabama] required the registration of births on a state level beginning in 1908. Early registration in this time period was sketchy. Individual counties complied with the request more regularly over time and almost all births were recorded by 1927. Most of the early birth registers and certificates did not record the name of the child but may contain other important information (see table below). It was more common to find the child's name in the record by the 1920's. Some sources for online indexes are at [[Alabama Vital Records Online]]. [http://adph.org/vitalrecords/Default.asp?id=1559 Alabama Vital Records State Department of Health] has instructions for ordering copies of birth certificates. | ||
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="550" style="" | {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" width="550" style="" | ||
|+ '''Information Found on Alabama Birth Records''' | |+ '''Information Found on Alabama Birth Records''' | ||
|- | |- | ||