Alabama Vital Records: Difference between revisions

[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.  

The [http://www.alabama.gov/portal/secondary.jsp?page=AboutAlabama_Genealogy State of Alabama] did not require birth registration at the state level until 1908. The recording of vital records gradually increased with time and was generally complied with by 1927. Most of the early birth '''registers''' and '''certificates''' do not list the name of the child, but may contain the sex, race, place and date of birth, parents, and possibly the physician or midwife attending the birth. By the 1920's, it was more common to find the child's name in the record. Some sources for online indexes is at [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Alabama%2C_United_States_-_Online_Vital_Records 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.  

Early Marriage licenses and bonds were registered in the Orphans Court in the County of the bride's residence. In 1844 the Orphans Court was renamed the '''Probate Court'''. From 1888 on, bonds were only required if the groom was under the age of 21 or the bride was under the age of 18.