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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/AlChurchRecs/search.cfm Alabama Church and Synagogue Records Collection Database] Index to the collection. | *[http://www.archives.alabama.gov/AlChurchRecs/search.cfm Alabama Church and Synagogue Records Collection Database] Index to the collection. | ||
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Church records and the information they provide vary greatly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age; dates of baptism, christening or birth; marriage information, such as the bride’s maiden name and the names of both sets of parents; death or burial date; admissions; and removals. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Church records are important for Alabama family research because civil authorities in Alabama did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1908. | Church records and the information they provide vary greatly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age; dates of baptism, christening or birth; marriage information, such as the bride’s maiden name and the names of both sets of parents; death or burial date; admissions; and removals. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Church records are important for Alabama family research because civil authorities in Alabama did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1908. | ||
Roman Catholic church records for Mobile date from about 1700. In the 1800s, the largest religious groups in [[Alabama Genealogy|Alabama]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], and [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian | Roman Catholic church records for Mobile date from about 1700. In the 1800s, the largest religious groups in [[Alabama Genealogy|Alabama]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], and [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]] churches.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL book 973 K2ah}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/01_2000.asp Association of Religion Data Archives]) </ref> | ||
To find information about churches up to 1870, such as when the churches were founded, names of ministers and early members, and associated cemeteries, see: | To find information about churches up to 1870, such as when the churches were founded, names of ministers and early members, and associated cemeteries, see: | ||
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=== Baptist === | === Baptist === | ||
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[[Image:First Baptist Montgomery.jpg|right|320x230px]] | Special Collection, Samford University Library<br>Samford University<br>[http://library.samford.edu/ Harwell Goodwin Davis Library]<br>800 Lakeshore Dr.<br>Birmingham, AL 35229-0001<br>Phone: (205)726-2748<br> | ||
Special Collection, Samford University | |||
Samford University<br>[http://library.samford.edu/ Harwell Goodwin Davis Library]<br>800 Lakeshore Dr.<br>Birmingham, AL 35229-0001<br>Phone: (205)726-2748<br> | |||
See [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama Archives and Libraries]]. The Samford University Library Website has an inventory of their records and contains many different Alabama denominations in their collection besides Baptist. Also included are [http://library3.samford.edu/search~S27?/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&SUBKEY=(american%20Missionary%20association)/1%2C38%2C38%2CB/frameset&FF=X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C microfilmed records] of the American Missionary Association, a interdenominational missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles beginning in 1846. | See [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama Archives and Libraries]]. The Samford University Library Website has an inventory of their records and contains many different Alabama denominations in their collection besides Baptist. Also included are [http://library3.samford.edu/search~S27?/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D/X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&SUBKEY=(american%20Missionary%20association)/1%2C38%2C38%2CB/frameset&FF=X(american%20Missionary%20association)&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C microfilmed records] of the American Missionary Association, a interdenominational missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles beginning in 1846. | ||
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Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Alabama Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be located through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog ] or by referring to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. {{FHL|129780|item|disp=FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507}}. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Alabama Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be located through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog ] or by referring to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. {{FHL|129780|item|disp=FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507}}. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | ||
=== [[Image:St. Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church Dec 2012.jpg|right|400x220px]] | === Episcopal === | ||
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| bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="7" | <center>'''Episcopal Statistics in Alabama 1830 to 1898<ref>R.H. Cobbs and W.C. Whitaker, "Statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Alabama," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 2 (1898):83-89. Digital version at {{FSbook|88951}} - free.</ref>'''</center> | | bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="7" | <center>'''Episcopal Statistics in Alabama 1830 to 1898<ref>R.H. Cobbs and W.C. Whitaker, "Statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Alabama," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 2 (1898):83-89. Digital version at {{FSbook|88951}} - free.</ref>'''</center> | ||
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*Whitaker, Walter C. ''History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama 1763-1891.'' Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, 1898. Digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE202365 FamilySearch Books] - free. | *Whitaker, Walter C. ''History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama 1763-1891.'' Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, 1898. Digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE202365 FamilySearch Books] - free. | ||
=== [[Image:Fort Deposit, Alabama United Methodist Church.JPG|right|420x290px|Fort Deposit, Alabama United Methodist Church.JPG]] | === Methodist === | ||
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[http://www.huntingdon.edu/ Houghton Memorial Library]<br>Huntingdon College <br>1500 E. Fairview Avenue<br>Montgomery, AL 36106-2148 <br>Phone: (334) 833-4421<br>Fax: (334) 263-4465 <br>E-mail: [mailto:edidwell@huntingdon.edu <u>edidwell@huntingdon.edu</u>] | [http://www.huntingdon.edu/ Houghton Memorial Library]<br>Huntingdon College <br>1500 E. Fairview Avenue<br>Montgomery, AL 36106-2148 <br>Phone: (334) 833-4421<br>Fax: (334) 263-4465 <br>E-mail: [mailto:edidwell@huntingdon.edu <u>edidwell@huntingdon.edu</u>] | ||
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*Hall, James H.B. "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 4 (1904):365-394. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/transactionsala03socigoog#page/n380/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free. Identifies minute books available for early Presbyteries. The early Presbyteries did not keep records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. | *Hall, James H.B. "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826," ''Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society,'' Vol. 4 (1904):365-394. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/transactionsala03socigoog#page/n380/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free. Identifies minute books available for early Presbyteries. The early Presbyteries did not keep records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. | ||
=== Roman Catholic === | === Roman Catholic === | ||
[http://www.bhmdiocese.org/ Diocese of Birmingham]<br>2121 3rd Ave.<br>P.O. Box 12047<br>North Birmingham, AL 35202-2047<br>Phone: (205) 838-8322 | [http://www.bhmdiocese.org/ Diocese of Birmingham]<br>2121 3rd Ave.<br>P.O. Box 12047<br>North Birmingham, AL 35202-2047<br>Phone: (205) 838-8322 | ||
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The Archdiocese includes the counties of: [[Autauga County, Alabama Genealogy|Autauga]], [[Baldwin County, Alabama Genealogy|Baldwin]], [[Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy|Barbour]], [[Bullock County, Alabama Genealogy|Bullock]], [[Butler County, Alabama Genealogy|Butler]], [[Choctaw County, Alabama Genealogy|Choctaw]], [[Clarke County, Alabama Genealogy|Clarke]], [[Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy|Coffee]], [[Conecuh County, Alabama Genealogy|Conecuh]], [[Covington County, Alabama Genealogy|Covington]], [[Crenshaw County, Alabama Genealogy|Crenshaw]], [[Dale County, Alabama Genealogy|Dale]], [[Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy|Dallas]], [[Elmore County, Alabama Genealogy|Elmore]], [[Escambia County, Alabama Genealogy|Escambia]], [[Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy|Geneva]], [[Henry County, Alabama Genealogy|Henry]], [[Houston County, Alabama Genealogy|Houston]], [[Lee County, Alabama Genealogy|Lee]], [[Lowndes County, Alabama Genealogy|Lowndes]], [[Macon County, Alabama Genealogy|Macon]], [[Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy|Mobile]], [[Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy|Monroe]], [[Montgomery County, Alabama Genealogy|Montgomery]], [[Pike County, Alabama Genealogy|Pike]], [[Russell County, Alabama Genealogy|Russell]], [[Washington County, Alabama Genealogy|Washington]] and [[Wilcox County, Alabama Genealogy|Wilcox]].<ref name="rome" /> | The Archdiocese includes the counties of: [[Autauga County, Alabama Genealogy|Autauga]], [[Baldwin County, Alabama Genealogy|Baldwin]], [[Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy|Barbour]], [[Bullock County, Alabama Genealogy|Bullock]], [[Butler County, Alabama Genealogy|Butler]], [[Choctaw County, Alabama Genealogy|Choctaw]], [[Clarke County, Alabama Genealogy|Clarke]], [[Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy|Coffee]], [[Conecuh County, Alabama Genealogy|Conecuh]], [[Covington County, Alabama Genealogy|Covington]], [[Crenshaw County, Alabama Genealogy|Crenshaw]], [[Dale County, Alabama Genealogy|Dale]], [[Dallas County, Alabama Genealogy|Dallas]], [[Elmore County, Alabama Genealogy|Elmore]], [[Escambia County, Alabama Genealogy|Escambia]], [[Geneva County, Alabama Genealogy|Geneva]], [[Henry County, Alabama Genealogy|Henry]], [[Houston County, Alabama Genealogy|Houston]], [[Lee County, Alabama Genealogy|Lee]], [[Lowndes County, Alabama Genealogy|Lowndes]], [[Macon County, Alabama Genealogy|Macon]], [[Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy|Mobile]], [[Monroe County, Alabama Genealogy|Monroe]], [[Montgomery County, Alabama Genealogy|Montgomery]], [[Pike County, Alabama Genealogy|Pike]], [[Russell County, Alabama Genealogy|Russell]], [[Washington County, Alabama Genealogy|Washington]] and [[Wilcox County, Alabama Genealogy|Wilcox]].<ref name="rome" /> | ||
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For further information about local church records, please refer to county or city pages. | For further information about local church records, please refer to county or city pages. | ||
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