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United States Alabama  Archives and Libraries

These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Alabama.

National
National Archives at Atlanta 5780 Jonesboro Road Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA Phone: 770-968-2100 Fax: 770-968-2547 E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov] Internet: National Archives at Atlanta


 * Records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Constitutional rights, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.

Statewide
Alabama Department of Archives and History Mailing address: P.O. Box 300100 Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 Street address: 624 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 Telephone: 334-242-4435 Fax: 334-240-3433 E-mail: [mailto:n.dupree@archives.alabama.gov n.dupree@archives.alabama.gov]


 * Start here if you are researching Alabama ancestors. Every county has local records such as marriages, deeds, and the associated indexes.


 * The Department of Archives and History (closed Mondays) has the following records: federal and state censuses; vital records (birth, death, marriage, and divorce); county records (deeds, wills, and other probate records); land, military, and military discharge records (DD214s); surname files; city directories; African-American records (Reconstruction to the present); American Indian records; and immigration and naturalization records.

Alabama Historical Association PO Box 456 Livingston, AL 35470 E-mail: [mailto:alabamahistory@gmail.com alabamahistory@gmail.com] Internet: Alabama Historical Association


 * Holds annual meetings and publishes The Alabama Review..

Regional
Auburn University Libraries Special Collections Department Auburn University Libraries 231 Mell Street Auburn University, AL 36849 Phone: 334-844-4500 or 800-446-0387


 * The library has a large genealogical collection and a helpful worldwide web site.

Birmingham Public Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203 Telephone: 205-226-3665 E-mail: [mailto:askgenlocal@bham.lib.al.us askgenlocal@bham.lib.al.us]


 * Book, periodicals, maps, and family folders.

Florence-Lauderdale Public Library

Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Special Collections 915 Monroe St SW Huntsville, AL 35801 Telephone: 256-532-5969 E-mail: [mailto:hhrdept@hmcpl.org hhrdept@hmcpl.org] Internet: Special Collections


 * This library has the best genealogical collection for Alabama families. It is a good place to start research for Alabama sources during any time period. They also have a good southern states collection.

Mobile Public Library Local History Dept. 704 Government Street Mobile, AL 36602-1499 Telephone: 334-208-7093 Fax: 334-208-5866 E-mail: [mailto:mpllhg@acan.net mpllhg@acan.net]


 * They have a very good genealogy department in its own separate building.

Mobile Municipal Archives Mail address: P.O. Box 1827 Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827 USA Street address: 457 Church Street Mobile, Alabama 36602 USA Telephone: 251-208-7740 Fax: 251-208-7428 E-mail: [mailto:archives@cityofmobile.org archives@cityofmobile.org] Internet: http://www.cityofmobile.org/archives/ Municipal Archives


 * Includes records of early Alabama/Florida settlers: Spanish, French, and Anglo especially during the Spanish period. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.

Samford University Library Special Collection Department 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 35229 Telephone: 205-726-2749 Fax: 205-726-2642


 * This is one of the finest collections in the South. They have both original and secondary sources primarily for Alabama and the Southeast USA. They also have a good Irish manuscript and local histories for Kerry and Cork. They have an especially strong Baptist collection including congregational and mission records, maps, local histories, genealogical periodicals, and newspapers.

University of Alabama Libraries William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library University of Alabama Second Floor Mary Harmon Bryant Hall 500 Hackberry Lane Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266 Telephone: 205-348-0500 Fax: 205-348-1699 E-mail: [mailto:archives@bama.ua.edu archives@bama.ua.edu] The mailing address is: P.O. Box 870266 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266

Wallace State College

Out of State
Dallas Public Central Library

Courthouse Fires
Fires or other disasters occurred in many county courthouses. If records are missing, you can often find substitute records such as cemetery records, censuses, church records, newspapers, Bible records, military service and pension records, delayed birth certificates, or records in neighboring counties that have similar information. See Burned Counties Research. Sometimes landowners re-registered their deeds after a courthouse fire. The following list shows when Alabama courthouses were damaged by fire or other disasters: