Birmingham Alabama FamilySearch Center

Come and enjoy access to many wonderful resources for your research.



Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:

Address:


 * 2780 Altadena Rd Birmingham AL 35243 United States
 * Location on Map


 * Corner of Altadena Road and Cahaba River Road and in the church.
 * Our door is nearest the Altadena Road entrance to parking.


 * Help delivered in Spanish, most Tuesdays

Phone:


 * 1 205-967-7279

E-mail:


 * al[mailto:al_birmingham@ldsmail.net _birmingham@ldsmail.net]

FHC Director:


 * Anne Norris

FHC Assistant Directors:

H. Jay Fox

Theresa Tuck

Open Hours:


 * Tues 10:00am-3:00pm
 * Wed 9:00am-3:00pm
 * Sat 9:00am-4:00pm; except 1st and 5th Saturdays
 * We are all volunteers so we invite you to call to be sure we are open.

Staff Training Meetings:


 * First Wednesday 7-8pm

Classes, Workshops


 * Second Wednesday 6:30-830pm


 * INDEXING WORKSHOP with Ann Holloman

Collections


 * FamilySearch Catalog: This center can receive your on-line film or fiche order from the FamilySearch Catalog.
 * We have more than 8800 microfilm and microfiche records on site.
 * Alabama Death Records for years 1908 to 1966, complete. 1967-1974, various.
 * Many microfilm for England, Ireland, Germany, Scotland, South Africa
 * Hurst Tennesse Collection: Tennessee State Library and Archive: V202-0012; NARA M653-1252; NARA 593-1531; NARA T9-1258; NARA T623-1573; NARA 624-1501; NARA 624-1518.              Includes counties: Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblin ,Hancock, Sevier
 * Books: More than 600 volumes including  "American State Papers".
 * Surnames: Bass, Beasley, Bird, Beddingfield, Brocks Gap families, Crocker, Cain, Couplands, Dollins, Drowne, Dickerson, Eillis, Elder, Good, Hassinger, Corbitt, Children of Winged Spur, Killough, Lane, Lawrence, Lasher, McCullough, Martin, Murdock, Moser, Pendergrass, Pullen, Rasco, Rhoad, Richardson, Randolph, Snow, Southerland, Strange, Skinner, Sparks, Stump, Thomas,Veithch, Weaver, Wester, Wooten

Databases and Software


 * FHC Portal Free access in the center to premium family history websites:
 * 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive
 * Access Newspaper Archive
 * Alexander Street Press-The American Civil War
 * Ancestry.com
 * ArkivDigital
 * Create your "Who Do You Think You Are?" story
 * Find My Past
 * Fold3
 * Kinpoint
 * MyHeritage
 * PaperTrail
 * ProQuest Obituary Listings
 * Puzzilla
 * World Vital Records.

Hardware and Equipment

 * Computers, microfilm readers, microfilm/fiche printer for paper or digital, fiche readers

Center Services
Individual Help and Group Presentations at no charge

Staff Research Specialties

 * Irish Research: Patricia Coleman
 * Swedish Research: Linda Trusty
 * Eastern European: David Crider

Resources in the Local Area

 * Alabama Genealogical Society


 * BAAGG, Birmingham African American Genealogy Group, (Meets on 2nd Sunday, 3rd Floor of Linn-Henley Building at Birmingham Central Library)
 * Birmingham Genealogical Group (Meets 4th Saturday at Birmingham Central Library, 2-4pm)


 * Birmingham Central Library: features extensive collection for Southern research


 * Samford University: Outstanding seminars for genealogists, Is Repository for Alabama Baptist Church Records, large Ireland collection, many other records
 * Birmingham Southern University: Has Archives for Methodist Church

Links
Alabama Department of History and Archives

Alabama Genealogical Society Website

Birmingham African American Genealogy Study Group

Birmingham Genealogical Society Blog

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Archives

Birmingham News Archives (1993-Present)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Samford Genealogy Website

Wallace State Genealogy Website

Volunteer at the Center
We need volunteers to work at the Center during regular hours. Contact Director for more information.

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