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Other RecordsOther Records
Birth, Death, Marriage,Military, ImmigrationLibrary & archive online catalogs
BirthBirth
Birth recording varies by state Birth certificates are recent
Alabama – only complete after 1927 www.birthdatabase.net Some churches have christening
records
DeathDeath Social Security Death Index
After 1963 ssdi.rootsweb.com
Obituaries www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=ObitFinder
Death certificates from states statearchives.us/public/
Other databases www.familysearch.org www.ancestry.com www.findagrave.com
MarriageMarriage
Some states have online indexes Search for – ‘statename marriage
records’ Marriage records from states
statearchives.us/public/ www.ancestry.com
MilitaryMilitary Revolutionary War www.footnote.com Civil War www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ World War I – Draft Registration
98% of men born 1872-1900 www.ancestry.com
WWII aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR26
Korean War aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR27
Vietnam War aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR28
Military (continued)
DD214 (or equivalent) Separation from service www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/
index.html Veteran, unremarried spouse, father,
mother, brother, sister, son, daughter ADAH for Alabama vets
Located in Montgomery (quicker) Broader definition of family for access
ImmigrationImmigration Only after 1819 was it required to have
passenger lists Numerous Ports of Entry
www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/passenger-arrival.html
Select records, times, ports Germans, Russians, Irish Famine, Italian aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP22
Many databases, some images www.ancestry.com
Ellis Island 1892-1924 www.ellisisland.org
Offline (non-web) RecordsOffline (non-web) Records
Until recently none were online Many places allow catalog access
online Can prepare for visit Request loan of microfilmed records
Auburn UniversityAuburn University
1st Floor Alabama Collection Genealogy Collection
aubiecat.auburn.edu Select Keyword Search Search on ‘countyname county’ Look for books in above collections Most are for reference only, no checkout
ArchivesArchives
National www.archives.gov/genealogy/ Many document images available via
www.footnote.com $ Alabama
www.archives.state.al.us/ge.html Georgia
content.sos.state.ga.us/index.php
Family History LibraryFamily History Library THE genealogical library
Salt Lake City, Utah Millions of microfilm rolls, books Local Family History Centers are
branches of the main library One in Opelika
Can search catalog www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/f
rameset_fhlc.asp
County RecordsCounty Records
www.usgenweb.org Select state Select county See what information is there for county
records Search on ‘countyname statename
records’