State Resources — Alabama

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 Vital Records

Alabama currently has birth and death records since 1908, marriage records since August 1936, and divorce records since January 1950.

Birth, Marriage, Divorce, & Death Records

	Call (334) 206-5418 for information on record lookup fees.
	Write to: Center for Health Statistics State Department of Public Health P.O. Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625
	Notes: • For county marriage records, contact the Probate Judge in the county where the license was issued. • For county divorce records, contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the county where the license was issued.

 State Archives and Libraries

The State Archives currently has Alabama county probate records including birth certificates, deeds, death certificates, estates, marriage certificates, and wills, Alabama state records including Confederate veterans' records, militia records (includes Indian wars, War of 1812, Mexican War, and other pre-Civil War service), Revolutionary War records, Spanish-American War records, World War I records, federal land record indexes, state census records, other Alabama records, surname files or genealogical folders, maps, private manuscripts, newspapers on microfilm, family histories, federal records of Alabama residents, and confederate compiled service records index cards censuses from 1820 through 1920.

	Call (334) 242-4435. Hours: Tuesday-Friday 8:00-5:00, Saturday 9:00-5:00, closed Sunday, Monday and all state holidays.
	Write to: State Archives and Library P.O. Box 300100 Montgomery, AL 36130-0100

 Local Genealogical Societies

	Call (205) 414-4103. Hours: Monday 8:00-9:00, Tuesday-Friday 8:00-4:30, closed Saturday and Sunday
	Write to: Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. (AGS) Samford University Library American Genealogical Society Depository and Headquarters Harwell Goodwin Davis Library Special Collection Department 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 35229
	Publications: Alabama Genealogical Society Newsletter, Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine