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Genealogy Resources
from the Mobile Public Library

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• 1930 Census Online - A comprehensive guide to the 1930 census. Learn how the census was taken, which records survive today, and how to find microfilm that may contain your family's records. The locator is an online database listing every roll of microfilm in the 1930 census, searchable by over 120,000 geographic locations. It is not a family or individual name index or a digital version of the microfilm.
• AccessGenealogy - State by State Record, Native American and African American genealogy, and more
• African American Genealogy
• The African - Native Genealogy Page - the Oklahoma's Black Indians
• Afrigeneas - postings on African American genealogy research and resources
• The Alabama Department of Archives and History - lots of info here on the history and genealogy of our state
• AlGenWeb - Alabama Genealogy Info on the Web
• Alabama Obituaries - Obits from Mobile, Birmingham and Hunstville going back six months
• American Family Immigration History Center - Ellis Island immigration records
• American-French Genealogical Society
• Ancestors from Norway - provides a guide to Norwegian-American genealogy
• Ancestry.com - Limited, free access is available from anywhere to search thousands of names and genealogical databases. (AncestryPlus is now at all Mobile Public Library locations! You can now have instant access to many more resources than are offered on Ancestry.com via this subscription only product. It includes millions of names and thousands of databases such as Census Index, Periodical Source Index, American Genealogical-Biographical Index, UMI Obituraries and Marriage Records for 25 states.
• Baldwin County Probate Court - see deeds, marriage licenses and other records
• Beginner's Guide to Family History Research - "Everyone has ancestors, and if you're wondering who yours are, it's time to get involved in family history and genealogy research. This is the place for you to start!"
• Cemetery Records Online
• CousinConnect.com - search a number of databases at one time
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
• Deathindexes.com - online searchable death and obituary indexes by state, some links require a subscription to Ancestry.com if you are accessing from outside the library
• The Electric Cemetery
• Family Tree Maker Online - A Genealogical WebSite Guide and Family Finder
• Family Search - a searchable database of over 35 million names from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
• Family Tree Searcher - a great new way to check the net for family tree info
• FindAGrave
• Freedmen's Bureau Online
• Genealogy.com
• The Genealogy Home Page
• Genealogy Online
• Historical and Genealogical Societies in Alabama - from The Alabama Department of Archives and History
• JewishGen - Your guide to Jewish Genealogical Research
• Kindred Konnections
• Land Patent Search - search Land Office Records from the bureau of Land Managment
• Legacy.com - search current obituaries from over 300 newspapers, includes celebrities and Social Security Death Index
• Louisiana Genealogy at the New Orleans Public Library's Louisiana Division City Archives and Special Collections
• Maps from the University of Alabama - Historical and contemporary maps plus Aerial photography from all over the world. Great for Alabama History school projects and genealogists, too!
• Mobile County Probate Court - get info on how to get marriage, judicial and property records. Over 3mil records online.
• The Mobile Genealogical Society
• National Archives Genealogy Page
• National Archives Access to Archival Databases - search over 350 database with 50 million electronic records created by over 20 federal agencies or browse by topic.
• Native American Genealogy - Reconnecting With Your American Indian Heritage - a great place to start your search, instructions based on different situations with many links to sources provided
• Native American Genealogy Links
• Obituaries 101 - links to recent obits and stories in the US the health care field
• RootsWeb - the oldest genealogy postings sites with over half a million surnames
• Stephen Morse's Obtaining Enumerative Districts for the 1930 Census in One Step
• Stephen Morse's Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step
• Surnameweb - access millions of surname and genealogy links from this site.
• University of South Alabama Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library - an overview of the arichives' collection, policies, publications, etc.
• University of Virginia Guide to Manuscripts and Archival Collections - a searchable database of approx. 1200 online descriptions of manuscripts and links to other similar projects
• USGenWeb - links for research all over the US
• U.S.Surname Distribution - See where your name came from in the US
• Vital Records Information
• World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Alabama

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