Other Records

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Other Records

• Birth, Death, Marriage,
• Military, Immigration
• Library archive online catalogs

2
Birth

• Birth recording varies by state
• Birth certificates are recent
• Alabama only complete after 1927
• www.birthdatabase.net
• Some churches have christening records

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Death

• Social Security Death Index
• After 1963
• ssdi.rootsweb.com
• Obituaries
• www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?PageObitFinder
• Death certificates from states
• statearchives.us/public/
• Other databases
• www.familysearch.org
• www.ancestry.com
• www.findagrave.com

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Marriage

• Some states have online indexes
• Search for statename marriage records
• Marriage records from states
• statearchives.us/public/
• www.ancestry.com

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Military

• 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?catWR26
• Korean War
• aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?catWR27
• Vietnam War
• aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?catWR28

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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

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Immigration

• Only after 1819 was it required to have passenger
  lists
• Numerous Ports of Entry
• www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/passenger-a
  rrival.html
• Select records, times, ports
• Germans, Russians, Irish Famine, Italian
• aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?catGP22
• Many databases, some images
• www.ancestry.com
• Ellis Island 1892-1924
• www.ellisisland.org

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Offline (non-web) Records

• Until recently none were online
• Many places allow catalog access online
• Can prepare for visit
• Request loan of microfilmed records

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Auburn 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

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Archives

• 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

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Family 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/frameset_fhl
  c.asp

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County Records

• www.usgenweb.org
• Select state
• Select county
• See what information is there for county records
• Search on countyname statename records