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’