Online Alabama Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

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Online Alabama Death Indexes

Alabama Death Index 1908-1959 (requires payment) at Ancestry - a subscription also includes...
- Alabama Divorce Index 1950-1959 (requires payment)
- Alabama Marriage Index 1800-1969 (Selected Counties & Years) spouses not always listed (requires payment)
- Index to Alabama Wills 1808-1870 (coverage varies be county) scanned searchable book online; compiled by the DAR (requires payment)

Alabama Obituaries Archive (recent) (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Albertville Sand Mountain Reporter (3/22/2001-Current)
- Anniston Star (10/1/1998-Current, selected coverage from 5/18/1987-9/30/1998)
- Birmingham News (4/27/1993-Current)
- Cleburne News (7/1/2005-Current)
- Decatur Daily (8/1/2006-Current)
- Fort Payne Times-Journal (9/13/2003-Current)
- Huntsville Times (1/2/1992-Current)
- Jacksonville News (6/30/2005-Current)
- Mobile Press-Register (11/1992-Current, except 10/2001-1/10/2003)
- Montgomery Advertiser (3/3/1999-Current)
- Rainsville Weekly Post (3/15/2001-Current)
- St. Clair Times (7/26/2001-Current)
- Scottsboro Daily Sentinel (9/28/2004-Current)
- Talladega Daily Home (7/26/2005-Current)

Bibb County Cemeteries
Jefferson County & Birmingham...
- Birmingham Public Library Local and Genealogy Databases includes...
  - Birmingham Area Newspapers Obituaries Index, January 1943-December 1976
  - Red Mountain Cemetery Record of Interments, 1888-1906 - 4711 burials of indigent dead
  - Jefferson County Probate Court, Loose Records (1852-1936)
- Birmingham Genealogical Society Research Materials includes Angwin Mortuary Index 1906-1975 & Birmingham, Alabama cemeteries
- Deeds, Wills, Administrations of Jefferson County, State of Alabama, Book 1: 1818-1833
- Hueytown Historical Society's Cemeteries of Southwest Jefferson County, Alabama PDF files - listed by cemetery
- Also see the Alabama Obituaries Archive above
Madison County: Huntsville Times Obituaries Archive 1/2/1992-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
Walker County: Davis Cemetery Burials to 1994 - Dora, Alabama
Winston County Death Records, Obituaries, Mortality Schedules & Wills also has some birth & marriage indexes

Alabama Episcopal Church Registers Database 1830s-1970s includes 16 parishes in Baldwin, Dallas, Jefferson, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe and Walker County
Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities 1898-1938
Also... Ancestry's Alabama Genealogy Databases (requires payment) includes census records 1830-1930, vital records indexes, WWI draft cards, and more

Ordering Alabama Vital Records

Order Alabama Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (requires payment; some restrictions may apply)
Alabama Center for Health Statistics - Order Alabama Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates by Mail (requires payment; some restrictions may apply)
- begins with 1908 for birth & death certificates; 1936 for marriage; and 1950 for divorce; try local clerks or courts for records prior to those years

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