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Authors: Robert Scott Davis
ISBN-13: 9781578064922, ISBN-10: 1578064929
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Robert Scott Davis

Book Synopsis

For genealogists and others, a detailed guide to informational resources in Alabama records

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Charts
Acknowledgments
1Historical Background3
2Internet, Books, Bibliographies, Periodicals, Newspapers and Manuscripts8
3Maps and Places24
4Biographical Sources31
5Statewide and Out-of-State Libraries and Archives42
6Special African American Research Materials50
7Church and Religious Groups56
8Prehistoric and Native American Sources60
9Colonial and Territorial Sources70
10Migration Sources to and from Alabama74
11Federal Land Records79
12Census Records89
13Other Special Federal Sources98
14City, County, and Community Sources102
15Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Divorces, and Marriages214
16Military Records220
17Special Reconstruction-Era Resources250
Index257

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