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Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898-1938
Alabama Decorative Arts Survey
Alabama Episcopal Church Registers
Alabama Inventors
Birmingham Black Barons
Jefferson County Probate Court, Loose Records (1852-1936)
Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery Interments
Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers
Red Mountain Cemetery Record of Interments, 1888-1906
Shadow Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery Interments
WPA Index to Alabama Biography
Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers
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ACIPCO News
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About this Database
This database is an ongoing project of the
Government Documents Department
of the Birmingham Public Library. Obituaries from several Birmingham area newspapers are included:
ACIPCO News
Current coverage
January 1974 - November 2001
992 entries
Birmingham News
Current coverage
January 1919 - December 1996
264876 entries
Birmingham Post Herald
Current coverage
May 1938 - October 1993
1645 entries
Birmingham Reporter
Current coverage
January 1918 - October 1982
491 entries
Birmingham Times
Current coverage
October 1942 - February 1985
1912 entries
Birmingham World
Current coverage
September 1940 - December 1996
3005 entries
Methodist Christian Advocate / Alabama Christian Advocate
Current coverage
January 1925 - December 1979
12833 entries
Shelby County Reporter
Current coverage
January 1932 - December 1979
4443 entries
Obituaries vary greatly in length, from one or two lines to a full column.
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