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Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898-1938
Alabama Episcopal Church Registers
Alabama Inventors
Jefferson County Probate Court, Loose Records (1852-1936)
Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers
Red Mountain Cemetery Record of Interments, 1888-1906
WPA Index to Alabama Biography
Obituary Index : Birmingham Area Newspapers
Last Name
Starts With
Contains
Is Exactly
First Name
Starts With
Contains
Is Exactly
Year
Include previous 5 years
Include following 5 years
Newspaper
Every Newspaper
Birmingham News
Birmingham World
Methodist Christian Advocate / Alabama Christian Advocate
About this Database
This database is an ongoing project of the Government Documents Department of the Birmingham Public Library. Obituaries from three Birmingham area newspapers are included:
Birmingham News
Birmingham World
Methodist Christian Advocate / Alabama Christian Advocate
Obituaries vary greatly in length, from one or two lines to a full column.
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Database Coverage (as of May 09, 2008)
September 1943 - December 1976
167768 entries
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