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Alabama

The Alabama page provides the following links to basic Alabama information:

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  • County:
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  • Volunteer Services: (Describe your services -- i.e., tombstone photos, obituaries, public records lookups, etc.)
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ALABAMA Volunteers

The Volunteer table below provides a list of {{PAGENAME} volunteers who will provide research assistance in the specified counties..

County Volunteer's Name Volunteer Services
ALL Art Suever CITY DIRECTORIES & FAMILY HISTORIES
  • Can help with family histories listed in the Allen Co. Public Library Genealogy Catalog (ACPL). If there is a listing for a book, provide me with a list of titles/call numbers, family surname(s), and what family information you're looking for. (Also check the availability of ACPL microtext records (microfilm and microfiche).
  • The ACPL is the foremost repository for city directories. I can research hard cover city directories found in the ACPL Genealogy Catalog or microfiche and microfilm city directories found in the ACPL microtext catalog. (Please specify city, date range needed, and person(s) of interest.)

Note: I do not live in Alabama ... I live in Allen Co., IN.

ALL Jerry ALABAMA FATAL MINING ACCIDENTS, 1900-1902, 1912-1929 and 1934-1938; can provide date, miner's name, mine name, and accident cause. Accident report reference source for major fatal accidents for all years before 1999 if year and mine name or city is known.
ALL Shelli Steedman I will check my marriage index 1809-1920 and death index 1908-1959. Not all counties are listed. I can also check censuses in any state.

Note: I do not live in Alabama.

ALL Zephyr Available to copy/research any item, for any state or country, at the Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston, TX (one of the nation's top 10). Requestor MUST search the library catalog here FIRST (http://houstonlibrary.org) and provide the call information, title and author for the book you want searched along with the information to be sought in the source. Same for microfilm and other collections please.
Lamar Veneta McKinney Will do lookups on first 3 rolls of microfilm of Lamar County AL newspapers which include The Vernon Pioneer (1875-78), The Vernon Clipper (1879-80), The Lamar News (1886-87), (Vernon Courier – (1889 – 1891 so far). Will photocopy pages of newspapers,etc. Also these have been transcribed and submitted to Genealogy Trails (a free site). My goal is to transcribe all available pre-1900 newspapers for Lamar County and put them online.
Limestone Peggy Bates I am willing to research archives, cemeteries, and other reasonable request.
Marion Veneta McKinney Will do lookups on first 3 rolls of microfilm of Marion County AL newspapers. Will photocopy pages of newspapers, etc. Also, I have been transcribed these and submitted to Genealogy Trails (a free site). My goal is to transcribe all pre-1900 Marion County newspapers and put them online.

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