How to Get Alabama Death Certificates from the LDS Family History
Centers
Many times, the family history researcher does not need a
certified copy of a death certificate. The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Library has purchased the
microfilmed index to Alabama death certificates, and copies of Alabama death
certificates. These microfilms may be rented for use at any Family
History Center (FHC). For the location of the nearest FHC, contact
a LDS church near you. Also, the Alabama death index is available at
the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, at the Birmingham
Public Library in the Microforms Department, and at the Special Collections
of Wallace State in Hanceville, Alabama.
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Getting the Death Index--If you are not able to visit the libraries
mentioned above, you will need to rent the death index at your local FHC.
The Family History Library catalog on CD-ROM lists the death certificates
under "Alabama--Vital Statistics". Locate the entry in the catalog. The
first page of the entry from the CD-ROM catalog is shown below. The entry
in the online catalog is listed as Deaths, 1908-1972, index to deaths,
1908. If you are using the CD-ROM or online catalog, page down
until you find the microfilm numbers for the index. At your local FHC, order
the index microfilm based on the year of death of the person you wish to
find.
AUTHOR
Alabama. Department of Health (Montgomery, Alabama).
TITLE
Deaths, 1908-1972; index to deaths, 1908-1969.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1993.
FORMAT
708 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
NOTES
Microfilm of originals in the Alabama Department of Health in Montgomery,
Alabama.
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Using the Death Index--Names on the death index microfilm are either
in alphabetical order, or are in soundex order. Once you find your person
on the death index microfilm, make notes of the numbers following their name.
Below are a couple of entries you might find in the death index, and
"translations."
| Willcut |
John |
64 |
5/1/10 |
26 |
109 |
| Wilcutt |
Joel A. |
22 |
2/31 |
11 |
5239 |
| surname |
given name |
county of death |
date of death |
volume |
certificate |
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Getting the Death Certificates--Using the information above, order
the appropriate microfilm of death certificates. For any given year,
there will be several reels of microfilmed death certificates.
Alabama Counties
| 1. AUTAUGA
2. BALDWIN
3. BARBOUR
4. BIBB
5. BLOUNT
6. BULLOCK
7. BUTLER
8. CALHOUN
9. CHAMBERS
10. CHEROKEE
11. CHILTON
12. CHOCTAW
13. CLARKE
14. CLAY
15. CLEBURNE
16. COFFEE
17. COLBERT
18. CONECUH
19. COOSA
20. COVINGTON
21. CRENSHAW
22. CULLMAN |
23. DALE
24. DALLAS
25. DE KALB
26. ELMORE
27. ESCAMBIA
28. ETOWAH
29. FAYETTE
30. FRANKLIN
31. GENEVA
32. GREENE
33. HALE
34. HENRY
35. HOUSTON
36. JACKSON
37. JEFFERSON
38. LAMAR
39. LAUDERDALE
40. LAWRENCE
41. LEE
42. LIMESTONE
43. LOWNDES
44. MACON |
45. MADISON
46. MARENGO
47. MARION
48. MARSHALL
49. MOBILE
50. MONROE
51. MONTGOMERY
52. MORGAN
53. PERRY
54. PICKENS
55. PIKE
56. RANDOLPH
57. RUSSELL
58. SAINT CLAIR
59. SHELBY
60. SUMTER
61. TALLADEGA
62. TALLAPOOSA
63. TUSCALOOSA
64. WALKER
65. WASHINGTON
66. WILCOX
67. WINSTON |
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