1. Other Records Birth, Death, Marriage, Military, Immigration Library & archive online catalogs

2. Birth  Birth recording varies by state  Birth certificates are recent Alabama – only complete after 1927  www.birthdatabase.net www.birthdatabase.net  Some churches have christening records

3. Death  Social Security Death Index After 1963 ssdi.rootsweb.com  Obituaries www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=ObitFinder  Death certificates from states statearchives.us/public/  Other databases www.familysearch.org www.ancestry.com www.findagrave.com

4. Marriage  Some states have online indexes Search for – ‘statename marriage records’  Marriage records from states statearchives.us/public/ www.ancestry.com

5. Military  Revolutionary War www.footnote.comwww.footnote.com  Civil War www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/  World War I – Draft Registration 98% of men born 1872-1900 www.ancestry.com  WWII aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR26  Korean War aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR27  Vietnam War aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=WR28

6. Military (continued)  DD214 (or equivalent) Separation from service www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/ind ex.html www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/ind ex.html  Veteran, unremarried spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter ADAH for Alabama vets  Located in Montgomery (quicker)  Broader definition of family for access

7. Immigration  Only after 1819 was it required to have passenger lists  Numerous Ports of Entry www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/passenger- arrival.html www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/passenger- arrival.html  Select records, times, ports Germans, Russians, Irish Famine, Italian aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP22  Many databases, some images www.ancestry.com  Ellis Island 1892-1924 www.ellisisland.org

8. Offline (non-web) Records  Until recently none were online  Many places allow catalog access online Can prepare for visit Request loan of microfilmed records

9. Auburn University  1 st Floor Alabama Collection Genealogy Collection  aubiecat.auburn.edu aubiecat.auburn.edu Select Keyword Search Search on ‘countyname county’ Look for books in above collections Most are for reference only, no checkout

10. Archives  National www.archives.gov/genealogy/ Many document images available via www.footnote.com $ www.footnote.com  Alabama www.archives.state.al.us/ge.html  Georgia content.sos.state.ga.us/index.php

11. Family History Library  THE genealogical library Salt Lake City, Utah  Millions of microfilm rolls, books  Local Family History Centers are branches of the main library One in Opelika  Can search catalog www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC /frameset_fhlc.asp www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC /frameset_fhlc.asp

12. County Records  www.usgenweb.org www.usgenweb.org Select state Select county See what information is there for county records  Search on ‘countyname statename records’