Genealogical Research: Vital Records

SOUTHcat is the catalog for the libraries at the University of South Alabama. Use this to find records for books, electronic books, media items, and government documents in our collection.

The list of electronic databases and reference sources subscribed to by the Marx Library. Use this link to find newspaper, magazine, and academic journal articles from a variety of sources.

The list of newspapers, magazines, and journals subscribed to by the library. Use this to search a specific periodical or to locate a citation.

Contact information for the reference department at the Marx Library. Includes phone, email, and live chat information.

CDC
--Gives links to the state or area where you can obtain certificates for birth, death, marriage, or divorce records.

Archives.com

--A directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery and burial records.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
--This website allows full access to the 1940 census images, in addition to 1940 census maps and descriptions.

Ancestry.com

--Records from the Bureau which existed from 1865-1871. Website includes marriage records, labor records and "murders and outrages".

Ancestry.com

--In 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses have additional information as to all persons dying within the 12 months preceding the census taking, know as the Mortality Schedules.

Ancestry.com

McCall Rare Book & Manuscript Lib, Marx Library (3rd FL South)
F 325 .D38 1977

Marx Library Reference (2nd FL North, Non-Circ)
F 332 .M6 I5 1994

Marx Library Reference (2nd FL North, Non-Circ)
F 334 .M6 K56 1986