Alabama State Vital Records Office

Alabama Vital Records P.O. Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 (334) 206-5418 Fax: (334) 262-9563

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There were no Alabama birth "certificates" before 1908. Most counties just registered births in ledgers. Some county court houses may have kept some records, but the best source is the

Department of Archives and History
624 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-4363
Most of their information comes from census records.
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  Record		Cost	Dates	Ordering
  Birth		$12.00	since Jan 1908	Order Online	Mail Order
  	For birth records less than 125 years old you have to be immediate family or have written permission from the next of kin in order to obtain these records.
  Death		$12.00	since Jan 1908	Order Online	Mail Order
  	For death records less than 25 years old you have to be immediate family or have written permission from the next of kin in order to obtain these records. Click here to search the Social Security Death Index
  Marriage		$12.00	since Aug 1936	Order Online	Mail Order
  Divorce		$12.00	since Jan 1950	Order Online	Mail Order
  Adoption		Click here for information
  Military		Alabama Dept of Archives and History
  Census			1790 through 1930	Search U.S. Federal Census Records Online

  

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Index to Alabama County Vital Records Offices

All Alabama vital records are available from the state office and through a statewide computer system that became fully operational in all 67 counties in June 1996.  Within the state, authorized applicants can walk into any county health department and get any Alabama vital record, regardless of where the event occurred, while they wait, usually within 15 to 30 minutes. Since county offices are not prepared to handle mail, customers outside Alabama should not write or call any county health department office. Instead, all calls and mail should be directed to the state office.

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