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1870 Mortality Schedule, Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama Compiled from the United States census of 1870 and includes data on persons who died in the 12 month period prior to 06/01/1870. It includes approximately 650 entries for Mobile County and 35 entries for Baldwin County. 30 pages. $7.00

American Beginnings in the Old Southwest: The Mississippi Phase, by William Baskerville Hamilton, Ph.D. This is an original dissertation published posthumously. It contains a surname index including over 4,000 surnames. Bound in 3-ring loose-leaf binder. 632 pages. $75.00

American Seaman 1867-1872, transcribed by Clara Dolan and David Wilkerson from microfilm of Record Group 36, Roll 1 of the US Customs Service. Contains a partial transcription of seamen working on ships arriving in Mobile during the period noted. Most of the records are from 1867-1870. Contains the seaman full name, name and type of ship and date of arrival for about 1,500 active seamen. 57 pages. $10.00

Beginning Classes in Genealogy: A Teaching Guide, by Tricia Crowe. A collection of lectures in two outline forms for the beginning class in genealogy. The first outline gives explanations and examples of the major points; the second gives the basic points so that the teacher may use the examples from his/her own experience. These lessons are taken from a series of classes offered by the author for many years. 57 pages. $10.00

Burial Records, Mobile County, Alabama Volume I Contains a list of 12,226 burials for 1820-1826 and 1835-1856. The burials are sorted alphabetically on the first letter of the surname within each year covered. Index to this volume sold separately. 237 pages. $26.00

Burial Records, Mobile County, Alabama Volume II Contains burials for 1857-1870. Most of the entries include the sex, age and place of birth. Some include occupation. Includes an index of 4,987 surnames. 312 pages. $35.00

Death Notices, Mobile, Alabama and Vicinity Abstracts arranged in chronological order with a surname index. Most of these records are from newspapers published in or near Mobile. These lists are not a complete record of all the deaths that occurred, but they include a significant portion. Typical data includes death date and cause of death.

Death Records A copy of the official Mobile County Health Department Death Record of persons who died during the years 1876-1908. The Death Record consists of the Physician’s Certificate of Death, the Return of Death Certificate and (when applicable) the Certificate for Shipment when the deceased was shipped into or out of the county. Submit the name, death date and, if possible, the certificate number as found in the Death Record Index, Volume II publication listed. Cost for the copy of each record is $5.00 per name. This price includes mailing costs.

Deep South Genealogical Quarterly Back issues of the MGS quarterly provide useful information to persons researching their family history in Mobile and near areas of the deep South. First published in 1963 with quarterlies ranging in size from 50 to 65 pages. Indices (surname) for volumes 1-22 sold as separate issues and are $8.00. Indices for volumes 23-25 are included in issue No. 4 of each volume. Indices for volumes 26-present are included in each issue. Each single issue is $8.00. Each volume set is $30.00. Copies of individual pages including shipping is $1.00 per page. Include volume and issue number in the Title/Description column when ordering.

Deep South Genealogical Quarterly: Index to Titles, compiled by Mary Lou Collier. Includes titles, content and record type for all items published in the MGS quarterly from inception in 1963 through 1999. An invaluable research aid for finding data published in the MGS quarterly. 101 pages. $15.00

Funeral Records, Roche-McKay Mortuary Abstracts from the files at Roche-Belmany Guardian Chapel in Mobile, Alabama

Higgins Mortuary Records, Mobile, Alabama Extracted information covering the late 1930s. Indexed by surname.

Index to Burial Records, Mobile County, Alabama Volume I A full name index of the persons included in Volume I of the burial records. Includes the given names and the page number that the name appears on in Volume I of the burial records book. 129 pages. $18.00

Index to Death Records for Mobile County, Alabama Contains abstracts sorted by name and include the date of death, race and the death certificate number, if the death occurred between 1843 and 1875. Volumes II and III do not include the death certificate number.

Magnolia Cemetery Records, Squares 1-5, Mobile, Alabama Volume I, extracted by Lloyd Logan. An alphabetically arranged (by surname) book containing about 3,500 names. 213 pages. $25.00.

MGS Membership and Surname Directory Includes the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, web site addresses and up to ten surnames of each MGS member as of May 1, 2004. Contains an index of approximately 1,200 surnames. 43 pages. $10.00

Mobile County 1895 Section Map Shows railroads, public roads, schools, Spanish land grants, etc. Clear and legible. Copyright 1895 by Henry Fonde. Lithograph of original (18"x37"). $5.00. Special shipping charge is $5.00. This includes a sturdy map tube and postage. The total for this item is $10.00.

Mobile County Marriage Records 1813-1850. Arranged alphabetically by both brides and grooms. Also includes the marriage date. Over 3,000 marriages. Abstracted from records in the Mobile County Courthouse. 136 pages. $18.00

Tax Rolls, Mobile Alabama, 1836-1839 Abstract from the tax records containing the name of the individual and/or company name and the taxable year. 6,000 entries. Indexed by surname. 46 pages. $8.00

Tombstone Inscriptions, Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama Compiled from cemetery tombstone inscriptions with dates back to the early 1840s, but some older headstones are included. The cemetery was used primarily by Catholics, but includes many non-Catholics, also. Covers what is commonly known as the old section. Contains an index of 1,528 surnames. 150 pages. $20.00

Tombstone Inscriptions: Choctaw County, Alabama, compiled by Mary Ellen Tindle. Contains tombstone inscriptions of 88 named and 19 unnamed cemeteries, most of which are from the pre-Civil War era. Approximately 2,500 inscriptions with surname index. 187 pages. $20.00

Washington County, Alabama, Marriage Records Abstract of the marriage records retained in the county courthouse in Chatom, Alabama. Includes an index of all surnames.

Basic: Includes thirty minutes researching local directories, member data, vertical files and other material we have available in the MGS library. This will be for ONE person, date or article.

In-Depth: Includes research of local county and city records, libraries, historical organizations, college archives, newspapers and other family history repositories (not in the MGS library). Data we typically provide are vital records (birth, death, divorce and marriage), obituaries, court records (deeds, wills and administrations, orphans, etc.), residency records (census, tax records and city directories), cemetery and funeral records and Civil War information. This search is limited to three hours per request.