Records of deaths, 1907- ca.1940.

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Records of deaths, 1907- ca.1940.

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Beginning in 1881, each county in Alabama was required to have a county health officer and after 1919, a local registrar of vital statistics, who was responsible for recording all deaths in the county. These records were filed with the probate judge after 1907 when the booklet was filled (see Ala. Acts, 7, p. 893 [1907]); Ala. Acts, 1, sub. 1, p. 782 [1915]. The series consists of booklets that provide name of decedent, place of death, contributing causes, duration of illness, family names, attending physicians, and place of burial. This record began in 1907 and was discontinued ca. 1940.

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