I just want to clarify some of what Houston said about AL obits.  You can 
get copies of death records, marriage records, divorce records, and birth 
records from any office of the Alabama Department of Public Health.  The 
charge is $12.00 for each copy.  If you go early in the day, you will 
probably get the copy on the same day.  They cannot guarantee same-day 
service after 12:00 noon.  You can also go online to the department website, 
and download a form to mail to the department.  They also give you the 
option of ordering electronically, through a service called VitalCheck, but 
it costs $10.00 more.

The url for the health department is: 
http://ph.state.al.us/chs/VitalRecords/VRECORDS.HTMl

I hope this helps!

Jean Spradlin-Miller
Birmingham, AL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HOUSTON FOSTER" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:58 PM
Subject: [VA-ROOTS] FamileeMom Brown


> If you have the obit for his mother you can take it to the State Health 
> Dept. in any large town in Alabama and they will get you a cert. of death, 
> usually within the hour.
>  It will usually be filed under her married name. The cost is about $10.00 
> it will probably have her husbands name and the name of her parents, her 
> date of birth and date of death with this info you should be able to come 
> up with a lot of information about relatives ect that will give you a lot 
> of clues to work. If you are not in Alabama you can order it over the 
> internet but it is more expensive. If she died in another state you can 
> search google for death certificates for that state.
>  Houston

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