Services

Mobile City Directories going back to 1837. Directories from other areas including: Prichard, Polk County, Fairhope and Daphne.

Indexes to county vital records in Alabama and many other states

The digital archive includes Mobile histories, clippings, maps, photographs, works by local authors, and pre-Civil War and post-Civil War manuscripts. 

Fax services available at every library location. Sending a fax to local, long distance and toll-free numbers is $1 per page. Cover pages are free.

Downtown Mobile Historical Homes Survey for homes east of Broad St.

Collection Includes: Death certificates for 1876-1908, Death/burial records from 1830s, French and Spanish archival records, Private papers (Semmes family, etc.), Municipal records, Probate court j

Fiction by local authors and cookbooks by local organizations. 

Yearbooks from area high schools and colleges.

These unique collections contain a wealth of Mobile History.

Get started preserving your precious memories - contact Local History & Genealogy to make an appointment.

Microfilm/Microfiche readers with printers and a scanner that can save a file to a flash drive or be emailed.

Print to the Mobile Public Library printers by going to your library location's PrinterOn website, emailing the location's printer or using the PrinterOn app.

Collection Includes: Mobile Register and other Mobile papers from 1819, Mobile Beacon from 1959, and Times Picayune from 1837 to 1865

Books on Local History, Church Records, Government Agency Records, Immigration record indexes, Lineage Books, Memoirs, Military Unit Histories, Private Papers of Prominent Individuals & Organiz

Printers & copiers are available for public use at every location. Black and white printing/copying is $.10 per page. Color printing/copying is $.50 per page.

Computers available for public use at every location. Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Access, Publisher and PowerPoint. Educational games for kids. Adobe Reader.

High resolution flatbad scanners that can save a file to a flash drive or be emailed.

Wi-Fi is available for public use at every location, including on the Bookmobile. Connect to 'Library Name'Guest (i.e. MainGuest) and open a browser window to accept our term and conditions.