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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. 

Come to the West Regional Library's Reference Department to access our grant collection and to get online access to Candid Community's grant informational databases. 

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.

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