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ARCHIVES SECTION
In 1989 the Archives Section was created after the Court's colonial and historic records were found in the attic of the Mobile County Courthouse. Within these documents French and Spanish Colonial records were discovered. The Historic Record index designates those records "found" in book form. The Archival File index designates those records "found" as loose records or housed in record keeping envelopes.
HISTORIC RECORDS OF THE ARCHIVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON MICROFILM IN THE RECORDS DIVISION:
- Alabama Plats/St. Stephens Meridian Map Collection (1800's)
- Accounts of Administrators & Executors (1837-1882)
- Birth Record Books (1908-1949)
- Boat Book (03/19/1895-06/07/1897)
- Child Labor Affidavits (1908-1914)
- Confederate States Marine Book - Captain J. Ernest Meiere's Journal (10/02/1862-06/07/1864)
- Death Record Books (1920-1946)
- Dog License Book (10//17/1888-9/1/1926)
- Estray Book (1/1/1891-7/5/1923)
- Hall of Lee Benevolent Association Minute Book (1875-1881)
- Hall of Lee Benevolent Association Ledger Book (1/1/1876-12/00/1882)
- Hunters License Book (1907-1914)
- Methodist Church Records of the Mobile District Convention (1871-1888)
- Naturalization Record Books (1833-1871)
- Official Bond Books (original documents) (1813-1871)
- Orphans Court Docket Book & Jury List (1839-1844)
- Orphans Court Estate & Appraisal Book (1818-1822)
- Confederate Pensioners Book 1 (1915-1919)
- Run-Away Slave Book (08/24/1857-03/30/1865)
- Spanish/French Records (original documents) (01/12/1786-12/27/1978)
- Survey of Fractional Township 4 South Range 1 West (04/08/1844)
- Survey of Washington and Mobile County Line (11/03/1893)
- Township Map Books (late 1840's -1890's)
- Translated Record Books (1715-1841)
- U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Surveys Map Collection (1771-1883)
- Ft. Gaines and Ft. Morgan Repairs and Miscellaneous Colonial Maps (no date-1866)
- Voters Registration Oath Book 1 (1870-1874)
- Ward Books (1896)
- Wills (original documents) (1813-1927)
- White Marriage License Book A - original license & bonds (03/13/1813-04/14/1820)
- White Marriage License Book 1 - original license & bonds (04/19/1823-09/19/1825)
- Women's Voter List Books 1 & 2 (1920-1921)
ARCHIVAL FILES OF THE ARCHIVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON MICROFILM IN THE RECORDS DIVISION:
- File 1 - Bounty Paid on Wolves (1820)
- File 2 - Rent Paid for Use of Houses to Hold Court (1814-1845)
- File 3 - Census of Mon Louis Island (1814)
- File 4 - Road Records (1814-1850)
- File 5 - Certificate as Juror (1815-1848)
- File 6 - Ferry Records (1818-1851)
- File 7 - Emancipations (1818-1859)
- File 8 - Tax (1822-1850)
- File 9 - Apprenticeship (1814-1850)
- File 10 - Grist Mill Records (1813-1814)
- File 11 - License (1816-1851)
- File 12 - Treasurer Reports (1814-1851)
- File 13 - Coroner's Office (1814-1851)
- File 14 - Certificate as Witness (1825-1845)
- File 15 - Bridge Records (1821-1850)
- File 16 - Auction (1848-1850)
- File 17 - Bonds (1813-1846)
- File 18 - Construction of Jails and/or Courthouses (1816-1850)
- File 19 - Acts (1848-1850)
- File 20 - Slave Records (1820-1850)
- File 21 - Alhambra Hotel and/or Hagan Buildings (1843-1850)
- File 22 - Alabama Militia Record (1847)
- File 23 - Certificate as Bailiff (1821-1850)
- File 24 - Neptune Fire Company (1826-1830)
- File 25 - Oaths (1826-1849)
- File 26 - Case Records (1814-1850)
- File 27 - Commitments to Jail (1831-1833)
- File 28 - Charles Boyington (1834-1835)
- File 29 - Citations (1821-1849)
- File 30 - Forbes and Company (1814-1831)
- File 31 - Orphan Asylum (1841-1850)
- File 32 - Elections/Appointments/Resignations (1813-1850)
- File 33 - Court Accounts Paid (1814-1850)
- File 34 - Assessment Protest (1849)
- File 35 - Minutes/Orders/Resolutions/Correspondence (1836-1850)
- File 36 - Amnesty/Proclamation Oaths (1865)
- File 37 - Amnesty/Proclamation Oaths (1868)
- File 38 - Original Presidential Patents (1831-1834)
- File 39 - Motorcycle License (1907-1914)
- File 40 - Petitions to Become a Slave (1860-1862)
- File 41 - St. Louis Tract Presidential Patent (1901)
- File 42 - Confederate Records (1861-1967)
- File 43 - Confederate Records (1861-1967)
- File 44 - Confederate Records (1861-1967)
- File 45 - Confederate Records (1861-1967)
- File 46 - Confederate Records (1861-1967)
OTHER SOURCES OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN MOBILE
Historic Mobile Preservation Society Archives
300 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Al 36604
(251) 432-6161 Fax: (251) 432-6161
Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mobile Historic Development Commission
205 Government Street, Government Plaza
P.O. Box 1827, Mobile, Al 36633
(251) 208-7281 Fax: (251) 208-7966
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mobile Municipal Archives
457 Church Street, Mobile, AL 36633
P.O. Box 1827, Mobile, AL 36633
(251) 208-7740 Fax: (251) 208-7428
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum of the City of Mobile
111 S. Royal Street, Mobile, AL 36602
(251) 208-7569 Fax: (251) 208-7686
Hours: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Mobile Public Library
Local History and Genealogy Branch
704 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36601
(251) 208-7093 Fax: (251) 208-5866
Hours: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Mobile District, Technical Library
109 St. Joseph Street, Room 5023
P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36688
(251) 690-3181 Fax: (251) 690-3182
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
University of South Alabama Archives
1504 Springhill Avenue, Room 0722, Mobile, AL 36688
(251) 434-3800 Fax: (251) 434-3622
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed for lunch)
African-American Museum
564 Martin Luther King Avenue, Mobile, Al 36603
(251) 433-8511 Fax: (251) 433-4265
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m to 4 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday by appointments only
Mobile Genealogical Society
1400 Joyce Road / P.O. Box 6224
Mobile, AL 36660-6224
(251) 414-1995
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Family History Center
5520 Zeigler Boulevard, Mobile, Al 36608
Hours: Sunday 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Archives
400 Government Street, P. O. Box 1966, Mobile, Al 36633
(251) 434-1589 Fax: (251) 434-1588
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. but you must call or write for appointment.
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