Mary, would those Mortality Schedules for Mobile go back as far as 1839? And are they on line? : ] Also, is there any way to find out if my Capt. John EADES (of Wilcox Co.) who died in Mobile was buried there and his standing stone in Wilcox Co. is only a memorial one (it says he died 20 April 1839 Mobile) - or whether he really does rest in Wilcox Co.? Was that a possibility in those times? I've also wondered if Jeremiah and Margaret AUSTILL took him to back to his old original plantation in Clark Co., which they later moved to from Mobile and where Jere is buried. Anne ----- Original Message ----- > Death records were required starting in 1820 and Birth records in 1870. > There was some difficulty enforcing these new laws because many women were > attended by midwives for births. There are books with some of the old death > records. The Catholic Church records for baptisms date back much earlier > than these required registrations. There are also Mortality Schedules going > pretty far back for Mobile and Baldwin Counties. > > Mary >