Unfortunately for you it was 1908. Mobile records, however go back to the early 1800's. Some counties began keeping such records after the the civil war. David Walters > ** Original Subject: Re: [AL-MOBILEBAY] Old Mobile Map > ** Original Sender: Ambiance Studio <ambicat@bellsouth.net> > ** Original Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:48:51 -0600 > ** Original Message follows... > > >If you go to google http://www.google.com do a search for "old mobile alabama maps" . Quite a few come up. > > I also have a question. When did it become mandatory for Alabama to issue birth and death certificates? I have been looking for over a year for the birth of George Francis Reynes (1867) and the death of his father, Constant Reynes (sometime between 1867-1870) with no success. They were only in Alabama a short time before returning to New Orleans. > > > ^..^ > =Cat= > Catherine Donnow > http://www.ambiancestudio.com > mailto:ambicat@bellsouth.net > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com