Hello Chris...and all! Several years ago when I went to the location I had them do a search for my great grandmother. They searched from the earliest records, about 1882 all the way to 1925...even though I told them she died in 1898 according to a bible record...so they will search from the early years. I didn't get lucky with that great grandmother, but they did find another relative, a gg grandmother who also died in 1898, but didn't find her husband who died 6 years later! Records were kept very haphazardly in those days. Bill William C. Burgess II 10605 Dreamy Lane Parker, AZ 85344-7523 On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 18:18:25 -0500 Chris Caravella <chris.caravella@home.com> writes: > Hi Raymond, > > I came upon this address quite by luck. I was passed around a lot > but I > beleive the number is (205)933-9110. The clerk took my address and > mailed me a form to fill out. The address is > > Jefferson County Department of Health > Bureau of Health Statistics and Vital records > 1400 Sixth Avenue South > PO Box 2648 > Birmingham, AL 35202-2648 > > The cost is $12 per search/certificate and $4 for additional copies > - > money order or cashiers check only. Also only the next of kin can > request a certificate. That means my dad actually had to sign for > my > grandfather's birth certificate or he could have written a letter > giving > me authority. I'm not sure how flexible this rule is but in my case > I > didn't need to worry about it. I hope that by writing directly to > the > county they will search pre-1908 records. There was no mention on > the > form of a search limit. I'll let everyone know how it turns out. > > Ciao, > Chris > > "Hi Chris, I am also looking for a birth certificate for my > grandfather > who was born in Birmingham in 1892. I spent two days in August of > this > year in Birmingham & Montgomery searching through their archives. > Unfortunately, I was not able to find anything on my grandfather. > Interestingly enough, no one else has mentioned the Jefferson County > Dept of Health. It sounds like a new lead for me and perhaps > others. > Chris, could you provide their address and phone number. Thanks in > advance. > > Raymond Simmons > > "My grandfather was born in 1896 in Birmingham and I need to get a > certified copy of his birth certificate. I know the regular > channels > only supply births from 1906 on, but I saw on AlGenWeb that > Jefferson > County had births back to 1882. I called around and got the > Jefferson > County Department of Health, Bureau of Health Statistics and Vital > Records and I was sent a form (I live in New Orleans)." " >