Bhamwiki:References

This is a list of useful references for BhamWiki editors:

Local references

AHSAA Sports - state sports records
Alabama Department of Archives and History Photo Database - scanned images. Searchable thumbnails. Full-resolution scans available for order.
Alabama Heritage archives - summaries and resources from Summer 1986 to present
Birmingham Business Journal archives - from 1996 to present
Birmingham FM
Birmingham Geneology Society resources - cemetery & mortuary listings, etc
Birmingham News website and archives - Current articles are available only temporarily and archived in full for 14 days. Excerpts from older articles to 1994, full articles for a fee.

Birmingham Public Library - "Teacher's Pet" - links to history resources grouped by period.
Birmingham Radio and TV technical information and histories (copyrighted)
Birmingham Rewound
Birmingham Weekly archives - currently archives articles back to Nov. 2004 and cover images to December 2002.
Black and White archives - includes articles from September 2000 to present
Emporis - Birmingham - information of buildings within Birmingham
InformationBirmingham - official Birmingham site with Council Minutes and GIS mapping
Shelby County Wiki - public domain
Skyscraperpage.com diagrams
Tracking Your Roots: Jefferson County - links to census, pension, marriage and cemetery records, etc.

Alabama Coal Mine fatalities 1898-1938 via Birmingham Public Library
Alabama Episcopal Church registers 1830s-1970s via Birmingham Public Library
Alabama Inventors 1821-1966 via Birmingham Public Library
Alabama Tornado Occurrences 1819-2006 via National Weather Service
Birmingham Obituaries 1960-1976 via Birmingham Public Library
Social Security Death Index - searchable index of birth and death dates of the deceased
WPA Index to Alabama Biography via Birmingham Public Library

ALDOT County Maps - Current maps from the Alabama Dept. of Transportation in PDF format
Historical Maps of Jefferson County - hosted by the University of Alabama (other counties also available from here)
Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (JCLC card required)

Birmingham Public Library Government Documents - including census, elections, officials, patents & links