Jefferson County Probate Court, Loose Records is an Index for Boxes 1-637
(Birmingham) and Bessemer - 1916-1936. These records, microfilmed
"loose records" and records that were not filmed, can be accessed only through
the Probate Records Room in the Jefferson County Courthouse (205-325-5512;
716 Richard Arrington, Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35222).
These records are not available at the Birmingham Public Library.
(Note: Boxes 1-637 refers to the Woodruff Boxes (Drawers) the cases
were originally filed as -- not the archival boxes they are in now.)
A PDF of the finding guide is available
here
The Given Name search field includes the primary
person's given name and also other primary persons in the case, if
applicable.
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Starts With - search by the first letter or letters of a
name
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Contains - search for a letter or letters anywhere in the
name
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Is Exactly - search a name exactly as spelled
Probate Date signifies the date the case was active
in probate.
Keyword searches other pertitent data to the case,
as well as other names extracted from the file.