Special Mardi Gras Closings

Ben May Main Library will close early at 5 p.m. on the following Mardi Gras parade days: February 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and March 1.

Please also note: ALL Mobile Public Library locations will be CLOSED Sunday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 4 for Mardi Gras.

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Indexes to county vital records in Alabama and many other states

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The digital archive includes Mobile histories, clippings, maps, photographs, works by local authors, and pre-Civil War and post-Civil War manuscripts. 

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Come to the West Regional Library's Reference Department to access our grant collection and to get online access to Candid Community's grant informational databases. 

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Collection Includes: Death certificates for 1876-1908, Death/burial records from 1830s, French and Spanish archival records, Private papers (Semmes family, etc.), Municipal records, Probate court j

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Fiction by local authors and cookbooks by local organizations. 

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Books on Local History, Church Records, Government Agency Records, Immigration record indexes, Lineage Books, Memoirs, Military Unit Histories, Private Papers of Prominent Individuals & Organiz

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We have cabinets of paper files and newspaper clippings on local subjects including biographies, businesses, local art, cemeteries, Mardi Gras, and unpublished family histories.

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