Bhamwiki:References

This is a list of useful references for BhamWiki editors:

• Alabama Heritage archives - summaries and resources from Summer 1986 to present
• Birmingham Business Journal archives - from 1996 to present
• Birmingham FM
• 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.

• News Library Birmingham News archives accessible free with JCLC card

• Birmingham Public Library digital archives - scans of primary documents
• Birmingham Rewound
• Birmingham Weekly archives - currently archives articles back to Nov. 2004 and cover images to December 2002.
• Birmingham on Emporis - information of buildings within Birmingham
• Black and White archives - includes articles from September 2000 to present
• InformationBirmingham - official Birmingham site with Council Minutes and GIS mapping
• Newcomen Society publications - first person company histories
• Skyscraperpage.com diagrams
• Social Security Death Index - searchable index of birth and death dates of the deceased
• Shelby County Wiki - public domain
• Wikipedia - GFDL licensed encyclopedia
• Oxford English Dictionary (JCLC card required)

Databases

• Alabama Coal Mine fatalities 1898-1938 via Birmingham Public Library
• Bham Obituaries 1960-1976 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

Maps

• 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
• Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (JCLC card required)

Other city wikis

• DavisWiki (Davis, California)