Bhamwiki:References
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This is a list of useful references for BhamWiki editors:
Local references
Newspapers
- Birmingham Business Journal and archives — searchable from 1996 to present
- The Birmingham News 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 (subscription cancelled due to funding cuts)
- The Birmingham Times
- Birmingham Weekly and archives — currently archives articles back to Nov. 2004 and cover images to December 2002.
- Black and White and archives — includes articles from September 2000 to present
- The Leeds News
- The North Jefferson News — for communities north of Birmingham
- Shelby County Reporter
- Birmingham Newspapers Historical Comic Strip Index by Boyd Nation
Other
- Alabama Department of Archives and History Photo Database - scanned images. Searchable thumbnails. Full-resolution scans available for order.
- AHSAA Sports - high school sports records
- Alabama Heritage archives - summaries and resources from Summer 1986 to present
- Birmingham FM
- Birmingham Geneology Society resources - cemetery & mortuary listings, etc
- Birmingham Genealogy links at alabama-genealogy.com
- Birmingham Public Library Archives
- Birmingham Public Library digital archives - scans of primary documents available online
- Birmingham Public Library Southern History Collection FAQ
- Birmingham Public Library - "Teacher's Pet" - links to history resources grouped by period.
- Birmingham Radio and TV technical information and histories (copyrighted)
- Birmingham Rewound
- Emporis - Birmingham - information of buildings within Birmingham
- Encyclopedia of Alabama (beta version)
- Historical Marker Database
- InformationBirmingham - official Birmingham site with Council Minutes and GIS mapping
- Mayor Profiles at jeffcomayors.com
- Shelby County Wiki - public domain
- Skyscraperpage.com diagrams
- Tracking Your Roots: Jefferson County - links to census, pension, marriage and cemetery records, etc.
- UAB reporter's resources - index to information about UAB
Images
Magic City Flickr Group
- The Magic City Flickr Group is a great resource for photographic images for BhamWiki. Photos that are published under a compatible Creative Commons license (Attribution, Attribution-ShareAlike, Attribution-NoDerivs) can be used under the terms of those licenses. For other photographs, you can ask the creator to change the license or to grant permission. In the latter case, all credit and restrictions should be fully explained on the image page, and the "{{Permission}}" template should be applied.
Dave's Place
- Dave Sibley of Dave's Place has kindly granted us permission to use photos from his site. The images should not be altered or cropped (but can be resized). The image page should include proper attribution, a link back to the page the photo was taken from, and the template "{{Dave911}}". --Dystopos 11:11, 12 September 2007 (PDT)
Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- Melinda Shelton of the Birmingham Public Library has clarified that the images and documents published as part of their Digital Collections can be used on BhamWiki. Image captions should include this credit line: "Courtesy Birmingham Public Library Archives" and have a link back to the permanent URL of the original. The image page should contain the same credit and link, along with the "{{BPL permission}}" template. --Dystopos 13:57, 25 September 2007 (PDT)
Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Photographer Carol M. Highsmith has donated her photographs, restriction free, to the Library of Congress. There are 3,948 images from Alabama in the archive (link) Credit "George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division" ("{{Highsmith}}") --Dystopos 12:46, 6 March 2011 (PST)
Databases
- 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
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 (other counties also available from here)
- Historical Alabama legislative district maps at archives.alabama.gov
- Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (JCLC card required)
- Google Maps has added "street view" content for Birmingham. This can be useful for verifying information visible from ground level.
- Whitson's Tenant Map of Birmingham Business District (downtown business locations in the 1930s)
- Jefferson County Tax Maps shows property boundaries, paved areas and tax information.
- Google Earth provides historical aerial imagery, and now has numerous 3-D buildings in the downtown area.
Books
- Lots of books are available for searching, and some with full text, on Google Books. Here's a link to some I've found useful.
- Birmingham-Southern College's year books have been digitized and made available at archive.org (good for portraits, buildings, and advertisements) - link
- See also Category:Bhamwiki references for bibliographic citations to various helpful reference books.
General references
- Birmingham Public Library Government Documents - including census, elections, officials, patents & links
- Wikipedia - GFDL licensed encyclopedia
- Oxford English Dictionary (JCLC card required)
- Newcomen Society publications - first person company histories
- Baseball-Reference.com - provides detailed stats for minor league players and teams
Other city wikis
- DavisWiki (Davis, California)
- ThinkNOLA wiki (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- RocWiki (Rochester, New York)
- Omaha Wiki (Omaha, Nebraska)
- Pensapedia (Pensacola, Florida)