What is the importance of Mobiles Archives and who are the prime users?
The Mobile Municipal Archives contains one of the most valuable repositories of municipal records in the nation. Since Mobile is the oldest American city West of the Appalachians, and since the records are remarkably complete, the documents are nationally significant. The Archives is used primarily by city officials and by various groups in the general public, such as historians, archaeologist, genealogists, students, political candidates, writer, sociologist, realtors and lawyers. The archives has been used thus far by researchers from 29 states, 167 cities and six foreign countries. All records except those restricted by law are open to the public and to city officials. All that is required to use the records is to register at the Archives office.
