Vicki's Close Cousins, Long Lost Cousins, Kissing Cousins, Distant Cousins, Great-Great and more Great Grandparents, In-laws, Out-laws, and Allied Lines. That's a cameo of great great Grandpa Simon Prince to the left, born in 1850.
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Alabama Non-Profit Organizations risk losing their Non-Profit Status
There are 4,556 non-profit groups in Alabama at risk of losing their non-profit status in the near future. These include genealogical and historical societys, cemetery's, medical societys, sororities and fraternities, volunteer fire departments, rescue associations, environmental groups, music and arts foundations, animal relief, child protection, community outreach, hobby clubs, Eastern Star, soup kitchens, library foundations, military organizations, toys-for tots, hunting clubs, unions and credit unions, PTA's, Toastmasters, womens clubs, Rotary International, and a whole lot more. Tha
St. Clair Co, Alabama events in 1870
Some may have noticed that many families are missing in the St. Clair county census of 1870. Apparently, there were some problems relating to the aftermath of the Civil War,
Jacksonville Republican
The Jacksonville Republican was one of the oldest newspapers in Northeast Alabama.
Jacksonville State University has placed many issues of the Jacksonville Republican online, and available to read for free. There is an index, but not an every-name index. The site has newspapers from January 1837 to December 1895.
Name abstracts will be posted here on DescendantsOf as time permits.
Gardendale Historical Society Meeting July 17, 2010
We are honored to have Stanley Moss, author, who will present a picture history of Pinson.
Meeting Date: July 17, 2010, 10:00-11:00 am
Gardendale Historical Society
Meets 3rd Saturday of each month at the Gardendale Martha Moore Public Library.
Fall Seminar - Soldiers, Settlers and Brick Walls
The Alabama Genealogical Society's Fall Seminar Soldiers, Settlers and Brick Walls presented by Robert Scott Davis, professional genealogist, author, and lecturer will be held on Saturday 2 October 2010, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama. The four lectures will cover: (1) The Strange World of Revolutionary War Records for the Old South, (2) Creditors, Soldiers, Homesteaders, Federal Lands in the Old Southwest, (3) Gone for a Soldier: Military Records of Georgia and the Old Southwest, (4) What You Might Do When You Hit a Brick Wall.
Workshop - How to Research on Ancestry.com
Hello Genealogy Researcher, are you looking for an easier, faster way to get better results with your research?
AlaBenton Genealogical Society may have the answer for you.
We are sponsoring a genealogy workshop on "How to Research on Ancestry.com". The workshop will be conducted by Nancy Dupree, head archivist of the Alabama Archives in Montgomery, Al. The workshop will be on Saturday 24 July 2010 starting with registration at 10:00 A.M. It will feature four one hour segments, with a 15 minute break between each segment, and a one hour break for lunch (on your own). The cost is $15.00 for AlaBenton members and $20.00 for non-members. It will be in the Ayers Room 2nd floor, Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library, 108 East 10th Street (corner of East 10th Street and Wilmer Avenue, Anniston, Al. 36202. There is plenty of parking behind the library off Wilmer Avenue.
Register now by mailing your application to: AlaBenton Genealogical Society Workshop, P. O. Box 308, Anniston, AL 36202 with your check. Advance registration is preferred to insure seating arrangements, number of handouts and snacks. You may also register at the door.
Applications are available at the Alabama Room in the Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library and on the AlaBenton Genealogical Society website.
Footnote Civil War Collection Open Free to Public through June
Footnote Civil War Collection
Footnote is no more. This now FOLD3, a military records site.
Do you have friends or family with an interest in the civil war or the people who fought it? During the month of June 2010 all the Civil War documents will be free to the public. You can share this free access to millions of Civil War records found nowhere else on the web using this link: Footnote Civil War Records
Alabama Land Records, Surveyor's Plats, and Tract Books are Online
ALABAMA LAND RECORDS
The Alabama Secretary of State has scanned various land records that have been recorded with the Secretary of State's Lands and Trademarks division in the state of Alabama, and posted these maps online. Included are Land Patents, Land Surveyor's Field Notes, Land Surveyor's Plats, and Tract Books. Most of the maps were copied from microfilm records, so are low resolution images. (For higher quality images, see the BLM link below.)
An Evening with Edwin C. Bearss: The Rebel Victory at Vicksburg
Nationally renowned speaker, award winning author of 15 books, famous Civil War historian, former National Park Service Chief Historian, television commentator, recognized preservationist and popular battlefield guide, Edwin C. Bearss (pronounced BARZ), will discuss "The Rebel Victory at Vicksburg" at 7:00, July 8, 2010 in the Chan Auditorium, Business Administration Building, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama. Introduction by Paul Bryant, Jr. (Board of Trustees Civil War Preservation Trust -CWPT and trustee for the Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA) from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Admission $10.00. Proceeds donated to the Civil War Preservation Trust. Advance registration suggested. Sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table. (256) 971-6952. P.O. Box 7382, Huntsville, AL, 35807.
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The event is an evening with Edwin C. Bearss wherein Ed will retell the story richly described in his book "Rebel Victory at Vicksburg." His talk is about the 1862 Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, or the FIRST Vicksburg Campaign, which predated Grant's Vicksburg victory by nearly a full year. It is the story of the grim determination of the Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines who broke the siege and unleashed the ironclad gunboat, CSS Arkansas, against the overwhelming but equally determined naval forces of future admirals Farragut and Davis and a detachment of The Army of the Gulf under Major General Benjamin Butler. The Confederate success at Vicksburg in 1862 prolonged the war for the control of the Mississippi River for at least one more year and greatly uplifted hopes for the survival of a new Southern nation.
