Georgia Puts General Name File Index Online
Excerpt from recent email from Robert Davis, professional genealogist, Wallace State Community College:
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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Family History Library Classes Now Available on Internet
Free Classes Make Genealogy Expertise Accessible Anywhere
SALT LAKE CITY–It is rare that Marcia Covington can make the trip from her home in State College, Pennsylvania, to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Now, however, people like Covington can take classes from the world-famous library without ever leaving home.
Salt Lake City Prepares for Week of Family History Celebration
Salt Lake City Prepares for Week of Family History Celebration
Events to include free performance by David McCullough and Mormon Tabernacle Choir
SALT LAKE CITY — Family history will take center stage in Salt Lake City during the week of April 26, 2010, with four genealogy conferences taking place simultaneously. Over 200 genealogy workshops are scheduled through May 1, giving everyone from novices to advanced researchers access to unprecedented learning opportunities. Conference organizers decided to offer attendees the rare chance to attend more than one of the conferences by
Ancestor Swap Meet 2010, Gadsden, AL
Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society and the City of Gadsden Parks
and Recreation Department invite you to join us for Ancestor Swap Meet
2010.
Help needed indexing Bessemer, Alabama court records
From: Mary Lu Johnson
Volunteers, mostly comprised of Bham Gen Society and AL Gen Society members, have been involved for 10-11 years indexing Shelby Co and Jefferson Co, AL court records. Shelby Co records are indexed/filmed, and we're near completing the JeffCo records which were stored at the main court house.
I wasn't in on Shelby Co when they started with 31 people, but have been one of only 11 remaining volunteers who are finishing up the downtown Bham courthouse JeffCo records.
We are seriously considering tackling the Bessemer cut-off records. They're piled haphazardly one on top of the other in the basement of the old Bessemer Court House, and it's estimated it will take about five years to get them organized, cleaned, de-stapled, prepared for filming, and indexed. We MUST get commitments of 2 or 3 hours+ a week from 15 or 20 people, or we can't consider it. There's also the matter of funding, as they must be stored in expensive acid-free folders.
Would you please spread the word that we are in dire need of warm bodies and funding? Mostly because of lack of parking in Bessemer, the records will be transported by the county to the Jefferson Co Operations Center off AL Hwy 79 (Tallapoosa St exit) in the Tarrant area.
We are contacting the Bessemer Ch of Commerce, Hueytown Hist Soc, and others. If you can think of anyone who might be interested, we need all the help we can get!
To volunteer, contact:
Oak Hill Cemetery Tour, Birmingham, Alabama
Oak Hill
Cemetery Tour
1120
19thStreet North,
Birmingham , AL
35234
Saturday,
October 31, 2009
10
am –2 pm
Family-Friendly Event!!!! Admission Price:$5.00
Children 3 and under are FREE
You will have the chance to meet some of the interesting people buried
there and learn how they were part of the history of the
Magic City !
Parking: Tickets and entrance of the tour will be
located on 18thStreet and 11th Avenue North (look for signs)
Thanks to Robert Davis at Wallace State for passing this along.
Alabenton Genealogy Workshop
The Alabenton Genealogical Society in Anniston, Alabama will have an all day workshop on August 8.
Alabama Death Certificates Online
Laws and record sources have changed, but FamilySearch has provided what they can. Alabama only has transcripts of the death certificate, while Texas has an image of the actual certificate.
For many states, the site also provides probate records, birth records, and marriages online.
Phillips, Dillie Ann Gray, d.1983
St. Clair News-Aegis
Thursday, Sep 29, 1983
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Funeral for Dillie Ann Phillips, 92, of Ragland, who died Monday, Sept. 26, was held Wednesday, Sept. 28 at Macedonia Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery, the Rev. Will Barber, the Rev. Douglas Ford and the Rev. Arthur Greenwood officiated and Kilgroe Funeral Home Directed.
She is survived by three sons, Forney Phillips and Autman Phillips, both of Ragland, and Raymond Phillips of Fultondale; a daughter, Hester Lett of Weaver; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
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Ragland News
By Agnes White
At this writing, Aunt Dillie Ann Phillips seems to be recovering at the St. Clair County Memorial Hospital. We sure hope she continues to improve and gets to come home real soon. She is a wonderful person and always thinking of others.
Thursday October 6, 1983
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Ragland News
by Agnes White
Resident was 92 years old
Ragland area saddened by death of Dillie Ann Phillips
I as well as all Ragland was very saddened due to the passing of Aunt Dillie Ann Phillips on Monday, September 26, 1983. Aunt Dillie Ann Phillips was 92 years old and lived most of her life here in Ragland except for a few years in Birmingham. She was known and loved by everyone in Ragland. During her illness she was always pleasant and kind, as she always was before her illness. She never complained whatsoever.
She was a landmark in Ragland and will be missed very much by all. Before her illness, she was always visiting the sick and always saying a kind word to them. She was a wonderful cook and when anyone had been in the hospital and returned home and feeling better, she would make them some of her special foods such as cakes, pies and soup and carry them to the sick.
Another unique and wonderful thing about Aunt Dillie Ann was the fact she was a devoted Christian, raising four wonderful Christian children. She always had time to stop and talk with people, always saying something nice to them. The one among hundreds of nice qualities about Aunt Dillie Ann and also one of the most important, was the fact she loved all of her family, and all her nieces, nephews and many friends. The testimony during her life as well attested to her love for God and love for all. From the smallest child to the oldest each will automatically tell you how dearly they loved Aunt Dillie Ann and what an inspiration and influence she has been in each of their lives.
Aunt Dillie Ann was born near Ragland in July of 1891 and knew quite a lot about the history of Ragland and surrounding area.
Earth's loss is certainly Heaven's gain. She is now with the Angels. I loved you dearly and as long as I live, I will never forget you and what you meant to me. If all the people in the world were like Aunt Dillie Ann, there would be no wars, hatred or any kind of evil. There would be peace, love, understanding and compassion.
All of Ragland salutes the memory of a great and wonderful lady.
Watson from Alabama - Images of CSA Pension Applications added
Images of Confederate Pension Applications for all Watsons in Alabama have been added to the site. In addition, the pension application for Reuben Prince of Jefferson County, Alabama has also been added. They can be found in the Image Gallery for now.
