Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama
Monday April 26th is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama.
Janney Furnace Park is open daily from dawn to dusk.
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.
Alabama
Skirmish at Ten Islands Ford - Janney Furnace Park
Skirmish at Ten Islands Ford
April 24th, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Major General (Ret) Larry E. Lee will present a slide/lecture on the " Skirmish at Ten Islands Ford" at the Janney Furnace Confederate and Native American Museum located in Ohatchee . Lecture will feature Union General Louvell H. Rousseau's raid into Alabama and Confederate Brigadier General James Holt Clanton's Valliant effort to prevent Rousseau from crossing the Coosa River at Greensport and the Ten Island Ford.
Ten Islands Reenactment - Janney Furnace Park
Ten Islands Reenactment
April 10th and 11th, 2010
See reenactors dressed as Confederate and Union infantry, mounted cavalry, and artillery batteries battle for victory each day at 2:00. Janney Furnace Park opens at 9:00 both days. No charge. Visit the Memorial Wall which contains the names of men from Calhoun County who served the Confederate Cause, the Civil War and Native American Museum will be open, visit soldier encampments, purchase Civil War items from sutlers, enjoy Civil War period music by live bands, Army of Tennessee barbeque and/or hot dogs with all the fixins are a must eat, amusements for the kids, and much more.
Confederate Memorial Service
April 11th, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Confederate Memorial Service in front of the Memorial Wall at Janney Furnace Park in Ohatchee.
Calhoun County during the Civil War - Janney Furnace Park Event
Calhoun County during the Civil War
April 25th, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Robert Lindley, Professor of History at Gadsden State , will present a program entitled "Calhoun County during the Civil War" at the Janney Furnace Confederate and Native American Museum located in Ohatchee. Learn why the War Between the States would not have lasted as long as it did if it had not been for the role Calhoun County played.
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.
Vaughn/ Prince Reunion Palasades Park
The annual Vaughn/ Prince reunion is held at Palasades Park near Oneonta, Alabama on the second Saturday of September.
Alabenton Genealogy Workshop
The Alabenton Genealogical Society in Anniston, Alabama will have an all day workshop on August 8.
Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society - Huntsville
If you have been researching your family history for many years or if you are just getting started, you probably have often wondered how to organize and share this information with your children, your cousins and others. Robert "Bob" Davis, Head of the Genealogical Department at Wallace State Community College, can show us just how to get organized and published. Come join us for an informative and congenial meeting with Bob Davis and our members. TVGS meetings are open to the general public, bring a friend.
Our meeting will be held on Thursday, January 22, at 7:00 PM in the auditorium of the Huntsville Public Library. Look forward to seeing and sharing with you.
Bob Mixon, President of TVGS
