Hello, According to the 1860 Mobile City Directory Jackson Belknap did business under his own name - no company name is listed. After the war, in the later city directories, his name is still listed again without a compnay name. He seems to have been a sole proprietor. Greg BIggs

Greg, I've just e-mailed Rosemary and so I forward you this information also. Our incorporation books for businesses did not start until the mid-1870's. Prior to that incorporations were recorded in our Misc. Books. However, if it did not pertain to real property the document was never entered in the general index which is now microfilmed and in the record department. A project we have going in the archives, thanks to some wonderful volunteers, is the indexing of volumes A - Z of the Misc. records. Additionally, the old indexes for the volumes turned up in the attic!! I do not mind checking the index for you or our database...do you have a company name? Thanks, coll'ette Biggsk@aol.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I am seeking information on mid-19th Century Mobile resident and prominent > local busineesman Jackson Belknap. > > He was a sign and political banners painter in the 1850's and then made flags > for Alabama troops in the Civil War. I am seeking any descendents to see if > they may have his business papers for a book on Alabama Civil War flags. The > Mobile Museum has his picture so I have that covered. His wife Sarah also > helped with making flags. > > If any of you can help please let me know. > > Thanks in advance, > > Greg Biggs > Biggsk@aol.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

My apologies to all for not making myself clear about judges photographs/etc., but, "I knew what I meant!!!!!" In reference to the judges: all of the gentlemen I listed were judges of Probate and they are the ones I'm looking for right now. Not a bad idea at all to put together all judges of all courts of our history though! One of my favorites - Henry Hitchcock of the mid-1800's. A room at the Supreme Court library in Birmingham was dedicated a few years ago to him. Thanks to all.......c'let

Dear Greg, How does one go about finding out the businesses in Mobile in 1860? I'm looking for one owned by a man named Barnes. Rosemary Bradford Grant

Hello, I am seeking information on mid-19th Century Mobile resident and prominent local busineesman Jackson Belknap. He was a sign and political banners painter in the 1850's and then made flags for Alabama troops in the Civil War. I am seeking any descendents to see if they may have his business papers for a book on Alabama Civil War flags. The Mobile Museum has his picture so I have that covered. His wife Sarah also helped with making flags. If any of you can help please let me know. Thanks in advance, Greg Biggs Biggsk@aol.com

Hi all, I'm off on a project! From 1867 - present day we are fortunate to have photographs of all of our judges. We also have the illustrious Admiral Semmes and the "un-forgettable" Mrs. Edith Vaughn (the only person to go ahead and sign her name as Judge if the real one was away!) While working on our "Judges" exhibit for Judge Davis' swearing in I was fortunate, thanks entirely to Chuck Torrey of the Mobile Museum, to get photographs from oil paintings of Judge Everitte (1837 - 1842) and Judge Horton (1867 - 1873). Therefore my request. If anyone has photos from paintings/paintings/tin types/etc. of any of the following persons the court and I would appreciate a copy for our courtroom: (I'm betting we can do it!!!!) Josiah Blakeley Alvin Robeshow Cyrus Sibley Thomas Murray William Hale William M. Garrow George F. Lindsay John A. Cuthbert Joseph Seawell Edwin Rust Jonathan A. Hitchcock George W. Bond As we began our history we did not have Judges, rather a Chief Justice and two Justices of the quorum. They seemed to alternate and I know I've missed a few names but will get them. Thanks to all, Coll'ette King, Archive Department The Probate Court of Mobile County 334-574-4941 or ngcarc@dibbs.net

Good Morning, Maybe one of you more experienced researchers out there can help me out. I'm trying to figure out if someone was looking for records in "old" Baldwin Co, would they be found in present Baldwin Co or in one of the counties that exist now where Baldwin Co used to be. Also what death records are available down at the gen office, I can't ever get through on the phone line during office hours. Thanks, redfox

Hi, I'm new to the list and don't believe I have many roots in Alabama. I recently found out that the following relatives lived in Mobile circa 1850-1890. Michael HANSEN (probably the entire range of years) Catherine and Peter SEEMON (their son Peter was born here in April 1855 or 56) Peter Sr may have died here shortly after. Catherine may have married Theodore THEIS here about 1860-63. The THEIS family migrated to Dubuque IA about 1860-63. Its a long shot anyone would be researching this family in AL, but hey.... sometimes we get lucky. I was wondering if anyone had an index for 1850 and 1860 census to see if any of these folks are listed and what the roll numbers are. Thank you very much. Ellen

Does anyone know offhand if the Mobile Daily paper - whatever it was in 1931 - published obituaries? I'm still trying to find the passing particulars for Phoebe Grimes Busby. Vern

Can anyone tell me if the local newspapers printed "immigrant arrivals" (any ship, any date) into New Orleans, Ellis Island, New York, GA, SC, FL, AL, MS, TX, (or any other ports)? thanks, Pat Listowner of "Ellis Island Ancestory" with GenConnect. http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Special/EllisIsland

Hi Everyone - Hoping to get a lookup from someone on family James MORAN. He's shown on the 1860 census index with the following: Mobile City, 2nd Ward, Pg. 214 Sure would love to see who is living with. Thanks! »§«·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.»§« Kristy Wright Edenfield mailto:kedenfield@sc.rr.com 397 Medway Drive Orangeburg, SC 29118 (803) 531-0119

Hi list, I am looking for the death date (if she died) of Mattie Fincher, d/o John Fincher and Lula Benson. Mattie was born in Jan. 1895 and was married to Henry Foster and Charley Lins. Any help is greatly appreciated! Jabe Fincher Pensacola, Florida http://jabessite.homestead.com/index~ns4.html "I'm convinced God put me here to accomplish a certain number of things; right now, I'm so far behind I'll never die"

Nadeen; I have not ordered DC myself from Alabama, but I found this site which has information, and a form you can download; http://www.alapubhealth.org/vital/vitalrcd.htm from there you get to; http://www.alapubhealth.org/vital/deathcert.htm Jack Gravance Rosamond, CA Nadeen McOsker wrote: > > I want to thank each and every one of you who helped me find my ancestors in the St John's church. The correct church was the St John's Episcopal Church. I have been in contact with the church historian and she will be sending me information. This is very exciting to me and I could not have accomplished this without your help! > > I need your help again. I want to send for some death certificates for my family members and I don't know which is the better way to do this for the State of Alabama. From past experience with other states it is sometimes better to do this at the County level and for other states it is better done at the State level. What is your advice? I would appreciate the address of the Health Department for Mobile County if this should be my better choice. > > Again, thanks so very much for all you help! > > Nadeen nadeen@sofnet.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

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> Subject: Ship lists > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:08:53 -0500 (CDT) > From: Kendrick_@webtv.net > To: AL-MOBILEBAY-L@rootsweb.com > > Is there a list of ships that came into the ports of New Orleans? > Florida? South Carolina? Mobile, Alabama? Mississippi? > and passenger lists? (for any year) > thanks > pat > Kendrick_@webtv.com > > _-- Subject: [NDSDMN] SHIPS SHIPS SHIPS Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 06:36:25 -0700 Resent-From: NDSDMN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:35:41 -0500 From: MARY STICKNEY <stickneys@alltel.net> The Solem, Swiggum and Austheim ship index - Passenger Lists http://www.museumsnett.no/mka/ssa/em-prot.htm Immigration Manifests by Month and Year http://www.cimorelli.com/pie/nara/selldate.htm Victorian Shipping Arrivals - Select Resources http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dpsoc/shipping.htm Passengers Arriving In Western Australia - WARRIOR 12 Mar 1830 http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/shipping/warrior.htm TheShipsList--TheShipsList [TSL] http://www.chignecto.net/TheShipsList The Mother of All Maritime Links Page 15 of 30 http://www.cyber-dyne.com/~jkohnen/linklists/boatlink-15.html#history Shipslog http://www.alphalink.com.au/~lfrost/Homepage/Shipslog.htm#Ships pictures Ships Index http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/ships.htm Passenger Lists 1865-1935 http://www.archives.ca/02/020202/pass-lists_e.html On-line sourcing of Australasian Passenger Lists http://www.users.on.net/proformat/auspass1.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild http://istg.rootsweb.com/index1.html Immigrant Ship Information http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm http://www.alphalink.com.au/~lfrost/Homepage/Shipslog.htm#Log of logs CIMO - Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online http://www.cimorelli.com/vbclient/Shipmenu.htm Ellis Island http://www.ellisislandrecords.org ISTG - Ships Passenger Lists http://istg.rootsweb.com/index2.html iMMIGRANT SHIPS http://istg.rootsweb.com/index1.html Ships List http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/ships.htm THE OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY:Index to Passenger Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/indexshp.htm#index -- (o o) ------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------ Mary Stickney (IBSSG) - owner of 6 Rams and 1 ewe _________________________________________ L. L. Scott, IBSSG - NW Florida L. L. Scott's Virtual Office: http://www.geocities.com/~llscott/ Peace: http://home.att.net/~llscott2000/Peace/index.htm

>X-Sender: cbowerso@acan.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) >Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:21:42 -0500 >To: Iras Smith <irassm@acan.net>, AnnBoutwel@aol.com, > AL-MOBILEBAY-L@rootsweb.com >From: cbowerso@acan.net >Subject: Re: CHURCH Street Cemetery >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by ns1.acan.net id NAA24385 > >I'm not sure if this is what you are refering to, but I suspect it is. So, >here goes. > >Prior to undertaking construction, the Mobile Public Library conducted >ground penetrating radar (GPR) scans of the property immediately outside >the walls of the Church Street Graveyard to help us locate underground >utilities and rumored storage tanks. Since there were homes along >Washington Ave and Monroe Street from as far back as 1830 it we believed it >was possible to find old septic tanks or the like. > >Instead, the GPR showed soil disturbances which were oriented and shaped >like old graves. This was a tremendous surprise to everyone since a new >history of the graveyard had recently been written by John Sledge and >nothing in his research indicated that there would have been graves outside >the walls of the cemetery. The best hypothesis is that there may have been >temporary graves on the site to accomodate those moved from Campo Santo >when the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was under construction and >the City was awaiting opening the Church Street and Magnolia cemeteries. > >The Library and the City have worked with the State Historic Commission on >this matter. It is generally agreed that the preponderance of evidence is >that these are NOT lost graves. GPR, by the way, shows only that the soil >density is different from that of surrounding areas, it is not a picture of >what is "in the ground". As I write this to you, a test trench is being dug >in cooperation with the State to help clairfy the question. > >I trust this answers your question. > > > > >Christina Bowersox >Information Services Officer > >Administrative Office >Mobile Public Library >700 Government St. >Mobile, AL 36602-1403 >http://www.mplonline.org > >email:cbowerso@acan.net >voice: 334/208-7902 >fax: 334/208-5865 > > >We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put >into it is ours. >Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-61), Swedish statesman, Secretary-General of U.N. >Markings, "Night Is Drawing Nigh" (1963; written 1950). > Iras Fearn Smith Library Associate Mobile Public Library 700 Government Street Mobile AL 36602-1403 http://www.mplonline.org Voice: (334) 208-7094 Fax: (334) 208-5866 e-mail: irassm@acan.net

When I was visiting there during Mardi Gras this year, I heard the talk about them finding it under the library parking lot. Is this what you refer to? If so, I would love an update on it too. Very curious how that could have happened. Some claim that they DID know they were there. Ann, I knew a Kenny when I grew up there. Any relation? Susie AnnBoutwel@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone give me an update on graves recently discovered in Church Street > Cemetery? > > Ann in Atlanta > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Can anyone give me an update on graves recently discovered in Church Street Cemetery? Ann in Atlanta

Is there a list of ships that came into the ports of New Orleans? Florida? South Carolina? Mobile, Alabama? Mississippi? and passenger lists? (for any year) thanks pat Kendrick_@webtv.com

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