Mary. You have brought to mind memories of my child. Birdville. We moved to Titmouse and later on Ibis Drive not long after I was was born in 1947. My parents were living in a one apartment on Selma St. when I was born.(This is now in a fashionable historic district) Finding a house in Mobile was next to impossible . Birdville is the common named for is really Thomas James Place. All the streets are named for birds hence Birdville. Someone has convinced the News Media that Every thing from Virginia Street south to Brookley is this Maysville community. Wrong!!!!. Maysville is a small subdivision behind Ladd Stadium and surrounds Williamson Highschool. Now let me get off my soap box and wish everyone a Happy New Year! David Walters > ** Original Subject: Re: [AL-MOBILEBAY] Old Mobile Map > ** Original Sender: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> > ** Original Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:29:17 -0600 > ** Original Message follows... > > Susie, did I ever get around to sending you a 'thank you' for the copy of > the famous map? My husband & I > have both been fighting the crud that has been going around and trying to > survive our family Christmas which we had to have two days early. Since then > we have been spending more time in bed than up and sleeping > most of that time---my mind is just in a fog. Of all times to get sick when > the doctors' offices aren't open. > > I really enjoyed studying the map. Back when Toulminville and Crichton were > out in the country and Spring > Hill WAY out. That marsh area you mentioned was indeed just bare of being > built up. It gave me a good chance for some day dreaming. You can plainly > see the Birdville subdivision down toward the bottom. This > pattern of circular streets was so new to folks in this area and really > caused a lot of comment. > > Mary > > ----- Original Message -----From: Liz Eisele <liznchal@dandy.net> > To: Mary Lander <jacknday@datasync.com> > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:17 AM > Subject: Re: [AL-MOBILEBAY] Old Mobile Map > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mary Lander <jacknday@datasync.com> > > To: <AL-MOBILEBAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [AL-MOBILEBAY] Old Mobile Map > > > > > > > Susie, how old are you? The fifties aren't all that long ago. Let's > > > see--when did Brookley open? Was it > > > late thirties or early forties? Who can remember? > > > > > > Mary Lander > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Elf <sheadley@darientel.net> > > > To: <AL-MOBILEBAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:39 PM > > > Subject: [AL-MOBILEBAY] Old Mobile Map > > > > > > > > > > Didn't someone need to look at an old Mobile Map? > > > > I have one. It is older than me... > > > > but we won't go into details about that part. > > > > There is Brookley Field on it. The Fair Grounds right beside it. All > > > > streets. City block map type. Detailed pretty good. > > > > There is NO INTERSTATE on this map! And West Mobile looks so strange! > No > > > > mall or anything. Just little X's for "swamp". > > > > But the map is old. Probably before 1950. > > > > If someone was looking for something in particular, I could scan that > > > > section tomorrow. > > > > Susie > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > Hi! I am interested in looking at your old map of Mobile. How can I do > > that? Thanks, Liz Eisele > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com