I certainly wasn't bothered by your post. It just made me wish I could stow away in your luggage. (:-} (:-} (:-} (:-} Hazel > >I apologize for posting a list to the net which was not appopriate. I > > mentioned a trip I plan to St Matthews, SC I ment to forward it to an > > individual and it hit the list. > > > > . However, someone did take interest and thanks for reply.. > > > > Thanks and apologies again. > > JOanne Whetstone Gokey > > Scanned for viruses by Blue Coat http://www.WinProxy.com/

I found it very interesting, too! Cecelia in Texas >I apologize for posting a list to the net which was not appopriate. I > mentioned a trip I plan to St Matthews, SC I ment to forward it to an > individual and it hit the list. > > . However, someone did take interest and thanks for reply.. > > Thanks and apologies again. > JOanne Whetstone Gokey >

I callec the postmaster at 29649 today and told him that my CD was returned. He said to send it back and he would return it to Atlantic Beach. So, someone delivered it to him today. Let me know when (and if) it arrives. I am making a list of information that has come to my attention since the book was published and will send in another E-mail. Cuzanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maury Covington" <mcovsr@mac.com> To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Heritage of Autauga County Book on sale > Thanks for the tip. They asked that no one call before Nov 1. Could > someone tell me the next meeting date and place for the Autauga > County Genealogical Society. > m > On Oct 23, 2006, at 6:20 PM, caroline wrote: > >> Just found out that the Heritage of Autauga County will be included >> in a >> Heritage Publisher's Christmas sale running Nov. 1 thru Jan. 15, 2007. >> The price will be $30.00, plus $2.40 sales tax. That's a significant >> savings, the regular price is $64.80 plus shipping. Many of the other >> books in the Heritage of Alabama series will also be on sale. They >> can be >> ordered through http://www.heritagepublishing.net >> >> John >> >> >> >> **************** >> John K. Brown >> Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS >> >> "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, >> but some just have a bunch of nuts. >> Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I apologize for posting a list to the net which was not appopriate. I mentioned a trip I plan to St Matthews, SC I ment to forward it to an individual and it hit the list. . However, someone did take interest and thanks for reply.. Thanks and apologies again. JOanne Whetstone Gokey

go to the BPL site, they have a database of obits, not sure what the time frame is ----- Original Message ----- From: <kstewart0956@wowway.com> To: <ALAUTAUG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:34 AM Subject: [ALAUTAUG] Death Lookup Alabama Archives - Autauga County | This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. | | Classification: Query | | Message Board URL: | | http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1465 | | Message Board Post: | | Can someone do a death lookup for Richard Foster. He died may 4, 1952 (per AL death index). I need to know where he lived and where he was buried. Trying to get his obituary. | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

will you write me off-list? delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <rolltide@simpledsl.com> To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Heritage of Autauga County Book on sale | As soon as I get my wheelchair repaired I am going to St Matthews, SC once | again (Our progenitors lived there before removing to Ala) I have a good | friend who lives there. Also we have a Houser cousin who lives there. | | It is thrilling to ride through the lands we know belonged to our | ancestors. Very little was left unburned when the Yankees came through as | it is 25 miles south of the capitol, Columbia. The Invaders burned homes, | caried off stock and food and left the citizens broken. | | We do know where the John Whetstone meeting house was although it was | burned. Bishop Asberry speaks of it in his account. He said they were | producers of Indigo. We know where the Whetstones lived. | | An old Houser home still stands, although we have not figured out why it | was not burned with the rest of the homes and the courthouse.* I have been | to the site of hte old Houser Mill; Andrew Jr and Margaret are buried near | the mill site. | | Andrew Houser, Jr. married Margaret Stoudenmire. | Their daughter, Elizabeth married Rev Henry Whetstone, son of Elizabeth | Horger and Rev John Whetstone | Their son, Lewis Myers Whetstone married Sophia Murph (She was a | Stoudenmire) | Their son was Lewis Myers, Jr.was your direct ancestor. | | CuzAnne | | * Some legal documents from the courthouse were recovered because copies | were sent elsewhere as required by law at that time, So we do have some | things such as Andrew Houser'w willk old Tax records, some deeds, etc. | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Maury Covington" <mcovsr@mac.com> | To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:50 PM | Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Heritage of Autauga County Book on sale | | | > Thanks for the tip. They asked that no one call before Nov 1. Could | > someone tell me the next meeting date and place for the Autauga | > County Genealogical Society. | > m | > On Oct 23, 2006, at 6:20 PM, caroline wrote: | > | >> Just found out that the Heritage of Autauga County will be included | >> in a | >> Heritage Publisher's Christmas sale running Nov. 1 thru Jan. 15, 2007. | >> The price will be $30.00, plus $2.40 sales tax. That's a significant | >> savings, the regular price is $64.80 plus shipping. Many of the other | >> books in the Heritage of Alabama series will also be on sale. They | >> can be | >> ordered through http://www.heritagepublishing.net | >> | >> John | >> | >> | >> | >> **************** | >> John K. Brown | >> Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS | >> | >> "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, | >> but some just have a bunch of nuts. | >> Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." | >> | >> | >> | >> | >> ------------------------------- | >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG- | >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes | >> in the subject and the body of the message | > | > | > ------------------------------- | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes in the subject and the body of the message | > | > | | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Name: Foster, Richard Cert. No.:8977 Death Date:04 May 1952 Death County:Autauga Volume: 18 Page: Comments: ----- Original Message ----- From: <kstewart0956@wowway.com> To: <ALAUTAUG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:34 AM Subject: [ALAUTAUG] Death Lookup Alabama Archives - Autauga County > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1465 > > Message Board Post: > > Can someone do a death lookup for Richard Foster. He died may 4, 1952 (per AL death index). I need to know where he lived and where he was buried. Trying to get his obituary. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

As soon as I get my wheelchair repaired I am going to St Matthews, SC once again (Our progenitors lived there before removing to Ala) I have a good friend who lives there. Also we have a Houser cousin who lives there. It is thrilling to ride through the lands we know belonged to our ancestors. Very little was left unburned when the Yankees came through as it is 25 miles south of the capitol, Columbia. The Invaders burned homes, caried off stock and food and left the citizens broken. We do know where the John Whetstone meeting house was although it was burned. Bishop Asberry speaks of it in his account. He said they were producers of Indigo. We know where the Whetstones lived. An old Houser home still stands, although we have not figured out why it was not burned with the rest of the homes and the courthouse.* I have been to the site of hte old Houser Mill; Andrew Jr and Margaret are buried near the mill site. Andrew Houser, Jr. married Margaret Stoudenmire. Their daughter, Elizabeth married Rev Henry Whetstone, son of Elizabeth Horger and Rev John Whetstone Their son, Lewis Myers Whetstone married Sophia Murph (She was a Stoudenmire) Their son was Lewis Myers, Jr.was your direct ancestor. CuzAnne * Some legal documents from the courthouse were recovered because copies were sent elsewhere as required by law at that time, So we do have some things such as Andrew Houser'w willk old Tax records, some deeds, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maury Covington" <mcovsr@mac.com> To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Heritage of Autauga County Book on sale > Thanks for the tip. They asked that no one call before Nov 1. Could > someone tell me the next meeting date and place for the Autauga > County Genealogical Society. > m > On Oct 23, 2006, at 6:20 PM, caroline wrote: > >> Just found out that the Heritage of Autauga County will be included >> in a >> Heritage Publisher's Christmas sale running Nov. 1 thru Jan. 15, 2007. >> The price will be $30.00, plus $2.40 sales tax. That's a significant >> savings, the regular price is $64.80 plus shipping. Many of the other >> books in the Heritage of Alabama series will also be on sale. They >> can be >> ordered through http://www.heritagepublishing.net >> >> John >> >> >> >> **************** >> John K. Brown >> Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS >> >> "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, >> but some just have a bunch of nuts. >> Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Thanks for the info, I wish I could go with you, I would also love to walk the same land they did! Sophia Murph is correct, her mother was Jane E. Stoudenmire, father John Randolph Murph. The Murph family came from Swizerland. John's parents, Randolph Murph and Barbara Niceler. I am kin through Timothy Dunaway who married Lewis Cookson's da. Mary. Later Cuz June rolltide@simpledsl.com wrote: > As soon as I get my wheelchair repaired I am going to St Matthews, SC once > again (Our progenitors lived there before removing to Ala) I have a good > friend who lives there. Also we have a Houser cousin who lives there. > > It is thrilling to ride through the lands we know belonged to our > ancestors. Very little was left unburned when the Yankees came through as > it is 25 miles south of the capitol, Columbia. The Invaders burned homes, > caried off stock and food and left the citizens broken. > > We do know where the John Whetstone meeting house was although it was > burned. Bishop Asberry speaks of it in his account. He said they were > producers of Indigo. We know where the Whetstones lived. > > An old Houser home still stands, although we have not figured out why it > was not burned with the rest of the homes and the courthouse.* I have been > to the site of hte old Houser Mill; Andrew Jr and Margaret are buried near > the mill site. > > Andrew Houser, Jr. married Margaret Stoudenmire. > Their daughter, Elizabeth married Rev Henry Whetstone, son of Elizabeth > Horger and Rev John Whetstone > Their son, Lewis Myers Whetstone married Sophia Murph (She was a > Stoudenmire) > Their son was Lewis Myers, Jr.was your direct ancestor. > > CuzAnne > > * Some legal documents from the courthouse were recovered because copies > were sent elsewhere as required by law at that time, So we do have some > things such as Andrew Houser'w willk old Tax records, some deeds, etc. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maury Covington" <mcovsr@mac.com> > To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:50 PM > Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Heritage of Autauga County Book on sale > > > >> Thanks for the tip. They asked that no one call before Nov 1. Could >> someone tell me the next meeting date and place for the Autauga >> County Genealogical Society. >> m >> On Oct 23, 2006, at 6:20 PM, caroline wrote: >> >> >>> Just found out that the Heritage of Autauga County will be included >>> in a >>> Heritage Publisher's Christmas sale running Nov. 1 thru Jan. 15, 2007. >>> The price will be $30.00, plus $2.40 sales tax. That's a significant >>> savings, the regular price is $64.80 plus shipping. Many of the other >>> books in the Heritage of Alabama series will also be on sale. They >>> can be >>> ordered through http://www.heritagepublishing.net >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> **************** >>> John K. Brown >>> Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS >>> >>> "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, >>> but some just have a bunch of nuts. >>> Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Thanks for posting, Caroline. I thought it was something I was doing wrong, or something wrong with my computer. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who received these multiple messages. Cecelia > My apologies to the list for this last posting. John is having problems > with his computer and is not intentionally sending duplicate messages. > Obviously I intended for my reply to go to him *only* so that he will know > about the continuing duplicate messages. > Caroline > > >> John, this came thru 3 x this a.m. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Brown"

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pR.2ADE/1465 Message Board Post: Can someone do a death lookup for Richard Foster. He died may 4, 1952 (per AL death index). I need to know where he lived and where he was buried. Trying to get his obituary.

It happens from time to time, on other lists also. I have no idea why. And they stop as mysteriously as they start. Diane -----Original Message----- From: alautaug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alautaug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cecelia Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:00 AM To: alautaug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Aplology for posting Thanks for posting, Caroline. I thought it was something I was doing wrong, or something wrong with my computer. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who received these multiple messages. Cecelia > My apologies to the list for this last posting. John is having problems > with his computer and is not intentionally sending duplicate messages. > Obviously I intended for my reply to go to him *only* so that he will know > about the continuing duplicate messages. > Caroline > > >> John, this came thru 3 x this a.m. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Brown" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My apologies to the list for this last posting. John is having problems with his computer and is not intentionally sending duplicate messages. Obviously I intended for my reply to go to him *only* so that he will know about the continuing duplicate messages. Caroline > John, this came thru 3 x this a.m. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Brown" <jkbrown2@knology.net> >> >> Just found out that the Heritage of Autauga County will be included in a >> Heritage Publisher's Christmas sale running Nov. 1 thru Jan. 15, 2007. >> John >>

John, this came thru 3 x this a.m. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brown" <jkbrown2@knology.net> Cc: <hare1014@bellsouth.net>; <genekerlin@charter.net>; <joy@mcdowellfaulk.com>; <Carolineh@knology.net>; <janekli@aol.com> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:09 PM Subject: [ALAUTAUG] Heritage of Autauga County on sale > Just found out that the Heritage of Autauga County will be included in a > Heritage Publisher's Christmas sale running Nov. 1 thru Jan. 15, 2007. > The price will be $30.00, plus $2.40 sales tax. That's a significant > savings, the regular price is $64.80 plus shipping. Many of the other > books in the Heritage of Alabama series will also be on sale. They can be > ordered through http://www.heritagepublishing.net > > John > > > > **************** > John K. Brown > Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS > > "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, > but some just have a bunch of nuts. > Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALAUTAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

All of this flap about the Southern History Collection seems to have been started when John Brown sent the following to the list. It was a post from Robert Davis to Bob Davis at work. Then John Brown sent us a reply from the BPL, also in a post from Robert Davis to Bob Davis at work. If one looks carefully, the whole issue seems to have been bought up because of a misunderstanding about the ordering of a book written by.... Robert S. Davis !!! Is this the author of the posts that John Brown has been sending out? I would think the possibility is very high. Draw your own conclusions. Thank you John Brown for sending us both the complaint and the response. I think it is now obvious that the whole issue is a *non-issue*. And Robert S. Davis, I shall look forward to reading /Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville: Essays in //American Civil War Social History/ when it is finally released and purchased by the BPL. Alice Campbell -------- Original Message -------- Subject: News from WSSC List 5 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:09:35 -0500 From: Robert Davis <genws@hiwaay.net> To: Bob Davis at work <robert.davis@wallacestate.edu> I have been asked to qualify the previous posting about the situation with regards to the Southern History Collection of the Birmingham Public Library, the greatest collection for southern historical and genealogical research. Civil War books are now a low priority and books on states other than Alabama will also no longer be purchased or accepted as gifts. Books on Alabama and Jefferson County will supposedly still be accepted but limits have apparently been imposed even on that. We must protest these policies to the mayor of Birmingham and to the library board. It is not just a resource of benefit to a few local genealogists. The Southern History Collection has brought millions of dollars into Birmingham's economy from visits by researchers outside of Jefferson County, Alabama, and the United States but that will not continue if the collection is not allowed to add books on the Civil War, other states, or even other parts of Alabama. Please join me in writing to anyone we think might positively influence the situation: http://www.bplonline.org/admin/default.asp http://www.informationbirmingham.com/mayor/mayor.htm John Brown's second post: a response from the BPL, also contained in a post from Robert Davis to Bob Davis at work -------- Original Message -------- Subject: News from WSSC List 5 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:15:20 -0500 From: Robert Davis <genws@hiwaay.net> To: Bob Davis at work <robert.davis@wallacestate.edu> THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY RESPONDS TO OUR CONCERNS Sorry, but we do collect genealogical and historical books related to Alabama which includes books on Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida (which some consider to be a state populated by people from the North). We continue to collect for the northeast from colonial period up to 1850 but not individual county material. We accept books from authors and other donors who wish to give us books related to Alabama history. We do collect books by Alabama authors. It would be best if people would contact me to obtain a copy of our collection policy rather than write the Administration. It is my job to be sure people understand the collection policy. Thanks Yvonne Crumpler, Department Head Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature Birmingham Public Library/Linn-Henley Research Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, Alabama 35203 o All Interested Parties: Please do not panic - this is all a BIG misunderstanding! There has not been and will not be any attempts to destroy the Southern History Collection. Why would we want to destroy a department that took years to build and that brings so much national attention to the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) and to the City of Birmingham? Please rest assured that in the past three years, we have spent more money on the Southern History Department than what has been spent on all of the other Central Library departments combined. This situation developed as the result of some confusion over the purchase of the book "Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville: Essays in American Civil War Social History," by Robert S. Davis. The Southern History Department Head placed an order for this book in June, 2006. According to the attached Ingram page (which I pulled this morning), this book is not scheduled to be released until November, 2006. To maintain accountability of our spending, books at BPL are automatically canceled if they are not received within 90 days of the order date. If this book had been ordered as requested in June, the order would have been automatically canceled before it was actually published. The order was held and it is currently on the October Book Selection List. The Southern History Department Head thought that the book was to be released in July and the lack of communication between the Acquisitions Department and this Department Head resulted in this mass confusion. To clarify the matter of BPL's Collection Policy, books on the Civil War can now be found in both and/or one of two departments at the Central Library. Books by and about Alabama's connection to the Civil War will be placed in the Southern History Collection. Other books on the Civil War are being purchased for the Social Sciences Collection. If, at anytime, the department head determines that a book on the Civil War with no Alabama ties will strengthen the current genealogy collection, she has the authority to request and receive a copy of that book for that collection. If this occurs, multiple copies will be purchased - one for Southern History that cannot be checked out and one or two for Social Sciences that can be checked out. I apologize for this confusion and I invite all of you to visit us and tour this department to see all of the wonderful things that we have purchased and the many enhancements that we have made to ensure that all materials are available to you. I appreciate your sincere concern. Please call or email me if I can offer additional information. Barbara Sirmans [barbara@bham.lib.al.us] x If one looks carefully, the whole issue seems to have been bought up because of a misunderstanding about the ordering of a book by.... Robert Davis!!! Is this the author of the posts that John Brown has been sending out? I would think the possibility is very high.

Thanks. I wondered if it was just me-or if I did something wrong, broke something, etc. I'm very uncomfortable around computers ever since the first one I bought had the monitor blow up when I just touched a key! 8>)) I'm always sure that I've done something to break the machine! Cecelia Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Update on Bham Library > We think it was a computer "glitch". Just delete extras. It wasn't > intentional. Caroline > >

We think it was a computer "glitch". Just delete extras. It wasn't intentional. Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecelia" <cheinric@tca.net> To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [ALAUTAUG] Update on Bham Library > Is there anything different in this message? This is the 6th of this same > message I have received, five of those came one after the other. > I'm not getting duplicates of any other message-at this time.

For those of you who are interested this fine war-time newspaper is now available - online ! http://dlxs.richmond.edu/d/ddr Enjoy !

We once had a couple living across the street from us, the guy was from the U.S., the wife was from Germany, his name was Thomas, both of their sons were Thomas. I asked her if she had a fondness for the name of Thomas, she told me that was the way they named their sons in her homeland. That was the only time I have ever came across that. Scanned for viruses by Blue Coat http://www.WinProxy.com/

Is there anything different in this message? This is the 6th of this same message I have received, five of those came one after the other. I'm not getting duplicates of any other message-at this time. Just wondering if this was meant to go out more than once, or am I missing something different in each one. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brown" <jkbrown2@knology.net> To: <alautaug@rootsweb.com>; <albibb@rootsweb.com>; <altusc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:25 AM Subject: [ALAUTAUG] Update on Bham Library > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: News from WSSC List 5 > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:15:20 -0500 > From: Robert Davis <genws@hiwaay.net> > To: Bob Davis at work <robert.davis@wallacestate.edu> > > > THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY RESPONDS TO OUR CONCERNS > > Sorry, but we do collect genealogical and historical books related to > Alabama which includes books on Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, > Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida (which some consider to be a > state populated by people from the North). We continue to collect for the > northeast from colonial period up to 1850 but not individual county > material. We accept books from authors and other donors who wish to give > us books related to Alabama history. We do collect books by Alabama > authors. It would be best if people would contact me to obtain a copy of > our collection policy rather than write the Administration. It is my job > to be sure people understand the collection policy. > Thanks > > Yvonne Crumpler, Department Head > Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature > Birmingham Public Library/Linn-Henley Research Library > 2100 Park Place > Birmingham, Alabama 35203 > > o All Interested Parties: > > Please do not panic - this is all a BIG misunderstanding! There has not > been and will not be any attempts to destroy the Southern History > Collection. Why would we want to destroy a department that took years to > build and that brings so much national attention to the Birmingham Public > Library (BPL) and to the City of Birmingham? Please rest assured that in > the past three years, we have spent more money on the Southern History > Department than what has been spent on all of the other Central Library > departments combined. > > This situation developed as the result of some confusion over the > purchase of the book "Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville: Essays in > American Civil War Social History," by Robert S. Davis. The Southern > History Department Head placed an order for this book in June, 2006. > According to the attached Ingram page (which I pulled this morning), this > book is not scheduled to be released until November, 2006. To maintain > accountability of our spending, books at BPL are automatically canceled if > they are not received within 90 days of the order date. If this book had > been ordered as requested in June, the order would have been automatically > canceled before it was actually published. The order was held and it is > currently on the October Book Selection List. > > The Southern History Department Head thought that the book was to be > released in July and the lack of communication between the Acquisitions > Department and this Department Head resulted in this mass confusion. > > To clarify the matter of BPL's Collection Policy, books on the Civil War > can now be found in both and/or one of two departments at the Central > Library. Books by and about Alabama's connection to the Civil War will be > placed in the Southern History Collection. Other books on the Civil War > are being purchased for the Social Sciences Collection. If, at anytime, > the department head determines that a book on the Civil War with no > Alabama ties will strengthen the current genealogy collection, she has the > authority to request and receive a copy of that book for that collection. > If this occurs, multiple copies will be purchased - one for Southern > History that cannot be checked out and one or two for Social Sciences that > can be checked out. > > I apologize for this confusion and I invite all of you to visit us and > tour this department to see all of the wonderful things that we have > purchased and the many enhancements that we have made to ensure that all > materials are available to you. > > I appreciate your sincere concern. Please call or email me if I can offer > additional information. > > Barbara Sirmans [barbara@bham.lib.al.us] x > > > > > -- > **************** > John K. Brown > Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS > > "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, > but some just have a bunch of nuts. > Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." >