Autauga Genealogical Society meeting announcement: You will want to be at St Mark’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, October 15, at 2 p.m. Dr. Ben Severance of AUM will speak on "The Alabama Brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia." There were essentially three Alabama brigades: Rodes, Law, and Wilcox. Dr. Severance will focus on their combat activities from the summer of 1862 to the autumn of 1864, demonstrating that the boys from the Heart of Dixie were crucial to Robert E. Lee's success! Attendees are requested to bring photos of their ancestors in uniform if they have them. **************** 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."