Liz, Good to hear from you. My grandfather was French Duke, who is the son of Leila Spinks Duke. Leila is the daughter of Jane Latham Spinks and John Spinks. I think that I will purchase this map. But I have an account on ancestry.com. Would that have it? Since I love pictures more than data, here is something for you. http://indecaturga.smugmug.com/Personal/Duke-Family/3620131_wM3qN#206163668_EtvdF JoEllen Holmes On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:22 PM, liz hicks <erootrot@usa.net> wrote: > JoEllen, > I have Latham and Spinks as collateral lines. I bought the > "Family Maps of Bibb County, Alabama" Deluxe Edition this > past weekend at the Texas State Gen. Society Conference. > It shows by Township, Section and Range the original land > owners, Homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, > railroads and more for Bibb Co. Arphax Publishing Co., > 2210 Research Park Blvd., Norman, OK 73069, toll-free > 1-800-681-5298. > > The LDS/Mormans have filmed Bibb co. deeds. You can rent the index > and deeds on microfilm from Salt Lake City to the nearest Family > History Library nearest you. It cost $5.50/roll at my local FHL > for a month loan. You can renew after that. > > Care to tell us exactly who your g. grandpts. were in Randolph, AL? > Liz in Houston > PS-I was surprised to meet two other Bibb Co. researchers beside > myself at the TSGS conference in San Antonio. One was a Morrison > researcher. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:32 PM EST > From: JoEllen Holmes <jholmeslcsw@gmail.com> > To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, albibb@rootsweb.comCc: ALBIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ALBIBB] original Land documents/Deeds of Bibb County > > Friends, > > My great grandfather and great grandmother lived on alot of land in > Randolph, AL. > I would like to know how my great grandfather and grandmother acquired this > land. > My great grandfather arrived there sometime in the 1870s, while my great > grandmother was > born there along with parents. > > Where would I go to find out who the originial owners of land would be for > Bibb County? > Does anyone know? And how would I find out how they obtained the land? > It has not gone through many hands I know... > > JoEllen Duke Holmes > (Duke, Langston, Spinks, Latham) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBIBB-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 > ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jo Ellen Holmes, LCSW www.joellenholmes.com "Laughter is carbonated Holiness." Anne Lamott