The Gadsden Public Library also has some Cherokee Co records -- in books and on microfilm (newspapers, marriage, cemetery, ect.) http://library.gadsden.com/genealogy.html Nicole Travis Hardin wrote: > Vicki, > I have posted your inquiry to two Cherokee County mail lists. The public > library has a small but useful genealogy corner. Its phone number is on the > AlGenWeb Cherokee County web site. Also contact Ms. Jane Dodson whose e-mail > address is under look-ups on the same web page, and who may direct you to > cemetery lists and marriage records. > > Has anyone on this list done research at the court house itself? I'd like to > know, along with Vicki, how much cooperation is given to genealogy > researchers by the court house staff. It is my impression that when > researching property transfers, there is *nothing published,* so one *must* > go to the court house. Am I correct? > > Travis Hardin - [email protected] > 2405 Springhill Road, NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 > Genealogy web page - www.mindspring.com/~travishardin/gen > Cherokee County Coordinator, AlGenWeb Project - www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vicki Lais <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:49 AM > Subject: AlGenWeb Cherokee County Site > > >If I were coming to Cherokee County to do research, where would I go? Is > there > >a historical museum/archives, courthouse, library? Where could I get > probate > >records, wills, marriage records? Do any of the neighboring counties have > >information about Cherokee Co? Is there a genealogy society or historical > >society, if so, when do they meet? Can you give me addresses/ phone > numbers/ > >hours of the most likely places to do research? > > > >Some of the counties have this information listed on their site, but I > couldn't > >find it for the Cherokee Co site. I'm coming up there next month, but I > don't > >know where to do the research once I get there. I'll keep hunting on the > web > >site, just in case I overlooked the information. (Sometimes, if it stares > me in > >the face too hard, I can't see it) > > > >Thanks, > >Vicki Lais > >Birmingham, AL > >