Does anyone know how the community near Kincheon called Pools Crossroads got it's name? Was it for a person/family or a landmark? My family in Chilton Co was named POOL and my gggrandfather is buried in Kincheon Cemetery. Thanks for any clues. Leslie Hill

From: "by way of "B.J. Smothers" The Alabama Genealogical Society invites you to join us at A Seminar on Genealogical Research presented by George G. Morgan. Mr. Morgan is the internationally recognized author of the online genealogy column, "Along Those Lines ...", at Ancestry.com and the "Genealogy Tip of the Day" for Emazing.com. The seminar will be held on October 19, 2002 in the auditorium of the Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama. Registration begins at 9 am. Mr. Morgan's topics are: 1) "Genealogical Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the Right Place"; 2) "Bring "Um Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile"; 3) Bits About Obits: Reading Between the Lines"; 4) "Planning is the Key: A Very Successful Genealogical Research Trip" For addtional information, please contact jylhardy@bellsouth.net

Hi, **This message is being sent to the ALCHILTO mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the ALCHILTO list admin dddennis@concentric.net is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff billingh@rootsweb.com -- Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> Genealogy mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1241

Hi, **This message is being sent to the ALCHILTO mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the ALCHILTO list admin dddennis@concentric.net is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff billingh@rootsweb.com -- Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> Genealogy mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1241

The Bibb County "cousins" are getting together - again - on Saturday, October 5th, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., to meet and greet and share information on our family histories. We hope that anyone with family ties to Bibb County will plan to attend. We will meet at the pavillion at Bibb County Public Lake between Woodstock and Centerville on Hwy. 5. There will be signs with directions to the pavillion (can't miss it) and the area is handicap accessible. Bring your pictures, family histories, laptops, cameras, research info - as well as cold drinks and lunch. If you are unable to attend but would like to send your family history contact Pat at KPt1938@aol.com . If you know you can join us please contact Herman at Hbelcher@prodigy.net . Reservations aren't necessary but an idea of who will attend is helpful. See you there ~

The next meeting of the Autauga Genealogical Society is Sunday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Prattville Library. Dr. Kathryn H. Braund, Professor of History at Auburn University and member of the Alabama Humanities Foundation Speaker in the House Program, will speak on "William Bartram & Alabama: Human History and Natural History". She will highlight Alabama's natural and human past using slides of Bartram's botanical drawings. She also incorporates portraits of eighteenth-century Creeks, sketches of Creek buildings and town lay-outs, and other kinds of documents and maps. You do not have to be a member of the Society to attend. Visitors are always welcome. We regret that we are unable to mail or post program content to those unable to attend the meetings. Your fellow "digger", Larry E. Caver, Jr. Autauga Genealogical Society- Future Speakers October 20, 2002. Billie Capell (To Be Announced) November 17, 2002. Mary Taylor: "How To Organize Your Genealogical Research"

Subject: Autauga Cemetery Book Project We have set our first official "Committee" meeting on the Autauga Cemetery Book project for next Thursday, August 29th at 7:00 pm. at the "Little White House" next to the Heritage Center in Prattville. We plan to meet and start determining what cemeteries we have sufficiently surveyed, and which cemeteries we need to survey. We also plan to discuss possible formats for the book. We aks that all interested persons bring copies of any cemetery survey (s) they have done which we can possibly use for the book. We need all the hands and minds we can muster up to accomplish this goal. We need people who can get out in the woods and survey cemeteries and we need people who can type. We will have a limited amount of time to get the surveying done in the fall. There are some of the cemeteries located in remote locations which must be surveyed before deer season starts in November. After this we will only have about a month's break in January-February before turkey season begins. Please make plans to attend this meeting next week if at all possible. Share this information with others who may be interested in helping. We will try to plan a follow-up meeting in late September to kick off the "surveying". If you have any questions, please feel free to call myself (358-5351) or Jane Klinner (365-7176). Your "fellow digger", Larry

The ALBIBB genealogy group will have another great meeting on Saturday, October 5th, at Bibb County Lake Pavilion from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The location is on Hwy 5 just a few miles n. of Centreville - Bibb County Public Lake is shown on your Alabama Hwy Map. There will be signs to direct you to the pavilion. The area is handicap accessible. Folks from in and out of state will be there who have family ties in Bibb County Bring your family trees, lap top, pictures, questions, books, notes, camera, food for you or food to share . . . . . If you are unable to attend you can send your family information to Patsy A. Kling-Black, List Administrator, and she will put it in a folder for all to see - kpt1938@aol.com If you are planning to attend or have questions email Pat or Herman, hbelcher@prodigy.net . See you on the 5th of October.

Sunday, August 18th - "Census Record Research" This is a reminder for you to join us at the meetings of the Autauga Genealogical Society, which are held on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. at the Prattville Public Library. You do not have to be a member of the society to attend. Visitors are always welcome. Feel free to share this email with anyone else who might be interested. Below is the list of speakers/programs for the next few months. Note: We regret that we are unable to mail or post program content to those unable to attend the meetings. Your fellow "digger", Larry E. Caver, Jr. Autauga Genealogical Society- Future Speakers August 18, 2002, Larry E. Caver, Jr.: "Census Record Research (1790-1930)" September 15, 2002. Dr. Kathryn Braund: "William Bartram & Alabama" October 20, 2002. Billie Capell (To Be Announced) November 17, 2002. Mary Taylor: "How To Organize Your Genealogical Research"

Hello, Working the lines of John Baggs/Boggs who appears in the 1860 Bibb Co. Census, Randolph P. O., living in the home of S. K. Williams. It appears John was married to Sarah, probably S. K. Williams' daughter, with children Mary, Georgianna, Martha, Josephine, and Mariah. I find him again in the 1870 Baker Co., AL census (I understand Baker became Chilton?) with a second wife, Martha, stepchildren Frank and Washington Fowler, and daughter Martha, son George. In 1880 he has made it to Winn Parish, LA, with wife Maria, stepsons Frank and Wash, daughters Lillian, Stacia, Docia, Bettie, and son John. Apparently he lost a couple of wives and several children along the way. Within some time the S. K. Williams family makes it to Winn Parish, LA as well. Is anyone else working this particular line? Is there anyone who can look up marriages in Bibb or Baker/Chilton Co. to see if there exists any marriage records of John Baggs/Boggs and any Williams, Fowler, et al? Thank you. Gregg Davies Winn Parish, LA

You are invited to join us on Monday nights for an all-counties Alabama state chat: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific If you've never been to a chat and need instructions, just send me an email and I'll mail you step-by-step instructions. If you'd like to receive a personal reminder each week, let me know and I can add you to my private list. You can find transcripts of previous chats here: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm Good luck! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

Searching for any information on the family of William Conquest Wyatt who lived near Coopers, AL from 1820 to 1850. Thanks Cal Campbell in Talladega, AL

Looking for information on history of Thorsby Institute and location of records pertaining to my mother, who graduated from this school in the early 1920s. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Hal Olson Aurora CO

Hi, Genealogists! When you get a chance, please stop by my Alabama genealogy forum and post your queries for your Alabama ancestors. There are thousands of Alabama SURNAMES listed, so please look through to see if your "cousins" have been there and posted to you. If you want to post your own queries, you need to register first (it's free); but you can read through the other queries without registering: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville//messages?lgnF=y&msg=463.1 Please take a moment to browse through them and check the surnames--you might find a long lost cousin or two! You are invited to join us on Monday nights for Alabama state chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific If you've never been to a chat and need instructions, just send me an email and I'll mail you step-by-step instructions. If you'd like to receive a personal reminder each week, let me know and I can add you to my private list. Good luck in your searches! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

Seeking info on the above who lived and died in Chilton County in the mid to late 1800's.

I am looking for info on the above couple who lived and died in Chilton County in the mid to late 1850's. Would like to know their parents name. I am the grandson on one of their daughters, Annie Patterson Chasteen.

Hi, AL Researchers! You can now find all the transcripts for the Monday night Alabama Genealogy Chats online: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm Please take a moment to browse through them and check the surnames--you might find a long lost cousin or two! You are invited to join us on Monday nights for the chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific If you've never been to a chat and need instructions, just send me an email and I'll mail you step-by-step instructions. If you'd like to receive a personal reminder each week, let me know and I can add you to my private list. Good luck in your searches! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

You are invited to a seminar presented by AlaBenton Genealogical Society featuring Professor Robert Scott Davis AKA Bob Davis Theme: "Using the Computer to Research" Saturday, June 8, 2002 from 9:00 until 1:45 PM Anniston-Calhoun Co. Public Library (Ayers Auditorium, 2nd floor) 108 East Tenth Street Anniston, AL $12 (a great lunch included) if you register by June 1st; $15 afterwards ; limit: 70 Go here for Registration form and schedule: http://www.members.aol.com/Yself35/Seminar.html You may conduct genealogical research in the Alabama Room afterwards until 4:00 PM. Need more info? Contact me at Yself35@aol.com Please type Seminar in subject line. Yvonne

Hi everyone. A last reminder with updated info on the the Bibb County "Cuzins" genealogy get-together. We will meet Saturday, June 1, 2002, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., at the pavillion at Bibb County Lake in Walter Owens Park. This is for anyone who has family ties to Bibb County. There are picnic tables and no charges for use of the pavillion; just clean-up afterward. The pavillion is handicap accessible. A copier will be available - bring your own copy paper. Also bring a sack lunch and cold drink, tea, etc; your relatives (dead or alive:); pictures; family trees; scrapbooks; stories; plenty of paper for note taking; cameras - and have a great time meeting folks and finding answers to those brick walls. Directions: *Driving south to Tuscaloosa: Hwy 82 almost to Centreville; Hwy 5 heading north to the park. Go 5.4 miles and then about 1 mile to the lake and pavillion . * I-20/59 (Birmingham to Tuscaloosa): Exit 97; Hwy 5 heading south; mileage is 15.7 miles and then approximately 1 mile to the lake. Vocational School is on left before park entrance. * I-20/59 west of Tuscaloosa: exit at Hwy 82; Hwy 5 heading north. *Driving north, as on Hwy. 43: exit on Hwy 5 at Brent, heading north. *Driving north as from I-65, 231, etc.: Hwy 82 at Prattville; continue thru Centreville; Hwy 219 and connect with Hwy 5 just before getting to the park. For specific information contact Pat at kpt1938@aol.com or 205-938-9579. And please share this with others. See you June 1. ==== ALAUTAUG Mailing List ==== This list is maintained by Tom Richardson, ter777@bellsouth.net

There was an obituary or death mentioned of Meta (Mrs. W.B.) Vance in the BANNER on 18 August 1904. Could this be the one you are looking for? If so, the newspaper is supposed to be at the Chilton/Clanton Library. Their email address is: CCPL@scott.net. I am not sure this is the current email address, but you can try. By the way, there was also one for Mrs. C.W. Vance in the UNION on 9 April 1908. This, too, should be at the library. Hope this has helped you. Betty Collins EHGCollins@aol.com