I'm updating my Alabama genealogy website. If you have a personal homepage with ANY Alabama ancestors listed, you're eligible to be linked on my site. PLEASE check before you submit your site for consideration and make sure that you have not already been listed. It saves me a lot of time--thanks! http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/ Everyone is invited to join us every Monday night for an all-state Alabama genealogy chat: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific This chat is a time to share questions, resources, lookups, and advise on researching your roots in Alabama. We'll cover any and all counties. Be sure and have your family tree printed out and your genealogy books handy. If you've never been to a chat before and need instructions or would like to be added to my private chat reminder list, just send me an email. Hope to see you Monday! Jean Brandau huntsville2@comcast.net

This technique could be used for any location. --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- Ancestry Quick Tip Archive - maps & census I am currently researching in my home state of Iowa. I grew up there, but have been gone since 1958. While working on my census reports, I found many new Townships which I didn't remember. I guess I didn't pay that much attention to things like that. So, I went to www.topozone.com and made a map of my home county of Des Moines County, as well as all the immediate counties around—Lee, Louisa, Henry, and since Des Moines County falls on the Mississippi River. I also printed some maps of Illinois. The project took a while, but this was a fun craft. I taped all the pages together, and then taped it to the wall near my computer. When I go into my census reports now, I can check the map, and see where I am. When I find a family member in a census report, I go to the map and mark it with their name and year of census. Each of the Townships are already on the map, I just highlighted them with a colored marker, and also darkened the borders on the counties. This helped my old eyes a bit. When I finished making this map, and found how handy it was, I then went to http://www.mapquest.com and looked up my hometown of Burlington, Iowa. And yes, you guessed right, I made a large street map of it. It's also hanging on the wall. I discovered some interesting things while going through the 1910 and 1920 Census. Since most of the Iowa censuses have added street names, you can trace where your families lived. Did they still remain in the same location over the years or were they constantly moving? I discovered that my mother's (who was only one years old or eleven years old during these two different census periods) family lived in the same place but her first husband lived within a five-minute walk from her family home. Her third husband lived halfway between both of them. Of course they didn't know each other. Her third husband, my father, was married and had a family already. In fact, the home he lived in was two doors down from where I grew up as a child. And today the house she grew up in still stands. I have relatives still living there. I mark my street map also, and I know where most of my relatives lived at the beginning of the 20th Century. They all lived close in proximity—most of them in walking distance. All were close to the Oak Street Baptist Church that was started by my German ancestors. I'm discovered a lot about my family, things I never knew while growing up, just by making a couple of maps and keeping track of their movements over the years. I wish some of the earlier census reports were as helpful as the later ones. Oh, and by the way, on my large county map, there are also some of the cemeteries listed in the area. I know most of my family was buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, but I had other family that was buried, near where they lived their last years. I have also marked these on my county map. Working on her LOHMANN, BRUMM, FEHSE families, and many, many more. --------- End forwarded message ---------- ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

ADAH City Directories http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/micro.html 1. Albertville/Boaz 1959, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974 2. Alexander City 1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969 3. Andalusia 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 4. Anniston 1913/1914, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948/1949, 1951, 1955/1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 5. Arab 1968 6. Atmore 1961, 1963/1964, 1968, 1972, 1973 7. Bay Minette 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973. 1976, 1978 8. Bessemer 1907, 1913/1914, 1916/1917, 1920/1921, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 9. Birmingham (Microfilm) 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1896, l900. 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, l916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920/1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947/1948, 1950/1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 10. Brewton 1958, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978 11. Clanton 1966, 1972, 1974, 1977 12. Cullman 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 13. Decatur 1913/1914, 1917/1918, 1958, 1969 14. Demopolis 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976 15. Dothan 1951, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1978 16. Enterprise 1957, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978 17. Eufaula 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976 18. Fairhope/Daphne 1965, 1967 19. Flomaton/South Flomaton/Century/Jay 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 20. Florence/Sheffield/Tuscumbia/Muscle Shoals 1913/1914, 1920/1921, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971/1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 21. Fort Payne 1969 22. Gadsden/Attalla 1947/1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 23. Greensboro/Marion/Marion Junction/Uniontown 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, l962, 1975 24. Huntsville 1859/1860, 1896, 1929/1930, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 25. Jackson 1968 26. Jasper 1955/1956, 1961 27. Mobile 1837, 1839, 1842,1850/1851, 1852, 1855, 1859, 1861 1867, 1869 l870, 1870-1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885-1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, l930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944-1945, 1946, 1947-1948, 1949-1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965-1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 28. Monroeville/Frisco City 1965, 1967, 1972, 1974 29. Montgomery City directories for Montgomery are available on microfilm. 1859/1860, 1866, 1873, 1880-1881 (all photocopied), 1883-1884, 1887, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947-1948, 1950, 1951-1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 (2 parts) 1962, 1963 (2 parts), 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 (2 parts), 1969 (2 parts), 1970 (2 parts), 1972 (2 parts), 1973 (2 parts)t 1974 (2 parts), 1975 (2 parts), 1976 (2 parts), 1977 ( 2 parts), 1978 (2 parts), 1979 (2 parts), 1980 (2 parts), 1981 (2 parts), 1984 (2 parts), 1985 (2 parts), and 1986 (2 parts), 1984-1990, 1992 30. Opelika/Auburn 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, l972, 1974 31. Ozark 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974 32. Pell City 1968, 1972, 1977 33. Phenix City/Columbus 1941, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, l957, 1958, 1959, l960, 1961, l962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 34. Prattville 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980 35. Prichard 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, l970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1977, 1975 36. Saraland 1966 37. Scottsboro 1967 38. Selma 1880/1881, 1904, 1913/1914, 1916/1917, 1920/1921, 1939, 1945, 1947/1948, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 39. Sylacauga 1956, 1960 40. Talladega 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 41. Tuscaloosa 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1950, 1954, l955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 42. Tuskegee 1965, 1968, 1973, 1977 43. The Valley 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975 44. West Point 1962 45. Wetumpka 1975, 1977 46. Georgia, Alabama, Florida Business and Professional Directory 1903 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Cemeteries Quick Tip Jamboree / Ancestry Quick Tip - 5/14/2002 - Archive -------- Trouble-Free Cemetery Labels I take lots and lots of cemetery photos. Here's a tip for trouble- free labeling: I write on a white page on a clipboard in DARK FELT TIP, the name of the cemetery and the CITY/STATE (and location number if there is enough space to write) all clearly and large enough to show up in my photo. Then religiously, I put the card at the base of the monument on either the WEST or the NORTH position to the marker. I only deal with WEST or NORTH and so West would be to the Left of the monument, North would be to the Right of the monument. EVERY photo I take is immediately identifiable. I don't need labels or a pen. I can use the photos the second they come out of the photo envelope. Valentine Diagrams Make Finding Headstones A Snap I go a step further than Dianne suggested in a previous quick tip. I photograph the entry to the cemetery or the church where it is located. I also draw a quick sketch showing the orientation of the cemetery and the location (row and plot) of my ancestor's grave(s). That way, I can find them quickly on any return visit or direct other family members to their location. Ila Verne Toney Conroe, Texas Photograph Cemetery Landmarks When I go a cemetery, I not only take photos of tombstones, I also take photos of the church and, if available, photos of pillars or archways that lead into the cemetery. This not only is a landmark for me on my sojourns on tombstone searches, but there may also be information inscribed on a plaque in front of, or on the church, or on the pillars or archways at the entrance. There may be a monument within the cemetery itself with valuable information on it. As for me, I really enjoy looking for evidence of my ancestor's existence and as much information that I can collect when I am in my "in search of mode," for my unknown ancestors. Laura LaRose, Boswell, PA Use Archival Products for Labeling I, too, used to label the photos of gravestones to identify not only the cemetery with city and state, but also the relationship to the common ancestor of the individual and myself. After having done many this way, I learned that adhesive labels were not ideal. It took a librarian who needed acid-free paper to tell me this, though I worked in a college in-house printing operations shop. It should be stressed that labels and any papers and photo album pages should be acid free. The label adhesive should also be one that is safe to use on photos, otherwise the properties of the adhesive can start seeping through and damage the photo or the album page and the photos and/or images on the other side of that page. The same holds for photo mounting corners. It's better to use an acid-free pencil or ink pen and carefully write on the back of the photo the information you desire to record. Photo album supplies such as the acid-free pens, pencils, papers, album pages, and other accessories can be found more readily now than ten to fifteen years ago. Wal-Mart and other like stores, as well as stationery stores such as Hallmark, have a range of these supplies at reasonable prices. Debbi Geer Camera Lens Helps Read Stones Recently, I was in a cemetery on a rainy day looking for my ancestor's gravestones. When I found the gravestones, several were difficult to read because of the wear on them with the passing of time and the exposure to bad weather. I wanted to photograph them anyway, and when I put the camera to my eye I discovered that I could make out some of the lettering and numbers on some of the stones a little better than with my naked eye. My husband suggested that it might have something to do with the filtering of light through the lens. I don't know what it was, but it helped me to make out the name Eliza on one particular stone that was badly decayed. Maybe this will work for others, too. Sherry Kilgore Enjoy the View If and when you are at a cemetery, take a minute to survey the location. Often, the old cemeteries have lovely locations, sometimes on the side of a hill, and you can see for a distance; or a few graves will be placed under some large trees, with the river down below. I have enjoyed walking in cemeteries in both the Northwest and the Midwest. Elsie Wilson Oregon Contact Current Plot Owner I was recently in Ohio for a funeral. While there, I was checking the cemetery records in the office, when I came across a name that had not been there on an earlier trip. It turned out to be the name and address of the current owner of the lot where my husband's great- grandfather was buried. She was the daughter of my husband's great- uncle and when I contacted her she was able to provide information on other family members. This woman was born in 1913 so she had a great deal of personal knowledge about the family. Janet Moorhead Interview Family, and Cemetery Photo Filing Tip This may be a repeat "tip" by someone else. It is such a simple, but useful tip. I made copies of old pictures that my mother, now deceased, had in her album, and sent them to Mother's first cousins that are still living. I asked these cousins to identify everyone they can in the picture. Sometimes I write on the back of the picture the people I know, and leave blank the ones I don't know. Some of the children in the pictures, now grown, have been identified by these cousins. They knew them when they were children. This has helped me identify other pictures of these children that are in the family. I have also called some of these cousins, and they have told me little things of interest like "your great grandmother and her sister were 'Corseteers' at Marshall Fields in Chicago. They were certified in this profession." This may not sound too exciting but they don't have corsets anymore and I had no idea my great grandmother worked at Marshall Fields in Chicago, nor that her sister did either. My point is, you can find out all kinds of information that may lead to bigger and better pieces of information by interviewing older family members. For example, the time period that my great grandmother and her sister lived in Chicago can be calculated and then the census records and directories can be used to determine their address, children, husband's name, etc. especially if you don't have that information and are seeking to find it. Interviewing older relatives that are still alive is a wonderful resource in itself. It can be done over the phone or in person. In person, you can get a picture of them as they look today for your records also. Another "tip" that is probably a common one, but quite useful: Take pictures of headstones and write on the back of the picture all the additional information necessary to know where these headstones are located, such as the name of the cemetery, city, county and state where located, lot number, section, etc. if known. Also, if name is not present or legible, write it on the back of the picture. For example, sometimes there will be a big family stone with small stones that say "Mother," "Father," etc. If the pictures of the big stone and smaller stones were to become separated later, you or someone else will know whose grave you/they are looking at. Keep an alphabetized index file in a recipe style box of these pictures so you can readily located them. Susan Pena Arlington, TX I take a lot of cemetery photos. I always take a photo of the entrance or church, also the section, as often there are signs telling which section they are in. I also use my computer and label the photos when I put them in my album. Joe Cawley Augusta, Ga 30909 Record Latitude and Longitude in Cemeteries I recommend adding degrees of latitude and longitude when describing the location of a cemeteries and obscure burial sites. Lat/Lon allows pinpointing locations within mere feet. It is especially helpful in finding an accurate location of grave sites in rural areas, many of which are unmarked, overgrown, abandoned, and may only contain one or two graves. A Global Positioning System (GPS) device can be purchased for well under $100. Pawn Shops are a good source. They're simple and easy to use. Just turn them on at the site you want to record, and within a minute or so the degrees of lat/lon are displayed. Try it. I believe that in the future, genealogy buffs and other researchers will appreciate this bit of extra effort on our part. I sure wish my ancestors had passed this kind of information on to me. 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Are there city directories for any Clarke county cities? If yes, where are they located (i.e. city or county library, historical or genealogical library, college library, or ...) and for what years are they available? Are there other types of directories for the area or county? Thanks. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Seeking information of Gov. John Murphy who was born here in Robeson Co NC and died in CLarke Co AL. Sam West Lumberton [Robeson Co] NC

On The Charts, By Rick Crume http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/june02/chartprinting.html Now that you've found part of your family tree, put it on paper for posterity. These chart-creation secrets and book-printing basics will let you share your family history findings in style. Use a chart-printing service If you don't plan to print many large charts, it might be more economical to use an outside service. Your local copy shop can print on large paper, but first you'll need to save your chart in a compatible file format. Using Generations' built-in EasyChart software, for example, create a chart, select Save Graphic File from the File menu and save the chart as either a bitmap file or enhanced metafile. Using Visual Chartform in either The Master Genealogist or Family Tree SuperTools, create a chart and select Export from the File menu to save as a bitmap or JPG file. Or in PAF Companion, display either a family, ancestry or descendant view on the screen, select Save Screen Image from the File menu and save the chart as a bitmap file. If you're using a program that can't save a chart as a graphic file, you may be able to copy the chart and use another program to save it as a graphic file. In Family Tree Maker, display your chart on the screen and select Copy Tree from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl-C). Or in Genelines, select Copy Chart from the Edit menu. Then open Windows Paint (Start/Programs/Accessories/Paint), graphics software such as Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop Elements, or a page-layout program such as Microsoft Publisher 2002. Finally, paste the image in a new document (press Ctrl-V) and save it in a format such as JPG, TIFF or EPS. A chart created with genealogy software can also be saved directly as an Encapsulated PostScript file (EPS). If you don't already have a PostScript laser printer, you can download a PostScript printer driver from www.adobe.com/products/postscript/main.html. Then create a chart and "print" it by selecting the new print driver and a custom paper size large enough for the chart. You'll be prompted for a file name and your chart will be saved as a file, but not actually printed. See Wholly Genes Software's helpful instructions for saving a chart as a PostScript file at store.yahoo.com/whollygenes/faq.html. Once you've saved a copy of your chart, transfer the file to a diskette, CD-R or Zip disk for delivery to the copy shop. Some can even receive the file from you by e-mail. Check with copy services in your area to see what file formats they can accept, the paper sizes they can print on and their prices. Kinko's, for example, can accept many formats, including EPS and most graphic files. All Kinko's can print in black and white on 3-foot-wide paper for 42 cents per square foot; larger stores can print in color on 3-foot-wide heavyweight photo paper for $8.50 per square foot. A 3x4 black-and-white chart costs just $5, while the same size in color would cost $102. Several services, such as those described below, specialize in printing large family trees, and their prices are competitive with copy shops. Prices are usually lower if you design the chart yourself with your genealogy software, but higher if you submit a GEDCOM file or written information and have the service design the chart for you. Most of these services give substantial discounts on multiple copies of the same chart: Chartform Delivery: This remarkably inexpensive service lets you design your own wall chart and have it printed on heavyweight glossy paper with a high-resolution color printer. Create your wall chart with almost any genealogy software, then e-mail your chart file to have it printed and shipped to you in a protective tube. Prices for charts with color images range from $19.95 for a 3-square-foot chart and $29.95 for 5x6 feet to $69.95 for a huge 3x30-foot version. Wholly Genes www.chartform.com, (877) 864-3264. Family Tree Illustration: Just send in your handwritten or printed pedigree chart, along with scanned photos in JPG format, and this service will design your chart for you. You can select from Victorian, Art Deco and Celtic styles and even include your family tartan as a background image. Charts are printed on 11x17-inch parchment or glossy paper. Prices start at around $40 for three generations, $50 for four generations and $60 for five generations. genealogyillustration.com. 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GeneagraphX: First, customize your chart by choosing a type, size and lettering, as well as box and border styles and line colors. Then send in your disk with a PAF backup file or GEDCOM file created with almost any other genealogy software. You can also include digital photos or have your pictures scanned for an extra fee. A 2x3-foot ancestor or descendant chart with pictures costs $65 and a 3-foot-wide descendant banner costs $8.50 per linear foot. Charts are printed on 24-lb. paper and banners on 20-lb. paper. www.geneagraphx.com. Heirloom Family Tree: Once you've entered your family data in Ancestry.com's Online Family Tree, you're ready to design your family tree. Choose from 10 background designs, four forms of ancestral charts, three sizes up to 2x3 feet and four frame styles. $19.99. Ancestry.com shops.ancestry.com. PrintMyFamily.com: Design your own chart with Generations, Family Tree Maker or The Master Genealogist or send in a GEDCOM file and photos for a standard chart (six-generation ancestor chart, six- or 10-generation fan chart or three-, four- or five-generation photo tree). Charts can be up to 52 inches on one side and as long as you want in the other direction. Your chart can be printed on satin photo paper or laminated. A 3x4-foot color chart with pictures costs $54. www.printmyfamily.com. -------- Contributing editor Rick Crume is the creator of the Genealogical Library Master Catalog www.onelibrary.com. For more on creating heritage charts, see the June 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Genealogy Research Tips "THE SECRET PROFESSIONALS DON'T SHARE," by Patricia Law Hatcher, CG, FASG ================================================= There is a secret for successful research that professional genealogists don't share with others. Before I am deluged with complaints from my professional friends and colleagues, let me say up front that they don't deliberately withhold the secret. In fact, they don't even know it is a secret. It is so ingrained in how they work, that they probably have never even thought about it. What is this secret? The research report. "Aargh!" I hear you cry, "I don't want to write a report." It is, however, the secret to organizing your research process effectively. Examples of research reports have been presented in several books and manuals (such as the "BCG Genealogical Standards Manual") and in syllabus material at conferences. The core of the secret lies not so much in the details of presentation, but in the typical sections of a research report: --- Assignment --- Information provided by client and prior reports --- Sources searched --- Findings and analysis --- Suggestions for further research This doesn't necessarily look like it applies to your research - or does it? Let's look at this item by item. As we do so, we'll examine each with the family historian in mind. The section is labeled "Assignment," but professionals most often receive from the client what are better called "Goals," such as "Identify parents and spouse of John Jones." Sound familiar? This goal is, however, far too broad to be a practical assignment. It is best to make the goal more bite size. The solution might be to break The search for the parents apart from the search for a spouse, but that often isn't the most effective way to research. Instead, be practical. Consider breaking the goal down by record groups and/or by repository. For example, "Search census records at NARA branch for Jones and collateral families in Green County." In a professional report, there usually is a subheading within the assignment that defines the time limitation. I would suggest that you begin by thinking in approximate four-hour chunks. Open a new file in your word processor. Create a heading for "Immediate goal" and then state your goal. Follow this with a heading for "Projected time" and put "4 hours." The professional works based on information provided by the client and any prior reports. What do you know about your problem? At this point you may cry, "But I have LOTS of stuff." Maybe it isn't as much as you think. The research report forces the professional to focus. He or she focuses on facts, not hypothesis. The professional also knows to focus on what is pertinent to this portion of the problem. When I focus only on pertinent facts, I have seen dozens of sheets of paper sent by clients collapse to three statements of records found and two statements of records searched unsuccessfully. Notice the latter category. Do not neglect to state it as part of what you know. It either tells you something important about your ancestors, or it tells you that the method used for searching may have been deficient. We're going to digress here for a reality check. At this point in preparing a client report - or in picking up on old research of my own - I often find that I have no business proceeding with my stated goal because the data that I already have is defective. For example, I may find that I can't search for collateral lines because I know the names of the siblings but they have no spouses identified. Or there is a deed of sale listed, but no deed of purchase. Were all the deeds searched? I can't tell. Or the 1850 census abstract for the young William Wilson family fails to list neighbors, so I won't know which of the two-dozen Wilson families in the county I should be considering. When this happens, I usually end up redefining the most urgent research goal. Once I've got the correct goal, it's time to make a Research Plan. Before leaving home, I outline what sources I will check, in what order. With many catalogs now available online, I often enter full citations - with call numbers - and print the list before leaving home. The Research Plan doesn't appear in a typical report because it is hidden. Or, more accurately, it morphs from "Sources to search" to "Sources searched." As I research, I note my findings in writing - including negative results. Too many family researchers consider the research results as the final step of the process. The secret, however, lies in the analysis of those findings (both specific and general) and in the last section of the report, "Suggestions for further research." Both the analysis and the suggestions should always be written out. It makes it easier to share with others and is immensely helpful if we must put a project aside for a while. The suggestions should be written as an itemized list. Each suggestion might be a research goal, but you can't do everything at once. With the future research suggestions clearly listed, it is easier to focus and to prioritize your next goal. The list also reduces the possibility that you may overlook a potentially productive research path. ________________________________________________ Patricia Law Hatcher, CG, FASG, is a technical writer, instructor, and professional genealogist. She has written, edited, and produced numerous publications and has written articles for "The American Genealogist," "The Maine Genealogist," the "New Hampshire Genealogical Record," "The Virginia Genealogist," and "Ancestry" Magazine. She is the author of "Producing a Quality Family History." http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=1644&key=P1024 FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=1644&key=A569301 and click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Looking for descendants or information of John P Youngblood, passed away 1950 Clarke co, Al. I am researching my Youngblood lineage from Simeon Youngblood , his son Andrew Jackson Youngblood {Conecuh & Monroe Co's} , his son John P Youngblood. Any info on John P or his family, descendants, place of death & burial would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Rick Youngblood Birmingham, Al ryoungb1@charter.net

AlaBenton Genealogical Society presents An All-day Seminar featuring Professor Robert Scott Davis (Bob) "Using a Computer to Research" Saturday, June 8, 2002 from 9:00 AM - 1:45 PM in the Ayers Room (2nd floor) of the Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library 108 East Tenth Street Anniston, Alabama Lunch served Cost: $12 $15 after June 1; limit, 70 people <A HREF="http://www.members.aol.com/yself35/Registration.html">Registration Form</A> Alabama Room 237-8501 www.members.aol.com/Yself35/Registration.html For more information, E-mail Yself35@aol.com Please type "Seminar" in subject line

Alabama Family History Centers http://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/Alabama.html This is a listing of LDS Family History Centers generated from data sent by the Family History Center address submission form. The listing is nowhere near complete and readers are invited to submit information about any FHC's with which they are familiar. ALABAMA FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS ANNISTON 1217 Lenlock Lane Anniston, Alabama 36207 Phone: (205) 820-5828 (Last updated: June 11, 1997) ATMORE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Atmore, Alabama 36502 Hours open: call during church hours to schedule time Notes: call for appointment (Last updated: September 19, 1998) BIRMINGHAM 2780 Altadena Road Birmingham, Alabama Phone: (205)967-7279 Hours open: Mon, Wed 10AM-2PM, Thu 10AM-9PM, Sat 10AM-4PM Notes: The above address is NOT a mailing address. (Last updated: April 09, 1997) CULLMAN 910 St. Joseph Dr NW Cullman, Alabama Phone: (205) 739-0891 DECATUR Decatur Ward Building 2006 Modaus Rd. SW The corner of Modas & Danville Roads Decatur, Alabama 35603 Phone: (205) 350-6586 Hours open: Tue, Wed, Thu 9AM-12AM, 6PM-9PM Notes: or by Special Appointment, OurWares@AOL.com (Last updated: December 14, 1997) DOTHAN 3199 Ross Clark NW Dothan, Alabama Phone: (334) 793-7425 EUFAULA Hwy 131 & Bakerhill Eufaula, Alabama Phone: (334) 687-6146 FLORENCE 1828 Broadway Blvd. Florence, Alabama Phone: (205) 766-5553 HUNTSVILLE Huntsville Family History Center 1804 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, Alabama Phone: (205) 721-0905 Hours open: Tue 6PM-8PM, Wed 9AM - noon,Thur 6PM-9PM (Last updated: October 10, 1996) HUNTSVILLE Byrd Springs Family History Center 2110 Byrd Springs Road Huntsville, Alabama Phone: (205) 881-4461 Hours open: Tue, Wed, Thur, 9AM-1PM, 6:30PM-9PM (Last updated: October 10, 1996) MADISON Madison Springs Family History Center 1297 Slaughter Road Madison, Alabama Phone: (205) 722-9450 Hours open: Tue, Wed (Last updated: October 10, 1996) MOBILE 5520 Zeigler Boulevard Mobile, Alabama 36608 Phone: (334) 344-9270 Hours open: Sun 2PM-6PM, Tue, Wed & Thur 9AM-1PM, Wed, Thurs 6PM-8:30PM (Last updated: September 07, 1998) MONTGOMERY 3460 Carter Hill Road Montgomery, Alabama 361?? Phone: (334) 269-9041 Hours open: Tue, Wed, Thu 9AM-1PM, 6PM-9PM Notes: Call ahead for wheelchair access. (Last updated: August 07, 2001) MONTGOMERY 3460 Carter Hill Rd. Montgomery, Alabama Phone: (334)264-6181 Hours open: Tue, Wed, Thu 9AM-1PM, 6PM-9PM (Last updated: October 14, 1999) TUSCALOOSA 2015 3rd Ave. N Tuscaloosa, Alabama Phone: (205) 758-4820 WETUMPKA Wetumpka Family History Center 1405 Chapel Rd Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 Phone: (334) 567-8339 Hours open: Tue, Thu 6PM-9PM, Sun 2PM-5PM (Last updated: December 29, 1997) Disclaimers: This list of Family History Centers is not an official or unofficial production of the LDS church and the Family History Library. They are not responsible for the content of this listing and any errors containted within it. The addresses in this listing are created by WWW users who volunteer the information. By it's nature it is not and can not be a complete listing of Family History Centers. The addresses and existence of the FHC's listed here is unverified. Some addresses may be in error. Furthermore, some listings may not be Family History Centers at all. To add a Family History address, fill in the form with the address of a family history center. If a listed address is incorrect, incomplete, or not even a Family History Center, please send mail to genhome@genhomepage.com. ----------------------------- Last update August 07, 2001 Family History Center Listing Add a Family History Center to this listing Genealogy Home Page Email the Webmaster (Corrections and Suggestions only) © 1996-2000 Stephen A. Wood ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

The 1930 Census - http://1930census.archives.gov/ The 1930 Census Microfilm Locator lists every roll of microfilm in the 1930 census. It is not a family or individual name index or a digital version of the microfilm. It is a searchable online database that will help users located which roll(s) of microfilm they need to consult. The Locator will guide you to one or more of the 2667 microfilm rolls of the Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, National Archives Microfilm Publication T626. The Locator contains searchable data about the population schedule rolls for every state and territory, including state, county and place names; institutional names; enumeration district (ED) boundaries and ED numbers; as well as large cities defined by the Bureau of the Census. These are linked to the microfilm publication number and roll number. The Locator also covers the Soundex indexes for 12 southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (only counties of Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry and Pike), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia (only counties of Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh). The Locator contains searchable data on the Soundexes for these states. The database is linked to the microfilm publication number, which is different for each state, and the roll number. Once you have identified the roll(s), the Locator will tell you how to view the microfilm at a NARA facility or how to rent or buy it. Only by viewing the actual microfilm rolls will you be able to complete your research. NARA's microfilm locator: - is not a family- or individual-name index or a digital version of the original records. - contains the microfilm lists for the 1930 population schedules and the Soundex indexes, searchable by over 120,000 geographic locations. - allows you to know before visiting NARA exactly which roll(s) of microfilm you need to view, rent, or buy to start your research. - is a good place to begin your census research. Only by viewing the actual microfilm rolls will you be able to complete your research. How to Research the 1930 Census Microfilm This web site will help you begin your family history research in the 1930 census. It will tell you: - what questions were asked by the census which States had name indexes prepared - how to search those States and the ones without name indexes - where to view, rent, or buy the microfilm containing the original records Use the step-by-step instructions prepared by NARA census experts and the 1930 Census Microfilm Locator on this web site to begin your research. You also will find detailed search strategies as well as specific tips and hints throughout the site. There are two search methods you can use, as shown below: BASIC METHODS FOR LOCATING 1930 CENSUS DATA SOUNDEX Step 1: Enter last name or Soundex code to find Soundex microfilm publication number and roll numer. Step2: View the Soundex microfilm for the enumeration district (ED) number and sheet number. Step 3: Enter the ED number to find the schedule microfilm roll number. Step 4: View the schedule microfilm roll and locate the ED and sheet number. GEOGRAPHIC Step 1: Find the ED number and roll number by searching a place name or an institution name. Step 2: View the microfilm roll for that ED, and locate the name. Use the method for which you have the most specific information. You will find more details on each method by clicking on the headings below. Please Note: The locator is an online database listing every roll of microfilm in the 1930 census, searchable by over 120,000 geographic locations. It is not a family or individual name index or a digital version of the microfilm. Soundex In the 1930s, the Work Progress Administration (WPA) prepared Soundex indexes of names for only 12 southern states. If you are looking for someone in those states, you can use this locator to find the roll of Soundex microfilm you need. Geographic This locator also supports searching enumeration district (ED) descriptions by state, county, city, and place names to determine the ED and schedule microfilm roll number. Places include names of town, streets, post offices, rural townships, election precinct and ward numbers, and rivers and lakes. You may also search for institution names such as schools, prisons, and sanitariums. About the Microfilm The 1930 census microfilm has been reproduced by the National Archives and Records Administration from the highest quality master negatives available from the Bureau of the Census. The original film includes defects that affect the legibility of some frames. The original paper schedules no longer exist. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

"WORLD WAR II DRAFT CARDS," by Michael John Neill Images of the cards discussed in this article can be viewed at: http://www.rootdig.com/draft/worldwartwo.html. _________________________________________________ Many genealogists are familiar with the World War I draft cards. A past "Daily News" article (http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=1644&key=A505601) discussed my use of the World War I draft cards and my search for a draft card for a Chicago, Illinois, area resident. There are also draft cards from World War II. Some of these cards are available to the public. The cards that are publicly available are from the fourth registration done in 1942. This registration included men born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897. These cards are organized by state and are filed with the appropriate regional branch of the National Archives. The only way to access these cards is on-site at the appropriate regional branch of the National Archives. They are not on microfilm. A few cards for Ohio have been digitized (see the NAIL reference at the end of this article). The major drawback to these records is that they are not available on microfilm and must be accessed either in person or via a researcher. One significant advantage of these cards is that they generally are organized alphabetically for an entire state. When using the World War I draft cards, one must know the draft registration board to locate a card for an urban resident. This is generally not the case with the cards from World War II. In my case, I decided this organizational feature of the records was a significant advantage for one of my problems. The cards I obtained were from: National Archives Record Group 147, Records of the Selective Service System, Illinois State Office Registration Cards, World War II, 4th Draft Registration, April 1942. Since the cards I needed were from Illinois, they were obtained at the NARA regional branch facility in Chicago. Unfortunately, the card I really wanted was not in the collection. My wife's great-grandfather "disappeared" from Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1921 and all trace of him has been lost. I had hoped that he would still be living somewhere in Illinois and that his name would appear on one of the registration cards. The birth year I had was approximate (ca. 1888) but it was in the middle of the range of years for the draft registration. I felt relatively confident the approximate age was not a problem. He did not appear in the Illinois cards, and my "brick wall" still stands tall. He had either moved or died before the 1942 registration. I too, am not always successful in solving my problems immediately. However, I did obtain cards for three of my children's ancestors whose age required them to register for the draft. These three ancestors are already fairly well-documented, but I did learn: --- That my great-grandfather weighed two-hundred-and-ten pounds at age sixty. --- That my wife's great-grandfather worked for the Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Company. Some places of birth listed on the cards were as specific as a city and a state, others listed only a county and state. In some cases, the village of foreign birth was given as well, but many foreign places of birth listed were only as specific as the country. One must keep in mind that the country was at war and creating massive amounts of genealogical data was not a part of the war effort. We are fortunate to have the records that we do. Had I any "difficult" immigrants who would have been required to register, I would have made certain to obtain their card as it may potentially contain a specific place of birth. WHAT DO THE CARDS CONTAIN? The cards asked the following questions: 1) Name 2) Place of residence 3) Mailing address 4) Telephone 5) Age and date of birth 6) Place of birth town/county and state/country 7) Name and address of person who will always know your address 8) Employer's Name and Address 9) Place of Employment or Business A signature was also required. The reverse side of the card asks questions regarding the registrant's physical description, including: --- Race (White, Negro, Oriental) --- Height --- Eyes --- Hair --- Complexion --- Other physical characteristics that will aid in identification Three of the surnames I was looking for were unusual enough that it was not impractical to copy all the cards for those individuals. Cards were located for all of my great-grandparents siblings who were of the appropriate age. In all, I obtained copies of approximately twenty cards. All the cards were the "same;" however, there were slight variations on the amount of detail provided and occasionally additional "comments" were written on the card. WHO ALWAYS KNOWS YOUR ADDRESS? The "person who will always know your address" was particularly helpful. Based upon the address and the name (e.g., Mrs. John Smith) many such persons were the spouse of the registrant. In some cases, I did see the word "wife" specifically written in parenthesis after the person's name, but not always. Other familial relationships were occasionally noted for the person who would always know the registrant's address, but there was no space to specifically record the relationship. WHY USE THE CARDS? The cards will not solve every genealogical problem, but there are situations where they can be helpful: --- If you know the male ancestor was the "right age" and was living in 1942, but are not certain of the exact location (you'll need the state). --- Your male ancestor's birthplace listed on death certificates and other records is very unspecific. --- You have "lost" a male relative of the appropriate age during the World War II era. What you will have to know to use the cards: --- The individual's name --- The state of residence Of course, one will need other details to assist in distinguishing individuals of the same name. These details include: --- Approximate date of birth --- Potential cities/towns of residence --- Occupation --- Names of likely next of kin --- Physical characteristics You just can't grab the first John Smith you see and assume he is yours! As mentioned the cards do provide other information about the registrant and this information should be compared and contrasted with information already known about the individual in order to determine if the individual on the card is likely the desired individual. TRY ALL LOCATIONS. My great-grandfather's brother was working St. Louis, Missouri, at the time of the draft registration. His registration took place in Hancock County, Illinois, where he was born and raised. While this is atypical of the registrations I located (most were working in the county where they registered), it does bear witness to the fact that one should leave no location unconsidered. NEED THEIR JOB? If research requires you learn your ancestor's occupation or employer, the draft card may help you to do that. There are other sources on your ancestor that may provide occupational information, but the information on the draft card may help to fill in blanks and potentially lead to occupational records. My ancestors, unlike those of my wife, were largely self-employed farmers and occupational records are non-existent. NATIONAL ARCHIVES NAIL A very limited number of the World War Two draft cards for Ohio have been digitized and are available in NAIL, the National Archives Information Locator, available through http://www.nara.gov/. However, the digitizing for Ohio appears to be for a very small percentage of the cards (Aa-Ab). Regional branches of the National Archives http://www.nara.gov/regional/nrmenu.html IN SUMMARY If you are stuck with a male ancestral problem during the early 1940s, these cards may help you. Your female ancestors might also have had a problem with your male ancestor during that same time, but these records aren't likely to help with that! ___________________________________________________________________ Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including "Ancestry" and "Genealogical Computing." You can e-mail him at: mailto:mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his Web site at: http://www.rootdig.com/, but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research. 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State/Territory: Alabama City/County: Clarke Place: N/A Number of Microfilm Rolls: 1 Number of Enumeration Districts: 27 Microfilm Roll Number: 7 County City Starting ED Ending ED Chilton 11- 1 11- 22 Clarke 13- 1 13- 27 Pub No Roll No County ED Enumeration District (ED) Descriptions T626 7 CLARKE 13- 1 PCT. 1, GAINESTOWN, AND BARLOW BEND AND GAINESTOWN VILLAGES T626 7 CLARKE 13- 2 PCT. 2, SALT WORKS T626 7 CLARKE 13- 3 JACKSON TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 4 PCT. 3, JACKSON, EXCLUDING JACKSON TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 5 PCT. 4, WALKER SPRINGS T626 7 CLARKE 13- 6 PCT. 5, SUGGSVILLE T626 7 CLARKE 13- 7 PCT. 6, GOSPORT T626 7 CLARKE 13- 8 PCT. 7, MCLEODS T626 7 CLARKE 13- 9 PCT. 8, RIVER HILL T626 7 CLARKE 13- 10 PCT. 9, GOOD SPRINGS T626 7 CLARKE 13- 11 GROVE HILL TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 12 PCT. 10, GROVE HILL, EXCLUDING GROVE HILL TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 13 PCT. 11, ANDERSON T626 7 CLARKE 13- 14 PCT. 12, GATES T626 7 CLARKE 13- 15 PCT. 13, COFFEEVILLE (SOUTH PART) T626 7 CLARKE 13- 16 PCT. 13, COFFEEVILLE (NORTH PART) T626 7 CLARKE 13- 17 PCT. 14, CLARKESVILLE T626 7 CLARKE 13- 18 PCT. 15, NEW PROSPECT T626 7 CLARKE 13- 19 PCT. 16, TALLABATTA SPRINGS T626 7 CLARKE 13- 20 PCT. 17, CANE CREEK T626 7 CLARKE 13- 21 FULTON TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 22 PCT. 18, PLEASANT HILL, EXCLUDING FULTON TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 23 PCT. 19, CAMPBELL T626 7 CLARKE 13- 24 PCT. 20, BASHI T626 7 CLARKE 13- 25 THOMASVILLE TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 26 PCT. 21, CHOCTAW CORNER, EXCLUDING THOMASVILLE TOWN T626 7 CLARKE 13- 27 PCT. 22, DICKINSON http://1930census.archives.gov/ View the microfilm at a NARA facility. Find the NARA location most convenient to you and visit their customer service area to view the microfilm roll. OR YOU CAN Rent the microfilm. To rent rolls of microfilm for a fee, call the NARA Census Microfilm Rental Program, voice: 301-604-3305 fax: 301-953-2838. Have the state, microfilm publication number, and roll number available. OR YOU CAN Buy the microfilm. Have the state, microfilm publication number, and roll number available when you call the Archives II Customer Services Center at 1-800-234-8861. The cost is $34.00 per roll. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

ANCESTRY.COM TO PUBLISH 1930 CENSUS RECORDS ONLINE WITHIN HOURS OF OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT RELEASE PROVO, UT. Ancestry.com has announced an aggressive plan to publish digitized images of the 1930 U.S. Federal Census online within hours after the microfilm is released from the National Archives. On 1 April, the 1930 Federal Population Census will become available to the public. By law, census records are restricted for seventy-two years, but the wait is almost over. Since the census day in 1930 was 1 April, that is the day that two thousand six-hundred and sixty- seven microfilmed rolls of population schedules, including the names and statistics of over 137 million individuals, will be released for public access at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The 15th census of the United States, the 1930 census was taken just five months after the Wall Street crash on 29 October 1929, and will tell us about the preceding decade of the 1920s. Family historians anxious to have this invaluable resource at their fingertips will find a wealth of information, such as the names of all persons living in each home; their relationship to the head of household; if the family owns a radio or a farm; whether the individuals attended school or college; if they can read or write; each person's place of birth; citizenship status; and occupation. For the first time, digitized images of a portion of the census will be available online within hours of the official census release by the National Archives. Ancestry.com will publish additional images online every day and expects to have all images available online within three months. Indexes should be available online by the end of the year. ******************************** FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A541101 and click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Anyone have a 1870 census that could look for William L. Moore and family in Grove Hill, Al? Thanks Erlyne Sherrill

- You Can Restore Cemeteries I received a fascinating e-mail this week from William Meacham. I will publish it here in its entirety: Dear Richard, Your readers might be interested to know that small family cemetery restoration is not terribly expensive or difficult to organize, if they know how to go about it, and most importantly, if they can find a good gravestone restorer. A few days after my father died in 1999 I went to Hopkinsville, KY (his hometown) to arrange for his burial. I also drove out to the northern part of the county to try to find two early Meacham family cemeteries. I was shocked by their condition -- most of the gravestones had fallen down, many were broken in half, and everything was covered in a thick tangle of vegetation. I was especially moved when I brushed away the soil and vines that were covering the beautifully carved but broken gravestone of my 4th great- grandmother. It was an emotional moment, and I vowed then and there to restore the two cemeteries. In the words of a civil war veteran who put up a monument to his unknown comrades buried in Hopkinsville: "There are hours in everyone's life when the spirit of the past rises from its tomb, and will not depart until it is appeased with sacrifice." A long series of inquiries led me finally to John Walters of Connersville, IN, highly recommended but 6 hours away by car. Eventually I arranged for him and his wife to come down to Hopkinsville, met them there, put them up for 3 nights in a motel, and we finished both cemeteries in 14 hours of field work. Total cost, including some preparation and tree-cutting before he arrived, was about $600 per cemetery. The process and the results can be seen in the relevant article on my website: "Early Virginia and Kentucky Meachams" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wmeacham/ There might be a lot of people out there who feel more daunted than I was, as an archaeologist, at the prospect of organizing cemetery restoration work. But anyone willing to spend a little time and money to do it right can accomplish wonderful things. The reaction of the cemetery specialist at the Kentucky Historical Society to the photos up on my website was simply "Wow!" If you don't want to plug John Walters directly, please feel free to mention the article on my website and invite anyone who is interested in doing something similar to contact me. Sincerely, William Meacham You may contact William Meacham at: wmeacham@hkusua.hku.hk ============================================================== The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

On Saturday, February 2, 2002, I visited for the first time the grave of my gggrandfather William Firth CHASTAIN. William Firth CHASTAIN b. March 10, 1823 d. August 16, 1873 is buried with his wife Martha Ann SKELTON b. November 2, 1827 d. October 12, 1867. They are buried in a wooded area in rural Clarke County, Alabama north of Jackson, Alabama. I visited William Firth Chastain's gravesite with my Dad (last name McClinton) and my Dad's cousin (last name Chastain). My Dad's cousin is the one that showed my Dad and me where William Firth Chastain is buried. Dad's cousin said that he didn't know if Martha Ann SKELTON was the Mother of William Firth's sons from which we are descended. According to my Dad's cousin, some of the children of William Firth Chastain were sons Oliver, Elam, and Joe. (Joe's name was Joseph Julian.) Joe (Joseph Julian) is the grandfather of my Dad and his cousin. Dad's cousin said that Elam and Joe married McDonald sisters. The children of Joe (Joseph Julian) not necessarily in birth order are Josie (female), Bama (female), Dock L. (male- my Dad's cousin's father), Pearl Sybil (female - my Dad's mother), Wheeler (male), Beanie (male), Bill (male), Jack (male), and Henry (male). Any information you might have about William Firth Chastain and his wife, parents, siblings, children, etc., will be appreciated. Thanks!

PLEASE NOTE: My e-mail address is changing, effective this weekend, or as soon as I get the nerve to open the computer and shove in the new card! This means that gators1@concentric.net <mailto:gators1@concentric.net> will soon be a pleasant remembrance. I hope this to be Sunday, so Saturday would be the last “safe” day to send me anything. All should be up and running with new address by Sunday evening, but one never knows about these things. I will then send another e-mail with the new address. Think of me and say a little prayer that it all works OK! Mary Looney

- Genealogy and Orienteering Genealogy and what??? "Orienteering"? What is that? Dictionary.com says: orienteering (or-e-in-tEErng) n. Sports A cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. OK, so what possible connection is there between the study of one's ancestry and a little-known sport where people race through the woods using a map and compass? Read on... First of all, the Dictionary.com definition is technically correct but perhaps a bit outdated. Orienteering traditionally is a sport where individuals or teams use compass, maps and other tools to navigate quickly through woods or other unfamiliar territory. However, modern technology has moved into orienteering; competitors now use GPS (GeoPositional Satellite) receivers to accurately pinpoint locations and maps to find out-of-the-way trails, engage in Geocaching (finding "prizes" hidden in advance by orienteering competition organizers), or to compete in orienteering contests. Bob Maley is a genealogist who obviously has also enjoyed orienteering. Now he sees a chance to combine the two and thereby benefit many thousands of genealogists. Bob calls his idea the "U.S. GeoGen Project." Quoting from his Web site: The US GeoGen Project (tm) is a national project designed to combine the hobbies of genealogy and electronic orienteering. Most everyone who has performed genealogical research has spent time driving around looking for cemeteries and other historical sites and monuments. Electronic orienteering is the use of global positioning devices (GPS) and maps to find out of the way trails, engage in Geocaching, or compete in orienteering contests. The goal of the project is to create a national network of county oriented pages listing locations of interest to the genealogist along with their geographical coordinates, so those researchers that follow can easily find the locations. The same Web site also says, "The national database will always be made freely available via the Internet to anyone who is researching his or her ancestry." When I read the phrase, "locations of interest to the genealogist," I think of cemeteries, especially the old, abandoned cemeteries. Bob Maley apparently thinks of old cemeteries as well. However, I suspect that other locations might also be of interest, such as abandoned towns. To search the database, the user enters a state and then a county name. The Web's software searches to see which locations in that county have been indexed, if any. If any matches are found, the results page points to the personal Web pages that contain the detailed information. This method is quite similar to several other genealogy Web databases. I searched the GeoGen Project database but found precious little. This project is in its infancy and needs to have data input by many volunteers before it becomes a useful tool. However, the GeoGen Project promises to become a very useful research aid for genealogists. Armed with the information in the GeoGen Project, along with a GPS receiver, future genealogists should be able to find even the tiniest of cemeteries. How can you help? First of all, you do not need to be a trained athlete. You should be able to walk around old cemeteries in wooded areas, however. You will also need a GPS receiver (available for less than $100 for a basic model) and be willing to devote some of your time helping other genealogists. You then can begin by locating cemeteries in your area and recording their locations online, using the GPS receiver to log the longitude and latitude coordinates. I would expect many local genealogy societies to get involved in this cemetery location project as well as individual genealogists. Bob Maley is also looking for more people to "adopt" states and coordinate projects involving the identification and recording of cemetery locations in each state. As of this writing, only ten states have been "adopted." Of those ten, only a few have data available online today. Here is your chance to get in on the "ground floor" of an interesting new service. For more information or to see how you can help, look at the US GeoGen Project at: http://geogen.org The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.