You're invited to join us Monday night for an all-state chat about Alabama Genealogy: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific It's a good idea to print out your family tree before you come to the chat. If you have books and other resources for Alabama and are willing to share, please have them by your computer. If you can't attend the chat, you might want to post your queries in the forum: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville If you'd like to be on our weekly mailing list for chats, just send me an email. Jean Brandau [email protected]

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Robert...........try Alexander City newspaper or the Montgomery Advertiser. Most obits were posted in those papers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert C. Johnston, Jr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [ALCOOSA] Coosa County Newspapers > Dear List Members, > > I am in need of finding obituaries for many ancestors that lived north > of Rockford and in the Stewartville area of Coosa County during the > first half of the 1900's. Were can I find newspapers that would possibly > contain obits for people that lived in this area from 1900-1960? Would > they be in Sylacauga newspapers or in Rockford newspapers? Where can I > find these newspapers so I can do some lookups? Any help or guidance > would be greatly appreciated. > > Happy Thanksgiving! > > Robert > > > ==== ALCOOSA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items for > sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - Spam) > is NOT ALLOWED and will > be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > [email protected] > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Instead of our regular Monday night Alabama Chat, I thought we'd try an "Open House." That means that I'll turn the recorder on in the chat room and you can stop by ANY TIME Monday and list your SURNAMES, queries, family history, etc. If others are in the chat room, feel free to stay and chat. I'll edit later. I'll turn the transcript recorder on now and you can start until Tuesday morning dropping in: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm Don't forget to check the forum, too: http://forums.abut.com/ab-huntsville You can check later this week for the chat transcript: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm If you'd like to be on my chat reminder list, just send me an email. Jean Brandau [email protected]

You're invited to join us Monday night for a discussion of your Alabama ancestors. Share your books, CD's, websites, information, and tips with others researching their Alabama roots: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 9 pm Eastern; 8 pm Central; 7 pm Mt.; 6 pm Pacific Come meeting your cousins! Past chat transcripts can be found at: http://huntsville.about.com/library/blalchat.htm If you'd like to be on my private chat reminder list, just send me an email! Jean Brandau [email protected]

What newspapers were in Coosa County in 1911 that would contain obituaries?

Wayne Johnson, MD of Andalusia, AL will publish a book titled "Wingard Wanderings" in Nov 2001. This book will contain 302 pages of text & with index will be 379 pages in length. The first 175 pages contain the names of descendants of John Adam Wingard the original immigrant and the ancestor of Christian Wingard of Coosa/Elmore Co., AL. If anyone is a descendant of the Rev. Christian Wingard, one can purchase the book as follows: J. Wayne Johnson, MD 104 Heritage CT. Andalusia, AL 36420 Dr. Johnson should be contacted as to availability & price. Thanks Ann Corum

Does anyone have access to the 1860 Coosa County Census? I would appreciate a lookup for a James Lindsey/say and wife Nancy, should be age 61 & 60 and John Lindsay/sey with wife Susan and Hugh Lindsey/say. Thanks so very much! Rhiana

Rev. James B. Morris, born 6 Dec 1821, Coosa County, Alabama, died 28 May 1899, Denton County, Texas, married 24 Sep 1844, Coosa County, Alabama, to Nancy Harrison, born 1821, Georgia, died 1872 Perry County, Illinois. Children: 1. William "Billy" A. Morris born 1845 AL, 2 Frances J. Morris born 1647 AL, 3. Jasper Watson Morris born 19 Aug 1849 Coosa County, AL, 4. Missouri Jane born 1841 AL. 5. James Robert Morris born 1853 AL 6. Jane born 1855 Alabama, 7. Mary "Polly" Morris born 22 Feb 1859 Alabama. They left Alabama for Arkansas sometimes between Mary "Polly" birth and when the 1860 census was taken in White County Arkansas and went from there to Perry County, Illinois where their last son was born in Jan 1865. Also Nancy died there in 1872. This family was listed in the 1880 census, Wise County, Texas. James B. Morris remarried in Perry County, IL to Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Holt Bradley, the daughter of Constantine Holt. She was the widow of Benjamin F. Bradley who served with the 26 IL Inf. I need help to discover the parents of James B. Morris of Coosa County also the parent of Nancy Harrison. Please, if you have an idea, would you share it with me. After fifty years I have exhausted mine. Thank you.

Looking for information on the descendants of Michael Albright who came to Coosa County with his family ca. 1840. Michael Albright was born ca. 1798 in Rowan County, NC and d. after 1860 in Coosa County, AL. He married a Mary ? and she probably died in Coosa County. Their children were: Rufus Albright b. 22 Dec. 1819 Rowan County, NC Samuel James Albright b. 11 Aug 1821 Rowan County, NC John Albright b ca. 1825 Rowan Co., NC Henry R. Albright b. 29 Jan. 1829 DeKalb Co., GA William Cathan Albright b. 25 Dec 1830 in DeKalb Co., GA and d. 14 Mar 1906 near Ruston, LA. He married Cordelia Agnes McMillian 1 July 1861 in Coosa County. Elizabeth Mulvinna Albright b. 13 Oct 1832 in De Kalb County, GA Mary Rachel Albright b 13 March 1835 in Talladega County, AL Michael Alexander Albright b 13 Feb 1837 in Talladega County Benjamin Harrison Albright b. 13 Aug 1839 in Talladega Jesse F. Albright (male) b. 13 Oct 1842 in either Talladega or Coosa County Ellen O. Albright b. 5 Apr 1845 in probably Coosa County. is anyone researching this line of Albrights or the McMillians? Thank you P Henning

Thanks for the update on Alabama website.You need to pay for a membership to Ancestry.com to view the marriages or images, however.

Just a note to let you know that I have updated my website filled with Alabama genealogy information: http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm If you have a personal website for your ALABAMA genealogy family and would like me to add it to the Personal WebPages section, please send me the URL and a short description. As long as you have a significant amount devoted to Alabama, I will consider including it. Good luck in your research! Jean Brandau [email protected]

Hi Stella: I don't live near coosa co so I can't look up the cert. I do have a mg book tho and it doesn't show any more than you indicated. I have The Coosa Heritage that has various info and The Oct 1981 issue on page 8 shows a 1850 Tax List with a Lewis Patterson listed. It also says beside his name "free Negro---gone to Montgomery) Is this yours? I don't see anything else that might help you. Sorry Becky Bradley ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 6:58 AM Subject: [ALCOOSA] Re: ALCOOSA-D Digest V01 #48 > I am looking for family of Lydia Willis from Coosa County that married > Lewis Patterson (probably from Rome Ga. area) in Coosa on May 7,1844. > Gives minister S Moody says OS page 183 where I found this. If anyone > is close to Rockford, would you look at this marriage certificate and > see if it has anything else? I will reciprocate.If anyone has family > from Coosa into Tuscaloosa, I will do a look-up for them.I sure do want > to find Lydia's parents.Thanks Stella > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >

If anyone has access to the 1860 census, could you give me the entry for a Charles Bailey and wife Angeline with two sons James and Richard, please? Thanks. Jackie

Here is a list of the names in Quinsey Cemetery: Brown Blackmon Bailey Davis McKinnon Dison Blankenship Dennis Kilpatrick Johnson Bice McGowin Adams Will do look ups. Ruthie Alexander

I am looking for family of Lydia Willis from Coosa County that married Lewis Patterson (probably from Rome Ga. area) in Coosa on May 7,1844. Gives minister S Moody says OS page 183 where I found this. If anyone is close to Rockford, would you look at this marriage certificate and see if it has anything else? I will reciprocate.If anyone has family from Coosa into Tuscaloosa, I will do a look-up for them.I sure do want to find Lydia's parents.Thanks Stella

Where is this cemetary located, in the county, and how old is it, do you know? If there are any WILLIS in it or Poseys I would appreciate a list Thanks very much

Hi Ruth, are there any Thorntons buried there? If so please list. dont have first names. THANKS, Linda

Hi Lynda No Quinsey Cemetery isn't online. But I have a listing of all the graves there at the Cemetery. Is there anyone in partiicular that you are looking for? Let me know. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynda Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 3:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ALCOOSA] Quinsey cemetery? is this cemetery online if so where? -- Thank you,Lynda "Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film. ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

To my knowledge this cemetery is not on line. I do know that the Coosa County Historical Society is publishing another volume on Coosa County Cemeteries. The book was discussed in today's Coosa County News. I am hoping to make a visit there soon. I live in Coosa County not far from the cemetery. I cannot get there alone so I will have to wait on someone to take me. My family was from Quinsey. My lines from this area were the Lewis, Mims, and Hilyer. My family is the one in the Ham Lewis Cemetery near the Quinsey Cemetery.