Thanks to all who responded to my query about the Odd Fellows symbol. With your clues, I looked up Odd Fellows on the Internet through Yahoo. There, in full color, was the answer to my question. Here is the address for those who may also be interested. Joyce Cameron http://128.125.109.137/IOOF/OddFellows.html

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Anyone tell me where Cullman Memory Gardens Cemetery is?... I looked in Cullman Co, but couldnt find it listed.... Am I looking at the correct name? Is there a listing on line? 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/tagj.

Yes, That is the correct name. It is in the Cullman Cemetery Book Vol I listed as being on Bolte Road. Hope this helps ! Lynne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:04 PM Subject: [ALCULLMA] CULLMAN MEMORY GARDENS CEMETERY >Anyone tell me where Cullman Memory Gardens Cemetery is?... I looked in >Cullman Co, but couldnt find it listed.... Am I looking at the correct >name? Is there a listing on line? 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/tagj. > > >==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

I do not know if they have a website, but Cullman Memory Gardens is located on Bolte Rd inside the city limits of Cullman. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:02 PM Subject: [ALCULLMA] CULLMAN MEMORY GARDENS CEMETERY > Anyone tell me where Cullman Memory Gardens Cemetery is?... I looked in > Cullman Co, but couldnt find it listed.... Am I looking at the correct > name? Is there a listing on line? 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/tagj. > > > ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

1880 Census: listed 2 in Cullman County 1. Lindsey, Manuel age 52, Wife ELizabeth age 44 children: Emma, Wm, Fleming, Lucretia, Brindy and Lizzetta 2. Lindsey, Wm age 26 wife Marinda 25, children: Lovick, Charlie and Frances. -----Original Message----- From: lynn labove <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:51 AM Subject: [ALCULLMA] Burns or Barnes >In the Hanceville, Area of BLOUNT COUNTY at the time lived >1850 Census >Elizabeth Burns 28 wid Female born Al >Martha 10 female Al >Malinda 8 """""""""" >Alfred 3 Male "" >John 1 """"""""""" >My line I believe is Melinda Burns or Barnes married Edward Lindsey. I need >help from some one on this line >They live in the area of Elizabeth Burns is, William Barnes 43 b TENN and >Polly, Calvin Barnes 23 and Martha C. Barnes, Alfred Barnes 27and Melinda >Thank you, Lynn LaBove [email protected] > > >==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== >Please send your OLD email address along with your new one to change your email address. Names will be removed from the list after "bouncing" or being returned to list manager more than four times. > > >============================== >The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 >

Blount County AL Edward Lindsey married Barnes, Malinda Elizabeth 12/22/1859. Hope this helps ! -----Original Message----- From: lynn labove <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:51 AM Subject: [ALCULLMA] Burns or Barnes >In the Hanceville, Area of BLOUNT COUNTY at the time lived >1850 Census >Elizabeth Burns 28 wid Female born Al >Martha 10 female Al >Malinda 8 """""""""" >Alfred 3 Male "" >John 1 """"""""""" >My line I believe is Melinda Burns or Barnes married Edward Lindsey. I need >help from some one on this line >They live in the area of Elizabeth Burns is, William Barnes 43 b TENN and >Polly, Calvin Barnes 23 and Martha C. Barnes, Alfred Barnes 27and Melinda >Thank you, Lynn LaBove [email protected] > > >==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== >Please send your OLD email address along with your new one to change your email address. Names will be removed from the list after "bouncing" or being returned to list manager more than four times. > > >============================== >The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 >

In the Hanceville, Area of BLOUNT COUNTY at the time lived 1850 Census Elizabeth Burns 28 wid Female born Al Martha 10 female Al Malinda 8 """""""""" Alfred 3 Male "" John 1 """"""""""" My line I believe is Melinda Burns or Barnes married Edward Lindsey. I need help from some one on this line They live in the area of Elizabeth Burns is, William Barnes 43 b TENN and Polly, Calvin Barnes 23 and Martha C. Barnes, Alfred Barnes 27and Melinda Thank you, Lynn LaBove [email protected]

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The Cullman County Public Library would really like to get a copy of this report! John Paul Myrick, MLS County Librarian Cullman County Library System Cullman, Alabama ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 5:57 PM Subject: [ALCULLMA] Alabama Odd Fellows' Home - continued Record of Home Family April 1, 1910, with dates of admissions etc., together with names of those elected and withdrawn: (Home was opened Dec. 22, 1909) Admitted Feb. 17, 1910 (from Edwardsville Lodge # 210) were: Dona A. Bennett, 35 Robert G. Bennett, 13 Fannie M. Bennett, 11 Annie L. Bennett, 8 John Alta Bennett, 6 Myrtle Bennett, 4 Admitted Feb 26, 1910 (from Star Lodge # 288) were: Mary Patty, 31 Sam Patty, 11 Rosa Patty, 10 Mary Patty, 7 Josephine Patty, 4 Genie Patty, 2 Admitted Feb. 26, 1910 (from Adamsburg # 278) were: Henry R. Reid, 14 Annie M. J. Reid, 12 John H. Reid, 6 Ida L. M. Reid, 8 Admitted Feb. 28, 1910 (from Charity Rebekah # 29) were: Joseph L. Moon, 11 Bertie L. Moon, 7 Applications withdrawn after election, other arrangements being made: Ida May Rothfuss, 45, from Twin City Lodge #159 Dora Judson Bonholzer, 6, from Mineral City Lodge #74 Wilmer Bonholzer, 10, from Mineral City Lodge #74 Ellsworth Bonholzer, 8, from Mineral City Lodge #74 Laura Noreka Wood, 1, from Coal Creek Lodge #504 ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== Please send your OLD email address along with your new one to change your email address. Names will be removed from the list after "bouncing" or being returned to list manager more than four times. ============================== Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Record of Home Family April 1, 1910, with dates of admissions etc., together with names of those elected and withdrawn:  (Home was opened Dec.  22, 1909) Admitted Feb. 17, 1910 (from Edwardsville Lodge # 210) were: Dona A. Bennett, 35 Robert G. Bennett, 13 Fannie M. Bennett, 11 Annie L. Bennett, 8 John Alta Bennett, 6 Myrtle Bennett, 4 Admitted Feb 26, 1910 (from Star Lodge # 288) were: Mary Patty, 31 Sam Patty, 11 Rosa Patty, 10 Mary Patty, 7 Josephine Patty, 4 Genie Patty, 2 Admitted Feb. 26, 1910 (from Adamsburg # 278) were: Henry R. Reid, 14 Annie M. J. Reid, 12 John H. Reid, 6 Ida L. M. Reid, 8 Admitted Feb. 28, 1910 (from Charity Rebekah # 29) were: Joseph L. Moon, 11 Bertie L. Moon, 7 Applications withdrawn after election, other arrangements being made: Ida May Rothfuss, 45, from Twin City Lodge #159 Dora Judson Bonholzer, 6, from Mineral City Lodge #74 Wilmer Bonholzer, 10, from Mineral City Lodge #74 Ellsworth Bonholzer, 8, from Mineral City Lodge #74 Laura Noreka Wood, 1, from Coal Creek Lodge #504

The following information comes from the “Third Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Odd Fellows Home” which was presented to the Grand Lodge Session of 1910, held at Birmingham, Alabama, May 10, 11 and 12, 1910: Record of Home Family April 1, 1910, with dates of admissions etc., together with names of those elected and withdrawn:  (Home was opened Dec.  22, 1909) Admitted Dec. 22, 1909 (from Hartselle Lodge # 277) were: Julia Vandiver, 32 Ruby Mae Vandiver, 10 Lonnie A. Vandiver, 6 Herman V. Vandiver, 8     Dorena Vandiver, 3 Admitted Dec. 29, 1909 (from Decatur Lodge # 52) were: Edna James,  10 Autris James, 8 Admitted Dec. 22, 1909 (from Brighton Lodge # 155) were: A. B. Bell, 61 Mattie Bell, 62 Admitted Jan. 18, 1910 (from Brighton Lodge # 155) was: William Banks, 13 Admitted Jan. 18, 1910 (from Searles Lodge # 390) were: Hughey Prestley, 6 Ed Prestley, 9     Clyde Prestley, 12 Admitted Jan. 18, 1910 (from East Lake Lodge # 390) were: Edna Earle Hargest, 4 Austin Hargest, 5 Daniel W. Hargest, 10 Earnest Ross Hargest, 7 The four Hargest children are admitted for $7.50 each per month, payable in advance.  Secured by East Lake Lodge, No. 281.  The mother is in the insane asylum, the father living but has no one to care for his children. Admitted Feb. 4, 1910 (from R. E. Jones Lodge # 166) were: Comer Reese, 15 Smith Reese, 11 Admitted Feb 6, 1910 (from Abernant Lodge # 342) was: Dennie Tubb, 37 Admitted Feb 14, 1910 (from Abernant Lodge # 342) were: Daniel Webster Tubb, 10 Walter Simpson Tubb, 1 Velma Simpson Tubb, 12 to be continued.......

I should have added that the research is on my husband's mother's family. His mother's maiden name was Plunkett. I have made at least two contacts from the earlier email that may prove valuable in my White family research. Thanks again, Lois

As long as I have it by the end of February it will be fine, unless I get swamped with articles which fill up the quarterly. Of course, we could always run it in a later issue if necessary. Thanks for your interest. I look forward to seeing the genealogy. John Paul Myrick, MLS. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] North Central Alabama Genealogical Soc. - Alabama Family Hist... Hi, My name is Lois White. I have been working on a history of my husband's family. I would like to see it published in the North Central Alabama Genealogical magazine. When is the deadline to have it in? I still have some rough spots to work on and some dates to double check. Thanks Lois ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== Please send your OLD email address along with your new one to change your email address. Names will be removed from the list after "bouncing" or being returned to list manager more than four times. ============================== Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Hi, My name is Lois White. I have been working on a history of my husband's family. I would like to see it published in the North Central Alabama Genealogical magazine. When is the deadline to have it in? I still have some rough spots to work on and some dates to double check. Thanks Lois

Friends, "Alabama Family History and Genealogy News," the quarterly publication of the North-central Alabama Genealogical Society based in Cullman is now seeking the submission of articles for publication in the April-May-June 2000 issue. Potential articles include annotated cemetery indexes, transcribed records, properly cited family histories, newspaper transcriptions, etc. We request that articles be submitted in Microsoft Word, with as little formatting as possible. Articles can be submitted via email to the editor at [email protected] or via mail at AFHGN/NCAGS, P.O. Box 13, Cullman, AL 35056. Items submitted become property of the society and cannot be returned. The Society also announces that its publications are now on sale at the Central Branch of the Cullman County Library (200 Clark Street, Cullman 35055), as well as by mail. Publications include: Cullman County, Early Marriages, 1877-1899; Cullman County Marriages 1900-1912; Cullman County Death Records, 1886-1908; Cullman County Churches and Cemeteries, V. 1; Cullman County Churches and Cemeteries, V. 2; Cullman County Churches and Cemeteries, V. 3; Cullman County Tax Assessments Index, 1889; Winston County Death Records, 1888-1910 For more information on the North-central Alabama Genealogical Society or in membership, check out http://home.hiwaay.net/~lthurman/society.htm. The society covers Blount, Cullman, Walker, Winston and other counties in the region. Please help make our society and quarterly the best they can be! Submit an article today. John Paul Myrick, MLS Editor

They stand for the Odd Fellows Lodge.

The symbols are from the Oddfellows/Rebecca Lodge. I can't remember exactly what they stand for but it may be faith, love and truth.

Thanks everyone!!!! John Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [ALCULLMA] tombstone symbols Isn't this International Order of Odd Fellows? jcameron57 wrote: > Does anyone know what these symbols represent? They are on some > tombstones in the Cullman City Cemetery. There are three chain links with > the letters F, L, and T inside--- one letter in each link. > > Your help would be appreciated. > Joyce Cameron > > ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== > I am List Manager on a volunteer basis. I do not get any benefit or monetary compensation for maintaining this list. Please accept my apologies for any delays in correcting your problem(s). > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== I am List Manager on a volunteer basis. I do not get any benefit or monetary compensation for maintaining this list. Please accept my apologies for any delays in correcting your problem(s). ============================== Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Isn't this International Order of Odd Fellows? jcameron57 wrote: > Does anyone know what these symbols represent? They are on some > tombstones in the Cullman City Cemetery. There are three chain links with > the letters F, L, and T inside--- one letter in each link. > > Your help would be appreciated. > Joyce Cameron > > ==== ALCULLMA Mailing List ==== > I am List Manager on a volunteer basis. I do not get any benefit or monetary compensation for maintaining this list. Please accept my apologies for any delays in correcting your problem(s). > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com