To all the list: I made my trip to Selma yesterday. This is a general letter about what I did and did not do there. I was looking for about 30 - 40 families so did not get too much information on each one, but I will be going back. I will make reports to each of you when I have found something on your families. What is available at Selma: Marriage records 1818 - 1918; Card files ( Old Live Oak Cemetery and other cemeteries, genealogy titles and genealogy authors), cemetery books for new Live Oak Cemetery and other cemeteries, Story of Selma and 2 other general books on Selma; census indexes and two drawers of local history files. (I did not find this local history file until just before I left. I did not have time to look at it for any of you, but will do next time.) They did have some census indexes in book form. I think the actual census records are available in Birmingham which is closer to where I live and I will check those for people per your requests. This is a beautiful old city and many of the old buildings are still being used. I even saw the building that had once been a restaurant run by one of my family members. I would recommend the Downtowner Restaurant where you may see pictures of many of the old buildings and the manager or owner there is quite an authority on old time Selma. I also have been given names of other family members that I will try to contact on my next trip. Of course, since Christmas is almost here, I have much to do, but still plan to go back later. As far as Live Oak Cemetery is concerned, I did not get to go there this trip. It was a dreary, rainy day and would have been awfully muddy and damp, so I decided to go there on my next trip. There are some noteworthy people buried there - one is the stepsister of Lincoln's wife. There are several others that are listed in the local history files, with a map of where they are buried. I'll keep you informed of what I find. Several people had asked about City directories - some were available: 1880-81 1909 1913-1914 1929-1930 1924 1939 1942 and a number of later directories. I also took a walk down to the Selma Courthouse and asked about old records. They let me into their storage room which is locked and in the basement. They left me alone there to do whatever I needed to do, but I found that nothing was in any kind of order and many books were not labelled. I found ledgers from the 1800's and on into the 1970's. They are all heavy books. Some are stacked on top of others and some are on rolling shelves, but they are not in order in any way or fashion. Some of the newer ones have long numbers on the outside, but you would need to know what numbers have been signed to the case. marydavis@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Mary Davis <marydavis@prodigy.net> To: ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com <ALDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] Research in Dallas County, Live Oak Cemetery >Dear Dallas County researchers: > >I am going to Dallas County to do some of my own research. I have posted >information on this list before, but I have been out of town a lot recently >and am not sure who still needs help. I will take pictures at the Live Oak >Cemetery for $1.00 per picture and will do other research, i.e. city >directories, etc. If you just want a general idea of what is available >there, I will try to find out for you - no charge. If you want me to spend >some time, I can do that also. I only charge $10 per hour and will be >bringing a helper with me. With two of us working on it, we should be able >to do quite a bit of work for several people. Let me know as soon as >possible. I know I have written several of you at your private e-mail >address. I'm making plans now for my trip and what I need to look for. > >marydavis@prodigy.net