The Autauga Genealogical Society will host an "Ancestor Swap Meet" on Saturday, April 5, 2003, at the Prattville Public Library from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. There is no charge and the event is open to the public. The Swap Meet provides a way to research family history with others and browse the family folders that have been collected by the Genealogical Society. Please remember to bring an extra copy of family information that can be added to a current folder or placed in a new folder. The library has a copier that will be available for use. Bring your family and friends as well as family records and pictures, laptop computer, camera, cemetery maps and directions, history books and other items of interest.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/718 Message Board Post: Needing birth informaton ( such as a notice or certificate) on my grandfather. Need a marriage license or notice on his father, William M. MCCLUSKEY, and his mother Carrie PATTERSON. I know that Carrie PATTERSON was born in Tallassee. Would like to have a copy or notice of her birth as well. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/717 Message Board Post: Looking for information on the descendants of Foster Adair and Fannie Harris. They were married in Paulding County, Ga in 1911. They moved to the Wetumpka Area and were the parents of seven or eight children. Fannie Harris Adair died of a stroke in December 1947 while visiting her parents home in Paulding County, GA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Foster, Hollland, Elmore, Fulton,Spiers, Beasley,Low Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADI/344.1 Message Board Post: My great great great grandfather was John Elmore Williams. He was married to a Beasely. My great great grandfather was Daniel Maxey Williams. He was married to Mary Ann Clementine Foster. They lived in Laurens SC. My great grandfather was Charles Lafayette Williams. My grandfather was George Rufus Williams. Both lived in Reynolds county MO. My mother is Georgia May Williams Jackson. My grandfather always said he was part Blackfoot. Do you have any info on this. thanks, elaine

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WHETSTONE, HOUSER, STOUDENMIRE, MURPH, DEBARDELEBEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/716 Message Board Post: Contact privately if you wish to purchase this CD for $35.00 includes postage. Focus is on these families who originated in the Dutch Bend Area of Autauga Co. Several branches moved into Elmore Co. Robert Gokey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strength Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/483.2 Message Board Post: My grandparents were Magnolia Todd,and Jesse James Strength.My Grandmother wasThelma Strength.Here is a 1930 census. 1930 Federal Census Elmore Co. Alabama Precinct 14 - Lightwood Verbena - Wetumpka Road Family # 185 - Dwelling # 158 Jesse J. Strength - 37 - AL - farmer Magnolia " - 29 - AL Samuel L. " - 15 - AL Loie M. " - 13 - AL ( female) Inie P. " - 11- AL ( female) Thelma " - 8 - AL Edgar " - 6 - AL Odis " - 5 - AL ( male) Mamie " - 3 - AL Lilla A. " - 18 mo-AL You can email me at stemplet@eatel.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strength,Sanford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/715 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my grandparents who were Thelma Strength,and Raymond Sanford.Thelma and Raymond were married in the 1940's.They had three children whose names were Betty,Shirly,and Donald Sanford,who is my father.Raymond left my Grandmother when my dad was only small,and was never heard from again.My daddy never met any of his Sanford line.IMy grandmother Thema Strength died in 1980.I have never met any of the Strength's or Sanford's.My G grandparents were Jesse James Strength,and Magnolia Todd.I came across this 1930's census. 1930 Federal Census Elmore Co. Alabama Precinct 14 - Lightwood Verbena - Wetumpka Road Family # 185 - Dwelling # 158 Jesse J. Strength - 37 - AL - farmer Magnolia " - 29 - AL Samuel L. " - 15 - AL Loie M. " - 13 - AL ( female) Inie P. " - 11- AL ( female) Thelma " - 8 - AL Edgar " - 6 - AL Odis " - 5 - AL ( male) Mamie " - 3 - AL Lilla A. " - 18 mo-AL Any information would help.You can email me at stemplet@eatel.net Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pitts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/714 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Arthur James Pitts, born April 1887 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee; married 26 Dec 1910 Madison Co., Alabama Fannie M. "Sally" Medley; and supposedly died 28 Aug 1959 in Wetumpka, Elmore Co., Alabama. This is my wife's Grandfather and I would be interested in any information related to him.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/713.2 Message Board Post: Sorry, forgot to give date of the above census. Was 1880

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/713.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, forgot to give date of the above census. Was 1880

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/713 Message Board Post: Searching for infomation regarding Robert Williams. Elmore Co., Ala. Census showed Robert WILLIAMS age 80 b. NC with wife Kirby, age 79 b. SC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walkley, Wideman, Whetstone, Chrietzberg, Smith, Moore, Bham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/712 Message Board Post: http://www.philatelicsonline.com/store/main.cgi?pid=189&cart_id=940061.4421. Anne Gokey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Womack, Miers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/711 Message Board Post: I'm looking for info about the Central Institute School, I believe my gggrandfather taught there in the 1850's. Does anyone know if records still exist from that time and if so, where they would be located. Any help very much appreciated!

The Alabama Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that Mr. Curt Witcher will be the speaker at the society's annual Spring Seminar. Mr. Witcher is manager of the Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is also president of the National Genealogical Society and past president of the Federation for Genealogical Societies. The AGS seminar, untitled "Eclectic Genealogical Sleuthing", will be Saturday, May 3, 2003, in the Dwight Beeson Business Building on the campus of Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, Alabama. The hours are 8:30 am until 4:00 pm. Mr. Witcher's topics will be: "Fingerprinting Our Families: Using Ancestral Origins as a Genealogical Research Key" "Using Government Documents for Genealogical Research" "An Ancestor's Death - A Time for Reaping" "Pain in the Access: Getting More from the Internet for Your Genealogy" For additional information, please contact Jyl Hardy at jylhardy@bellsouth.net.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/634.1.1 Message Board Post: Re: Thomas Hatchett born in 1616 Ellesmeare, Salop, Eng. and arived in Jamestown, VA in 1638, sailing from Gravesend, Eng. - he was son of Edward Hatchett, b. 1580 in Ellesmeare, Salop, Eng, whomarried Miss Lee or Lythlee, b. 1584 in Salop, England. Other children of this marriage were: Richard Hatchett, who was a collector ofrents for Earl ofBridgewater, John Hatchett, Arthur Hatchett, who resided in Burlington, Eng., Mary Hatchett, who married Mr. Higgins, a farmer in Ellesmeare, Eng., and Elizabeth Hatchett, who married William Giough, who was a grocer in Eng. Richard Hatchett born in 1580 was the child of Steven Hatchett, a wealthy farmer, born in 1545 in Peplow, Salop, Eng. I have no documentation for this connection except genealogy handed down in the family through the ages. Hope you find this helpful. Iam trying to connect James Arthur Hatchett who married Flora Fox, their son James arthur Hatchett, Jr. born Oct. 29, 1892, d. Apr. 1932 was married to Della Lee Dennis, dtr of Robert Dennis & Elizabeth Roberts, and they lived in Bell Buckle, TN. James is a descendant of the Thomas Hatchett line above, but we have lost info on the connecting generation. Can you help?

This is your special "invitation" to come visit with the Autauga Genealogical Society next Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 p.m. at the Prattville Public Library. We will have Le Bateman from the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Constance A. Foster of the UDC sharing with our group some general information on these organizations and their membership requirements. We are unable to post or mail hand-outs or other information contained in the programs. You do not have to be a member of the AGS to attend the meetings. Make plans now to attend and bring a friend! Larry E. Caver, Jr.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hale, Whetstone Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/710 Message Board Post: Something has gone wrong with Ances.Com images. I need someone to look up for me 1900 Census Elmore Co. B.F. Hale family of Eclectic beat. Thank you, Anne G.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/678.1.1 Message Board Post: Elaine, Thanks so much for the information. My wife's mother, Nan Earle (ADAMS)Sumner, was reared in Alabama. Her father, William Cecil Adams lived in that area when he was a child. I really appreciate your message and will save it with his notes.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VS.2ADI/678.1 Message Board Post: Did you ever get an answer to your question? Central Institute was a college in Central a small town on the Central Plank Road on Hwy 9 in Elmore County about 12 miles above Wetumpka, Alabama. It was in Coosa county at the time of the civil war. It was in opperation for about 20 years or so but most of the teachers and the students joined the civil war and the school never was back to before the war enrollment. The buildings still were standing when I was a girl back in the 1960's. I haven't been over that way to know if they still are standing or not. Central is just a wide spot in the road, not much to speak of at all now. But was a thriving community back in the late 1800's. I have many families from the area myself. Brown, Hall, Boswell, Thornton, Warrick, Central still had a post office when I married in 1968 but not long after it was closed and all the mail was routed to Electic. The post office was in a tiny little building next to Owen Young's store and hi! s wife ran the post office.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JACKSON WILSON KEESE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/709 Message Board Post: Seeking info on the ancestors and descendants of Virginia Jane Jackson b/1829/AL and living in Elmore Co., AL in 1880 as a widow with the following children: 1) Absolum (Abb) Jackson Wilson b/abt 1862/AL d/1946 married Cordelia Keese 2) Patricia (Pattie) C. Wilson b/ abt 1864 d/aft 1880 3) Mary L. Wilson b/ 1869 d/aft 1880 and 4) Felix C. Wilson b/31Aug1870 and d/ 11May1955 and buried in the Tri-Community Cemetery, Millbrook, Elmore Co., AL-- Virginia Jane (Jenny) Jackson married Dr. Benjamin Francis Wilson of Pickens Co., AL during the Civil War in Montgomery Co., AL---after the war they lived in Pickens Co., AL, listed on the 1870 Pickens Co., Al census--Dr. Wilson died 5May1872 and by 1880 his wife was in Elmore Co., AL-- Who was her father, siblings????Are there any descendants of this family still in this area???? Any info is greatly appreciated---