New Wills site has been added. Thanks to all those little helpers I have. You know who you are..... Thanks. This is a New public site. Send Wills to Ms.V.N. King-afrigeneas@MsState. Edu They are Looking for Wills from All States. Alabama African American Genealogy is looking for Wills in And about Alabama. Thank You. Sandy Sites Coordinator Sumter County,Alabama http://www.rootsweb.com/~alsumter/ Cherokee County,Alabama http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/ Alabama African American Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~alaag/ http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/2781/

Hi All! Lot's of new stuff to tell you about!!!! New postings!!! Conecuh Co. Topical - Brooklyn Male & Female Academy Cemetery - Presbyterian Church Cemetery (presbycem.txt) Church - Brooklyn Baptist Church History All the above with many thanks to Becky Sisinni!!!! Clarke Co. - Bible - William M. Duke Family Bible with many thanks to Micheal A. Morgan!!!! Military - App of Isabella Wiggins, widow of John C. Wiggins with many thanks to cindy Patterson!! Sumter Co. - Military - Co. G and co. D with many thanks to Lisa Wilson Oranizations - Early orgnizations of Sumter Co with many thanks to Lisa Wilson Bios - Recollections of Elizabeth C. Johnston Greenlee with many thanks to Elizabeth Chattergee!! The above Sumter Co. records come with permission for posting from Sandar Johnson, Sumter Co., cc. Thanks Sandra!!!!! Winston Co. - Obits - obits extracted from the Winston Herald - A New Era with many thanks to Ruth Ferguson!!!!! Mobile Co. - Marriage - Lee Marriage records of Mobile Co. with many thanks to Dot Smith!!!! The 1850 Madison County census transcription is now completed!!!!!! The 1900 Lamar County Census Images have been uploaded!!!!! Thanks to contributor Mollie Puckett and SK Publications!! I think I got everything!!! I have more records that I am working on so look for more updates soon!!! I think I have checked all th elinks, but if you find one not working, please let me know!! Thanks!!! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

There are some queries showing up on my Unknown County Query page that are misdirected. I have to agree with Leigh that all CC's need to have a query handling system in place for there respective counties. CCHelper is an excellent program and I strongly recommend it for query screening, (your own county queries) If I can help please don't hesitate to contact me. Troy -- Troy McCarley McCarley Family Association http://www.airnet.net/mccarley/index.html AlGenweb Unknown County Query Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~alunknow/index.html McCarley Family Assoc. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/McCarley Lauderdale County Alabama Mailing List Slaton Family Mailing List

At 03:21 PM 1/30/99 -0800, you wrote: >There are some queries showing up on my Unknown County Query page that >are misdirected. I have to agree with Leigh that all CC's need to have a >query handling system in place for there respective counties. CCHelper >is an excellent program and I strongly recommend it for query screening, >(your own county queries) If I can help please don't hesitate to contact >me. Troy Troy: Be sure to send the queries to the right CC. You should not maintain these on the Unknown County Query page if a specific county is mentioned. Leigh

On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Leigh Compton wrote: > Therefore, it is imperative that County Coordinators set up a query system > that you control. You may use any of the available bulletin board/guest > book systems such as GuestWorld <http://www.GuestWorld.com> and Piett's > Guestbook <http://www.piett.com/pgb/index.html>. You are also welcome to > use any forms which your web site provider supports. GeoCities has a forms > utility, as do many of the private ISPs. For those of you with County > pages on RootsWeb, the forms routine is called MailMerge. GenConnect > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/> and Query Express > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/qexpress/> are two systems set up specifically for > USGenWeb County Coordinators. There are other options such as manually > collecting and posting the queries from an e-mail link on your county page. > If you would like a system to organize the queries, take a look at > CCHelper <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper>. While I would not use a guestbook to handle queries, since GenConnect is so easy to use and maintainence-free, I would like to recommend Dreambook for those that ARE going to use a guestbook. I have it on my personal web site and have found it to be very dependable. The URL is http://www.dreambook.com/ David dmorgan@efn.org ---- David W. Morgan --- Honolulu Hawaii Beckham Co OK ------ http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/ BASSETT-L mailing list -- http://www.efn.org/~dmorgan/ GILLESPIE-L mail list - http://www.nyx.net/~damorgan/

Hello people: I have just been visiting Lisa Franklin's excellent site, "Tracking Your Alabama Roots", at http://members.aol.com/GenWeb/Lisa/tyralachart.htm Like many of you, I have links to her county query pages, and I just discovered that ALL of her query site is down with the exception of archived 1996 and 1997 queries which are downloadable .zip files. Lisa's main page says that she is busy archiving the 1998 queries and will reopen her query forms as soon as she can. In the meantime, it appears that some of the counties are relying SOLELY on Lisa's query pages to fulfill the USGenWeb requirement to provide access to queries. This situation with Lisa's site unable to accept queries exposes the risk associated with relying on an individual web master to provide the query support for our counties. Therefore, it is imperative that County Coordinators set up a query system that you control. You may use any of the available bulletin board/guest book systems such as GuestWorld <http://www.GuestWorld.com> and Piett's Guestbook <http://www.piett.com/pgb/index.html>. You are also welcome to use any forms which your web site provider supports. GeoCities has a forms utility, as do many of the private ISPs. For those of you with County pages on RootsWeb, the forms routine is called MailMerge. GenConnect <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/> and Query Express <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/qexpress/> are two systems set up specifically for USGenWeb County Coordinators. There are other options such as manually collecting and posting the queries from an e-mail link on your county page. If you would like a system to organize the queries, take a look at CCHelper <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper>. For more information and some examples, the TXGenWeb folks have a nice page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/queryop.html This is a very important change which needs to be made to some, though not all of the county pages. Please make every attempt to have this in place by 1 March. If you cannot meet this deadline, feel free to contact me about this. Regards, Leigh

In case anyone wants to jump on this... 8) Archive material, maybe... I couldn't use the White material, wrong county. Richard >From: CKur141550@aol.com >Subject: Covington Co.Ala > >Hello there, > Just wanted to drop a note to say what a wonderful site.The >Al.Covington Co.GenWeb site,along with the Butler Co.one seem to work hand in >hand with each other.I enjoy them and find them helpful. > I was recently going through some marriage records in The >Covington Co.court house. Would the few I copied down be of intrest to you? Do >you know who I would send them to,if they are of intrest? It was in the white >marriage index 1896-1958.A-L pg.# 7. > Thank you, > C.Kur

People: A reminder about the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Their web server address has changed. Please update all your links. Every place you have http://www.asc.edu/archives/ change it to http://www.archives.state.al.us/ It's simple to do for not only the main page, but any of the lower level pages. Thus, http://www.asc.edu/archives/referenc/pcount2.html#cleburne becomes http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/pcount2.html#cleburne Mark wrote me earlier this week reminding me that the links on the state page had not been updated. I responded and promised to get them corrected immediately, and he responded with this note which I wanted to share with you. Leigh >Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:36:48 -0600 >From: "Mark Palmer" <MPalmer@archives.state.al.us> >To: lcompton@onramp.net >Subject: Re: New web address for ADAH > >Sorry about the "overkill," but we are preparing to break our link to the asc.edu/ server and don't want to lose anybody. > >BTW, I am very impressed and excited about so many really neat AlGenWeb County pages out there now. Ya'll have some nice pages. We are compliing a master list of county genealogical and historical societies state-wide that includes all pertinent links. I'll let you know when it goes online. We think it will be a great resource for researchers. >Thanks, > >Mark A. Palmer >Alabama Department of Archives and History >mpalmer@archives.state.al.us >http://www.archives.state.al.us >

Hi ALl!! New posting! Washington Co. - 1920 AL Census, partial of Healing Springs, Precinct #3 It can viewed at: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/washington/census/1920/1920cen. txt"> With many thanks to Froggie!!! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

Hi! I received a zipped file for Dudleysville cem. in Tallapoosa Co. This is a graphic file with a map of the cemetery with names listed. Would anyone that is good with maps care to help me out with this file and make it to where I could upload it to an html page in the archives? The files are too large and need reducing and maybe some cleaning up here and there. Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

This was shared with me and I thought it was cute and worth sharing with others! Enjoy!!! Redneck Family Tree Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a daughter Who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her. And soon the two were wed. This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life. My daughter was my mother. For she was my father's wife. To complicate the matters worse. Although it brought me joy. I soon became the father Of a bouncing baby boy. My little baby then became A brother-in-law to dad. And so became my uncle. Thought it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, Then that also made him brother To the widow's grown-up daughter Who, of course, was my step-mother. Father's wife then had a son, Who kept them on the run. And he became my grandson. For he was my daughter's son. My wife is now my mother's mom And it surely makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, She is my grandma too. If my wife is my grandmother, Then I am her grandchild. And every time I think of it, It simply drives me wild. For now I have become The strangest case you ever saw. As the husbond of my grandmother. I am my own grandpa! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

Hi All! New postings! Mobile Co. AL - Wilbur Cemetery (wilbur.txt) and Lowery Marriage records 1823-1967 with many thanks to Dot Smith!!!!! Also the Camak Cemetery link on the Walker Co. toc page has been fixed,and the Dallas Co. toc page is back up and running! I really appreciate all those who let me know when something is broke!!!! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

Hi All!!! I have had a problem with the Dallas Co. toc page but I have recreated it. IF anyone knows who the contributor of the Dallas Co. marriage records 1818-1845 was, please contact me!! Thanks! New Postings!! Mobile Co. - Allentown Cemetery (allentown.txt) Magnolia Cemetery (magnolia.txt) Palestine Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (palestine.txt) A great big hug to Dot Smith <5thcharm@alphainternet.net> of Texas for her contributions!!!! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

Hi All! New postings!!! Escambia Co. - Obits and newspaper articles from 1895! Washington Co. - Obit of son of J.D. Ware Montgomery Co. - Obit of Maruerite Sutter Butler Co. - shares a newspaper article with Esc. Co. Monroe Co. - shares an obit with Esc. Co. (all the above posted by me) AND Wilcox Co. - Bible record of William W. & Martha Kelly SHeffield with many thanks to Cindy Patterson!!!! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

Hi All! New postings! Coosa Co. - Obit of George C. Fowler, with , once again, many thanks to Ronald Bridges!!! Jackson Co., AL - 1819 List of Squatters on Indian Land. This file comes from the Marion Co., TN archives! It was pointed out by Patty Woodall <pattywoo@bellsouth.net> that the file by Wanda <GANT@BLomand.Net> listed many names that were from Jackson Co., AL and Wanda has graciously gave permission for the file to be uploaded under Jackson Co., AL!!! Thanks Wanda and Patty! Also, an update to the Joseph Love/Lane, Sr. will of Morgan Co., AL. It had been brought to my attention that Joseph's last name may have been Lane instead of Love. See file for details. I haven't been able to check the links out yet, so if you find one not working, please let me know!! Thanks! Also, if you have been having trouble accessing the ftp files, please be aware that the problem is being worked on and should be cleared up shortly...sorry for any inconveniences!! Ya'll keep those files coming!!! Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

Paul Kankula has created a webpage for a listing of foreign names and their English versions at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/names.html He would like to get this information out to other USGenWeb volunteers to help their visitors. He has a pdf version as well as a text version online. Thanks, Linda

This is wrong-headed and the proposal is an insult to every ADULT who is or will be part of this project. I do, however, fully support the Advisory Board's drawing up a statement of values or beliefs that define and guide the Project and posting these prominently. But that's it. I'd even help y'all do that. B.J. Smothers

Subject: [BOARD-L] Motion Made and Seconded Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:27:36 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:40:10 -0500 From: "Beth Wills" <bwills@ionia-mi.net> A motion has been made by Yvonne and seconded by Kay and Ginger that a Standards and Ethics Statement be drafted and put into the USGenWeb Project policy for protection of said project. This statement will now be posted to the required mailing lists as well as the national web page for 48 hours as required by Article VIII, Section 3 of the USGenWeb Project Bylaws before I call for a vote. I will call for a vote on this motion AFTER 1:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, Jan 24, 1999 ****************** A copy of the proposed statement follows: A set of standards and code of ethics for a project provide a framework for personal relationships. No where are these more important than a totally volunteer project. The absence of a written statement specifying standards of conduct and project ethics leaves each individual to interpret their actions as reasonable and/or ethical. While this certainly allows for the greatest range of individualism, it also lends itself to behaviors or actions that the majority may consider inappropriate or unethical. The standards and code of ethics is broad based, and establishes a clear definition of what behavior is acceptable for the well-being of the project, while allowing for the varied talents and abilities of individuals. The standards and code of ethics provides a means by which actions and behaviors can be determined to be either acceptable or unacceptable. They also establish accountability for those actions or behaviors that are found to be unacceptable. The county, state and special project coordinators will be held to the following standards: 1. The best interests of the project will be at the forefront of any actions by a coordinator that involve the project. No county, state or special project coordinator will post derogatory comments about the project. Problems that arise within the project will be kept at the project level, not posted for our visitors to see. In case of a dispute with another volunteer, assume that there is a misunderstanding, not that the other person is deliberately misstating the truth. 2. Strive to provide the highest quality of information on your web sites. If in doubt as to the quality of data received, reiterate the fact that this data, like each new piece of information, must be researched and proved or disproved by standard genealogy rules of evidence. It is always best to consult original primary material for verification. 3. Honor property rights, especially copyrights. Become familiar with the current copyright laws before posting data to your page. Individuals must read and understand the project policy on copyright, query management and lookups. Do not copy information from other web sites. If you feel that information on another website would be helpful to the researchers visiting your page, request permission to provide a link to the other website. 4. Give proper credit where credit is due. As in any genealogy research, be sure to document your sources for posted data. 5. Avoid harm to others visiting the project and others working within the project. Respect each other's opinions. Politely disputing the accuracy of data is not only accepted but encouraged. Keep your dispute to issues and/or facts, and not personalities. Standard "netiquette" applies to all communication within the project. The project will not tolerate foul language, personal insults or threats. 6. Respect the privacy of others. If someone in the project requests that their communication not be made public, this request must be respected. Any member of the project who fails to comply with the standards and ethics policies, as set forth in the Guidelines of the USGenWeb Project is subject to the following: The matter will be brought before the Standards and Ethics Committee for review. This may be done by any Project member who has witnessed said violation. A two-thirds vote of the Committee will be required for notification of non-compliance to be sent. Failure to rectify said non- compliance within two weeks will result in the member's project web sites being de-linked from the Project Three such letters of non-compliance will constitute automatic termination in the USGenWeb Project. ==== USGenWeb-SE Mailing List ==== The Official By-Laws Page http://www.usgenweb.org/official/bylaws.html

Hi All! New postings!! Coosa Co. - Obit of Clois M. Stubbs, with once again many thanks to Ronald Bridges!!!! Perry Co. - 1860 Federal Census extraction of Perry Co. School Teachers!!! This neat file was contributed by Hugh LeBaron! Thanks Hugh!!! Escambia Co. - I have uploaded the following for Esc. Co.: List of Jurors as listed in The Pine Belt News, February 26, 1895. Also a newspaper article from The Pine Belt News, March 5, 1895 on Gov. Atkinson's wife, of GA. And also the death notice of Engineer Lewis. This was an article telling how Engineer Lewis died. He was pulling a wreck passenger car from a train wreck near Greenville and something happen with his engine near Ft. Deposit...........you'll just have to read the artcicle. If anyone knows Engineer Lewis' complete name and can elaborate on who he was...please let me know so I can add it to the file. Lygia Dawkins Cutts 881 Weaver Road Brewton, AL 36426 Cuttstree@Net1inc.net Lygia's Genealogy Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/index.htm Southwest AL Genealogy Surname Registry http://members.tripod.com/~lygia/index-1.html ALGenWeb - AL File Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/alfiles.htm ALGenWeb - Escambia County http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/escambia/gendex.html ALGenWeb - Lamar County http://www.rootsweb.com/~allamar/lamar.htm ALGenWeb - Conecuh County http://www.rootsweb.com/~alconecu/conecco.html Lygia's Clogging Page http://users.net1inc.net/cuttstree/clog.htm

I hope everyone on our team is aware of the election that is now going on for CC representative and NC. (County Coordinator representative to the USGenWeb Advisory Board and National Coordinator) I encourage all of you to read about the candidates at http://www.usgenweb.org/official/official.html. Every CC, Co-CC, and Assistant CC should have received 2 ballots. One ballot is for the CC Representative from our region and the second ballot is for the National Coordinator. If you have not received both of these ballots, please contact me immediately. Note that you will be able to vote one time for each of these offices, regardless of how many counties you sponsor. The voting period ends on 31 January, so be sure to return your ballots by then. If you vote now and change your mind, you can re-vote up until the time that voting ends. Only your last vote will be counted. So, if you change your mind, you may change your vote! Regards, Leigh