I wouldn't normally do this, but I just received for the second time an email from one of our Butler County researchers which contained a bad virus entitled PRETTY PARK.EXE. "C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe" is the subject line. Within a matter of a few minutes after being downloaded it will send a copy of itself to every person in you address book and will then start to destroy your hard drive. I don't know what else it may do. If you receive a message with the subject shown as "C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe" DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE FILE. Delete it immediately and notify the person who sent it so that they may get it removed and their computer scanned for the virus. Chances are, the person who sent it to you doesn't even know it was emailed.

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date forwarded: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:00:30 -0800 (PST) Date sent: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:02:18 -0500 From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Census - Open Letter - Alternative Proposal To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com State-Coordinators - please forward to your CCs - Thanks - Tim ---------------------------- Census Project volunteers, Board members: I've taken a step back and thought on the census issues raised over the last few months. I've received input over several weeks from members throughout the Project. I ask that you think of the census project as a whole series of tasks to be completed. >From the time a person volunteers to transcribe a census for a county/parish/borough until it goes on-line for all to view several items must be addressed by coordinators along that path. Perhaps a solution can be found by a division of tasks rather than a merger of projects. Since everyone knows more or less how things are handled now, I'll not go into that here but instead offer the following for your consideration over the next couple of days. I would appreciate feedback as to its workability and palatability. I believe that the tasks involved include: recruiting volunteers, acknowledging their requests to volunteer on a timely basis, assignment of the transcription, maintaining web sites of what's available for transcription and/or status, assisting the volunteer in getting the materials to transcribe and software if need be, answering questions concerning transcriptions, keeping in contact with the volunteers to make sure that the transcription is proceeding without problems, assisting the volunteers in getting the completed transcription uploaded or turned in to the Project, formatting the files for viewing by the public, storing the files, updating web sites to current status of completed transcriptions. There may be other minor jobs but I believe that this list should cover the bulk of the process of getting census material on-line. Therefore please consider breaking down the tasks as follows: USGW Census Project (CP) retains their name, logo and project coordinator: recruits volunteers, acknowledges their requests to volunteer on a timely basis, assigns transcription, maintains their pages to show assigned census, assists volunteers in getting materials, software, answering questions, keeps in contact with volunteers, assists transcribers in getting the materials uploaded, modifies their recruiting web sites that transcription is complete. USGW Archives Census Project (ACP) retains their name, logo and project coordinator: receives completed transcriptions from CP, formats files for viewing, stores files, modifies census on-line web sites to current URL for stored files, contacts appropriate CP file manager with any questions regarding the files. Division of the tasks in this manner allows both projects to continue without duplication of transcriptions, singularity of purpose, increased effectiveness, better service to the transcribers and to the public at large. Working together as a task based mission rather than being divided by personalities would I believe lead to a stronger project in the long run. I would encourage both projects to maintain archived mailing lists of volunteers / transcribers to keep them abreast of news regarding software changes, improvements and to give a FAQs section. As for the volunteers working within each project or in both projects, I would encourage them to volunteer for the task(s) where they feel they could best contribute. Lastly, someone needs to coordinate the process. It doesn't have to be someone with an iron hand but it does need to be someone who thoroughly understands every aspect of the process. It should not be a popularity contest. This person either needs to be appointed or chosen from qualified candidates. Thank you for giving consideration to this proposal of a way to give rebirth to the Census endeavor of the USGenWeb Project. Tim ------- End of forwarded message ------- Regards, Leigh

As the month of March nears an end, this will most likely be the last update of the month. A lot of changes have occurred this month. The entire Butler County ALGenWeb site has been drastically overhauled in hopes of making the site a little more time effective. There have been too many new links added, particularly in the Civil War section to name. Also, there have been a number of new links added to the Family Web Sites section. In fact, there have just been too many new links to begin naming them for fear of missing them. Please check out the <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama</A> web site. We have a new researchers listed on the surname list. Welcome John R. Barfield, The Woodlands, TX; Daniel William Carr, Indianapolis, IN; Kimberly Scarbrough, Bullard, TX; Marsha King Grady, Iowa City, IA; and Melinda Brooks Buck, Knoxville, TN. We also have one Lookup Volunteer. Lois has offered to do lookups on the 1850 Butler County Census. Her email address is LEEADAN@aol.com. I have started a list of these volunteers on the page of surnames. Almost everyone now knows that the deadline for the Butler County Heritage Book has been extended once more. The last and final deadline is now June 30, 2000. The rules and updates from the Committee will remain on the Butler site until the deadline is passed. I will continue to post updates when given information. Otherwise, if you have questions, please contact Bernard Lewis at georgeb@alaweb.com. The web site has surpassed 10,000 viewers this year already. It will most likely finish the month out at slightly more than 10,750 hits. The number of hits per month has picked up considerably. This is partially due to all those who have contributed information which has been posted on the site, and to those who have spread the word about our county. Hope I haven't forgotten too much. Happy Hunting! Mildred Stinson Brown Butler County Co-Ordinator <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama</A> - ALGenWeb Site http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448">Families of Butler County, Alabama</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696">Kenneth Brown's Genealogy Page</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.htm">In Memory of The Seventeen - 33rd Ala Vol</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/">The Open Gate©</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/

Can anyone help? Please reply to email addy below...Thanks! "Donald & Aline Jones" <jsazk@txucom.net> Lygia At 01:25 PM 03/26/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Need help in finding out what happen to Decator county, Ala. I have found 2 >maps (one 1835) with a county called Decator, Ala. Have tried to find what >happened to it on the internet but so far nothing. Could you direct me to >someone or some place to get this information. We were always told that our >grandfather was named after the county he was borned in, Decator, Ala. but >on our maps of today only a town, Decator. The map is on >www.rootsweb.com/~algwarch/almap3.htm. >Any help would be appreciated. Aline Jones >

To all of you who have helped make this possible for the Butler County ALGenWeb site, I thank you. Please check out the following letter. It goes without saying.... "I couldn't have done it without everyone's help!" Mildred ------------------------------ Dear Mildred, It is my pleasure to announce that your site, Butler County, Alabama GenWeb, is the winner of this months Heartland Genealogy Society Award of Excellence. Congratulations! You have a wonderful site and it is greatly deserving of this award. A link to your site will appear in our winner's archive and also in the next issue of the HGS Newsletter so that others can stop by and see what a great genealogy site looks like. For your convenience, I have attached the new award graphic for you to display on your site. If for some reason it does not reach you let me know and I will send it again. Also, if you have a banner that you would like us to use for the link to your site on our winners page, please send me the banner's address and I will link to it. Congratulations, Brenda HGS Awards Chair shnur_cl@yahoo.com

Folks: Did you know that you can add an archives search to your county web pages? Yep. It's really quite easy -- just copy the HTML that you see on the Lunenberg County, VA, web pages and modify to have AL and your county instead of VA and Lunenberg. I'm going to put this up on the state page with a pull-down to search across individual counties as well as all counties. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date forwarded: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:09:38 -0800 (PST) Date sent: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:09:11 -0500 From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Customized USGW Archives Search To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com For a customized search engine on your page, no matter which server it's located on, you can copy the coding I have on the Lunenburg VA toc (table of contents) of the USGenWeb Archives: (script is at the bottom) http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/lunenbur.htm Just replace the appropriate things: "/va" with your state abbreviation "/va/lunenburg" with state/county "/va/lunenburg/cemeteries" with appropriate state/county/directory "/va/lunenburg/census" with same appropriate This will search your county's files located in the Archives and provide another helpful tool to your visitors. Linda ------- End of forwarded message ------- Regards, Leigh

FYI ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date forwarded: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 03:02:36 -0800 (PST) Date sent: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 05:57:46 -0500 From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] More Census Images Online - AL To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com The following census images have been uploaded to the USGenWeb Archives: 1860 Winston County, AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/winston/census/1860 1870 Winston County, AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/winston/census/1870 1880 Winston County, AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/winston/census/1880 Others already uploaded are listed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_img.htm Linda ==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial project. ------- End of forwarded message ------- Regards, Leigh

> > "/va" with your state abbreviation This needs to be changed to "/va/" to stop it from picking up files from other states. That was a modification from Doc, not me. (LOL) David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Here are more updates for the Alabama Archives: Dorothy Russell, tex2@HiWAAY.net, has submitted the following cemetery surveys for Colbert County: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/mtpleasant.txt 2.89 Kb Allsboro Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/allsborometh.txt 9.56 Kb Liberty Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/liberty.txt 1.63 Kb Keep them coming, Dorothy! Ronald Bridges, Bridgesrd@worldnet.att.net contributed the muster roll for Company "C", 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Butler Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/butler/military/coc17thregt.txt 6.11 Kb and the Obituary of Phyllis Spradley Grier, Pike County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/pike/obits/psgrier.txt 1.44 Kb Back in November, I received some great big files from Robert Torbert, < rtorbert@getaway.net >, for Lauderdale County. Within these files were abstracts of obituaries from the Florence Times Daily newspaper. These files covered the years 1988 through 1998. I have had to spend some time converting them to .txt files, but it is worth it. The files that have been uploaded so far are 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995. I will keep working on these until they are all uploaded. I can only imagine how much time Robert must have spent on these. I am just very sorry it has taken me so long to get these up and going. Thanks for your patience, Robert. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o89.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o90.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o91.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o92.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o93.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o94.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o95.txt That's all for today. Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager

To the Coffee & Marion County CCs: Please note that the actual images from these US Census films for your counties are now online. You'll want to make notice on your county sites and also notify the subscribers of the relevant county mailing lists. To all other CCs: You might take a quick look at the USGenWeb Archives and Census Project pages to see what census data is online for your county. Some counties have images online, others have transcripts. The images are particularly valuable since people can now view them online instead of travelling to the library and scanning the microfilm. The Internet is open all night! ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date forwarded: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 01:27:26 -0800 (PST) Date sent: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:26:50 -0500 From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] More Census Images Online in USGenweb Archives - AL To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com The following Census images have been uploaded to the USGenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_img.htm 1850 Coffee County, AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/coffee/census/1850 1870 Marion County, AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/marion/census/1870 1880 Marion County, AL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/marion/census/1880 Linda ------- End of forwarded message ------- Regards, Leigh USGenWeb State Coordinator, Alabama

Here are more updates for the Alabama Archives: Dorothy Russell, tex2@HiWAAY.net, has been busy. She has surveyed the Alexander Family Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/alexander.txt 1.44 Kb and Gist Family Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/gist.txt 1.50 Kb all in Colbert County. I am told Dorothy has plenty more to come. Keep up the good work, Dorothy! David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, has contributed a file with land patents for surname Murrah in the counties of Coosa, Limestone, Marion, Pickens & Tuscaloosa ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coosa/land/murrahld.txt 6.05 Kb J. Hugh LeBaron, <Hlebaron@aol.com>, contributed 3 files for Perry County: Perry County Alabama Volunteers in the Creek Indian Wars of 1836 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/perry/military/creekwar.txt 5.65 Kb Mary Fuller Guardian Appointment, April 1845 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/perry/probate/mfullergard.txt 2.91 Kb and Mary Fuller's Appointment as Administrator for Jesse Fuller Estate, Feb. 1844 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/perry/probate/jfullerest.txt 3.04 Kb Ronald Bridges, Bridgesrd@worldnet.att.net is a very busy man. He has contributed yet another obituary. This is for Pike County and for Captain James M. Leach ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/pike/obits/jmleach.txt 2Kb Ed Godbold, <EGodbold@aol.com>, contributed the obituaries of Edward Short Powers, Kate Elizabeth Powers, and Lula N. Powers, all from Henry County. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/henry/obits/powers.txt 5.45 Kb Christine Grimes Thacker, CGT714@aol.com, contributed the land grant records for Lewis Mullins for his service in the Indian Wars 1836 for Dale Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dale/land/mullinpart1.txt 3.73 Kb ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dale/land/mullinpart2.txt 3.74 Kb I want to thank my assistants who have uploaded files for me this week and weeks past: David Dennis Lygia Cutts Sandra Johnson Troy McCarley David Morgan, who also maintains the Table of Contents for his counties. Couldn't do it without you guys. Hope your day is as good as mine has been . Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager

Here are more updates for the Alabama Archives: Dorothy Russell, tex2@HiWAAY.net, has been busy. She has surveyed the Lane Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/lane.txt 2.1 Kb and Allsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/colbert/cemetery/allsborocem.txt 3.35 Kb all in Colbert County. Thanks, Dorothy Betty McCulloch, lacey2@bellsouth.net , has contributed the survey of the Ragsdale Cemetery in Madison Co. This may be a repeat as I uploaded this file sometime ago. But, better too much than not enough. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/madison/cemetery/ragsdalecem.txt 11.46 Kb Jan Allison, <beachmouse@gulftel.com>, has contributed the Recollections of Lonie Beaty Hartzog, 1957, from Barbour Co. This is an interesting file. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/barbour/letters/beaty.txt 13.97 Kb David McCabe, <mccabe@mindspring.com>, has contributed the Muster Roll of Company D, 38th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, CSA, Clarke Co., AL. Great work, David, and thanks. Ronald Bridges, Bridgesrd@worldnet.att.net, has contributed the following: Montgomery County The Obituary of Mary Kate Rushing Sellers ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/obits/mkrsellers.txt 1 Kb Coosa County Jacks Private Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coosa/cemetery/jacks.txt 1.2 Kb The Marriage of Vester Miller and Miss Bazemore ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coosa/vitals/marriage/millerbazemore.txt 1.75 Kb For our Civil War Military Records Register of Names of Alabama Soldiers in the Confederate Cemetery Spotsylvania Court House, VA. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/military/spotscem.txt 3.58 Kb Much more to come. Thanks to all. Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager

Dear friends: Has anyone else had trouble uploading files to the archives or uploading their TOC pages? For over a week now I've had trouble--I'm using the same FTP program and the same passwords that I used on 17 January, but now I get a login failure notice. I've been unable to upload cemetery transcripts or my updated TOC for the Tombstone Project. Can anyone help? Pamela Hosey Long Mobile, Alabama dpdklong@worldnet.att.net Alabama Tombstone Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/alabama.html Listowner, The Popwell Family Mail List POPWELL-L-request@rootsweb.com Pam's Genealogy Page http://home.att.net/~dpdklong/Genealogy.html Pam's Cemetery Page http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/3853/

I was asked to forward this information to the list so everyone will know what is going on with the Census and Archives Projects. Leigh Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> wrote: > > In early January I sent the following note to both Census Projects personnel: > > First a bit of background. > > On 8/31/99, I wrote to Ron Eason, Connie Burkett, John Jacoby and Maggie > Zimmerman asking them to be > members of a team effort to resolve the census division. > > I asked each member "to give a brief overview of how you 'see' the Census > project being organized in the future." > > Looking over those first answers, I came up with the following items (my > comments in parenthesis): > > - Having a standardized process of qualifying transcribers (I took this to > mean that just because someone volunteered - they don't actually get to > transcribe without agreeing to certain items and/or having the knowledge of > how to do the transcription) > > - Answering questions of transcribers (answering questions of volunteers > in a timely manner) > > - Consistent Appearance (for each set of files for a given census - all > the files would have the same look) > > - State Assignment pages - that these be updated in a timely manner - so > that would be volunteers would know the availability or not of a certain > census and for the public at large to see the progress made > > - Census Files Location - have them so that they would be included by > Rootsweb's search engine AND where only the Census FM's would have access > to them (ie - the Archives FMs would not mess with census transcriptions - > nor 'correct' them. They could not touch them at all.) > > The discussion went to about mid-September when it lapsed due to other > issues for all involved. > ------------------ > Now with all that said - I move back just a tad further - for those of you > not involved a year or so ago - > > The whole issue that we have today was I believe over a clash between two > personalities who had differing ideas of how the Census transcriptions and > their storage and presentation be handled. One of the major issues was > that the Census folk have control of their own directories without the > Archives FM's for x county/state messing with the files. > ----------------- > Now fast forwarding to the time frame of mid November, 1999 - Around 11/15, I > asked Ron to remove Kay's name and address from the Census pages as her > email address had bounced off the lists I maintain - so that folks would > not write to an invalid address. I did not ask him to remove Holly Timm's > name as the copyright holder of the page(s). I did ask that he either add > Linda Lewis as founder of the Census project OR change the date of founding > to the time frame when Kay set up the files elsewhere. > > At that time, speaking with Connie - he took over as head of that Census > project. > > Then on 11/23/99, Sue Soden took it upon herself to try to get the ball > rolling again by calling Linda Lewis to see if some agreements could come > about. As published elsewhere they came up with a couple of agreed upon > items - but lacking a consensus from other members of the management team > that Sue was speaking for - these items were set aside. Since Ron had not > been consulted, as head of the Census group he is working with. > > With minor talking back and forth - things cooled until around mid-December > when Maggie in answering a note from Ron regarding some of the issues > announced a new directory for the census transcriptions to go in: > > ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/state/county/census/fedcens/year - a place > where only Census folk would have write access and Archivists for the > states would not have access (thus taking care of one of the major issues > above). > > On or around 12/11/99, Connie posted to the group that Rootsweb was going > about the business of setting these directory structures up. She > reiterated this on 12/21 and spoke of moving files from both census > projects to these new directories. > > Now, things speed up as somewhere in the time frame of 12/22/99 - 12/25/99, > Rootsweb personnel go ahead and make the directory redirect changes. I > believe it could have been better handled but since it was not - it should > not be the major stumbling block. > ------------------- > > Please let us step back to the time frame of 12/11/99 - 12/21/99 - and go from > there. The Bylaws state that there is to be one census project - let's > work together to make it so. Let's return to the enthusiasm shown in the > notes of that pre-holiday time. > > The major issue of controlled separate directories has been solved. The > issues regarding who does what and other issues can be solved now or later. > The main thing is to get the directory pages updated and the files > combined in the new directories. > > Please remember that to do otherwise slows down the process of > transcription, continues to confuse potential transcribers and the public > in general. We owe it to these folk to move forward not on some personal > agenda but to do this for our fellow researchers. This is a team effort. > There is much to do. Please join me in moving this project forward. > > I stand ready to listen to your comments and your concerns so that we may > cement this project. > > Thanks for your time, > > Tim Stowell > National Coordinator USGenWeb Project

We have a new story to go with the 1910 photo of the Georgiana Methodist Church. Thanks to Margie Kinney-Butler of Nacogdoches, TX who retyped the article written in 1946 by Rev. Franklin Shackford Moseley. The article was originally printed in the Butler County News then reprinted in the Butler County Genealogical & Historical Society newsletters. Thanks to the BCG&HS for giving permission to place it on our web site. The Researcher's Surname list has also been updated. Welcome Susie Scofield, Gastonia, NC; Frances P. Smith, Fort Payne, AL; Teresa Gaines, Cincinnati, OH; and Cassandra Harrison, Akron, OH to the list. Also a new surname has been added to those of Ed Godbold of Montgomery, AL. I wish to share you a comment left on the guestbook by Joe Sellers (JOSellers@home.com) of Reisterstown, MD, who is researching the Sellers family. Joe wrote: "The Butler County website is the best of it's kind, honest! You actually have material here that can be researched! It's obvious that a lot of time and personal effort went into this site. It is a pleasure to visit your site!" The reason I wanted to share it is because it shows that those of you who have made contributions to the page are appreciated. Your efforts and diligence in trying to preserve our Butler County Heritage have not gone unnoticed. This is but one of the comments I have received regarding your work. Thanks for helping make Butler County one of the best, if not the well researched county in the state. A reminder that if you have a web site that is linked to Butler County, please let me know so I can add a link to it. Or if you find one, let me know. I try to check for new ones at least once a month, but it isn't hard to miss some of them. Also, a reminder that the deadline for article and photo submission for the Butler Heritage Book is just 2 weeks off. If you want to submit something, please get it in the mail. Thanks everyone. Mildred Stinson Brown Butler County Coordinator <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama</A> - ALGenWeb Site http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448">Families of Butler County, Alabama</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696">Kenneth Brown's Genealogy Page</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.htm">In Memory of The Seventeen - 33rd Ala Vol</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/">The Open Gate©</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/

Folks: If it seems like your hard work is unappreciated and people are only complaining, here's the other side. I just received this note of thanks. I only wish I was the one who had put together the Alabama Marriage Records. Researchers notice your hard work. Regards, Leigh > Donald Payne wrote: > > Hi Leigh: > I want to thank you and others responsible for putting together the > Alabama Marriage Records. I have been searching for a long time to > get the full name of my g-g-g-grandfather Thomas Payne's second wife. > I found it the other evening on your web site. It showed Thomas Pain > marrying Esther McInness in Talladega County, 2-18-1834. What a big > breakthrough for me. Thank you so much. > > Don Payne > Federal Way, WA > > PS- Now if I can ever find the name of his first wife and what > happened to her I will be happy about that too.

Ed, Thanks for the 'at at girl.' But, I wanted you to know that each county's available information is different because of the volunteers who do the work. What is available on the ALGenWeb is there because people like you and me transcribed wills, Bible records, walked cemeteries and so on. What is there is only because someone contributed it. Poor Covington County has not had the hard workers that Escambia County has had. I wish it were otherwise. I would love to be able to contribute more but, you see, I live in Minnesota. So, I cannot walk the cemeteries or go to the court house. Still, I am very glad you have been able to get so much from the archives. That is their purpose. I will pass along your messsage to the others who help maintain these sites. Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Kervin <ekervin@infoave.net> To: <cgolowka@prodigy.net> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:22 AM Subject: Escambia page > Your page is great, it consist of INFORMATION! Yea! I wish other > countied would copy you, Covington County for instance. You guys have > done a great job, Thanks. Ed Kervin

Please pardon the first attempt at sending this. My server got a touch of itchy fingers and in trying to speed things up, I click the send button too soon. Two months of the new Millennium have come and gone. It has been a fast eight weeks for the Butler County researchers. As the counter rolled over for the beginning of March showing a total of 3950 visits to the web page. Twenty new researchers have been added to the surname list. Kay Anderson has finished her contribution of the complete 1860 Butler County census. It is now online. Thanks Kay for the many eye strains, sore fingers, and hours of proofing to get this to us. It is much appreciated. A link had been added to the Butler County portion of Duke Vickery's Reconstructed 1884 Map of Butler Land Records. This will give a listing of property owners at that time and offers and excellant map of the county. Another reminder about the Heritage Book. March 31st is only 4 weeks away. Please check the update message on the web site for the latest information. If you have photos of your military veterans and wish to contribute photos of them in uniform, the information is found on the update. Also information for submitting 50th Anniversary photos. I hope I'm not forgetting anything. There are a few new things already lined up for March so it is off to a good start. The main page is getting so large that I may have to add buttons for the various sections. I am still trying to keep as much on the main page without having to go to so many different pages to access infromation but many not be able to do that much longer. If you have suggests, please drop me a line and let me have them. Thanks for all the hard work that every one is doing. Mildred Stinson Brown Butler County Co-Ordinator <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama</A> - ALGenWeb Site http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448">Families of Butler County, Alabama</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696">Kenneth Brown's Genealogy Page</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.htm">In Memory of The Seventeen - 33rd Ala Vol</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/">The Open Gate©</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/

Well, I finally have time to spend on the Archives. I hope to have all the files that have been waiting for me finally uploaded and working. Thank-you all for your patience. Beverly Giles Loffler, <jloffler@home.com>, has contributed her final installments of her survey of the Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. What a terrific accomplishment! Thank-you so much, Beverly Oak Hill Cemetery, (P-S) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jefferson/cemetery/oakhill4.txt 114.7 Kb Oak Hill Cemetery, (T-Z) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/jefferson/cemetery/oakhill5.txt 72.2 Kb Thanks go to Zandra Pearson, <zpearson@juno.com>, for the submission of two estate records for R. G. Johnson of Blount Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/blount/court/rgjohnson.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/blount/court/rgjohnson2.txt David Dennis has contributed the Obit of Mrs. Louisa Moncrief Dennis, Chilton Co., AL ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/chilton/obit/loudenn.txt 2 Kb Ronald Bridges, <Bridgesrd@worldnet.att.net>, has contributed more files. The first one is for Mrs. Lottie Rushing Carpenter, Montgomery, AL. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/obits/lrcarpenter.txt and in Crenshaw County, the Live Oak Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/crenshaw/cemetery/liveoak.txt More later, Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager

Thanks to Norma Williamson of Red Level, AL, there are a few listings of burials in Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery and Spring Creek Cemetery. She has also added a few names to the list at Ebenezer East. I have, where possible, added a map to the cemetery pages. While the map doesn't show county roads, it will give you a general area of where the cemetery is located. Several new links have been added: 1. Index to Butler County Cemeteries (partial provided by USGS) 2. Index to Alabama Cemeteries 3. Marriage Index: Brides 4. Marriage Index: Grooms 5. Marriage Index: Unknown Spouses Keep the information coming. Just be patient if it takes a little longer to get it online than expected. Happy Hunting! Mildred Stinson Brown Butler County Co-Ordinator from Gatesville, TX <A HREF="http://geocities.yahoo.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/index.htm">Butler County, Alabama</A> - ALGenWeb Site http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448">Families of Butler County, Alabama</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/5448 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696">Kenneth Brown's Genealogy Page</A> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/7696 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.htm">In Memory of The Seventeen - 33rd Ala Vol</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/33rd.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/">The Open Gate©</A> http://www.geocities.com/paris/cathedral/3174/