Did they use to have streetcars in Birmingham? JC wrote: >My GreatUncle ran the old Hillman when it was on its last leg, Middle 50's >. If memory serves it was between 3rd and 4th avenue and about 23 and 24th >st. north. >I have been away a long time but I think thats right. The location the lady >talked about may have been the old YWCA. >jc harris >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:38 PM >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > > > > >>At 02:29 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >> >> >>>My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a >>>fall from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in >>>Birmingham. Was that the Hillman Hotel? >>> >>> >>I don't think it was the Hillman Hotel, unless my old brain is failing. >> >>To the best of my recollection, the Hillman Hotel burned to the >>ground some time in the thirties. >> >>There was another hotel located very near the offices of the >>Birmingham News newspaper, and the above address might fit that one >>better. If so, perhaps an inquiry sent to the archives of the >>Birmingham News might be helpful. >> >>Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I may be older than dirt too, but my mother told many tales about the lake that was beside Lakeshore Drive in what is now Homewood. I don't remember the actual name of it, but I do know that all that area across from Samford formed a lake. The streetcar went out there from town and it was sort of a resort. I think the library has some pictures of it online. She talked about going out there to swim on the streetcar as a young person. Later she and my father moved to Homewood rather near the lake. I'd like to know when it was drained. Interestingly my mother's sister recently lived in a townhouse which is on what was the bed of the lake (as I understand it's position). Alice Campbell

I grew up on the south end of Jefferson county myself....is that important? Carl & Martha Thomas wrote: >At 03:37 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: > > >>I may be older than dirt too, but my mother told many tales about the >>lake that was beside Lakeshore Drive in what is now Homewood. I don't >>remember the actual name of it, but I do know that all that area across >> >> >>from Samford formed a lake. The streetcar went out there from town and > > >>it was sort of a resort. I think the library has some pictures of it >>online. She talked about going out there to swim on the streetcar as a >>young person. Later she and my father moved to Homewood rather near the >>lake. I'd like to know when it was drained. Interestingly my mother's >>sister recently lived in a townhouse which is on what was the bed of >>the lake (as I understand it's position). >> >> > >I grew up in Birmingham. My recollection is that the lake was >Edgewood Lake ... but as with the Hillman Hotel query, I might have >that wrong. Perhaps others can confirm or correct. > >Yes, the Samford University campus is across from the old lake >location. Originally Samford was known as Howard >College, and the old original campus was out in an East Lake >location. The old Howard College {Hard College} and the newer >Samford University are Baptist affiliated. Also, Samford has very >good genealogy resources .... probably related to their library in some way. > >I have a number of very old photos from ca. 1920 of BRL&P employees >at the lake on picnics and swimming parties. My mother was one of >them. Would be happy to share those photos, but I don't know how to >post them to rootsweb anywhere, and I think they are not accepted >as attachments to notes such as this. > >Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I'm going to have a glass of iced tea for supper just like I did back in the fifties when I was a teenager....does that qualify as a good post here? Jim Nix wrote: >Folks, > >I am subscribed to dozens of these Rootsweb email lists. Ostensibly they >are all devoted to genealogy. However, the surname lists are always the >most productive when trying to locate data about individuals. > >>From what I've seen, these "location" lists (e.g. county, state) are more >about places and happenings/events. It is inevitable that a portion of the >discussions will be about these topics. I almost always find those >discussions interesting and contribute if I can. However, if it happens to >be about "XYZ Cemetery" and I have no interest in or knowledge about the >topic, I just click "delete." It takes less than a second to delete an >unwanted message. > >Having the ability to communicate with all of you on the various subjects >that we discuss makes it more than worth my time to delete those emails that >I'm not interested in. So, unless the listmaster says "No," then keep 'em >coming. > >Jim Nix (A Jefferson County resident for 55 of my 59 years) > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > sort to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -- Thomas Jefferson

So start deleting my replies...... Carolyn Sue Howard wrote: >There's always the delete button! Especially if you notice the subject. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:58 AM >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham > > > > >>I have sent 3 emails to [email protected] trying to >>unsubscribe, but still continue to get mail from this list. Nostalgia is >>good, but it is not appropriate when it is flooding other list members >>mailbox. I can tell my grandchildren about those places off list which >>would be a little more appropriate. I'll just go to my gmail account >>settings and place a spam filter there to stop mail from this list. >> >>Jim Nix wrote: >> >> >> >>>Forgive some of us oldsters as we indulge in a bit of nostalgia. There's >>>a >>>lot of "family history" tied up in the places we've talked about. >>> >>>These are the stories that we tell our grandchildren. It'll definitely be >>>"family history" to them. >>> >>>Jim >>> >>>P.S. Pasquale's Stromboli Sandwich was always my favorite, too..... >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:35 AM >>>Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Is this no longer a genealogy site? >>>> >>>>caroline wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>There is at least 1 Pasquales left - on Old Springville Road almost to >>>>>Clay >>>>>in a Publix Shopping Center. Our daughter lived a mile from there until >>>>>this past June. Every time I went to see her I "went back in time" with >>>>>one >>>>>of those roast beef sandwiches with gravy on that garlic bread. That's >>>>>the >>>>>only reason I was sorry she moved to Calera! >>>>>Caroline, Prattville >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>ABSOLUTELY! Skated many an hour at Lowes and drank many a chocolate >>>>>>shake >>>>>>at the Spinning Wheel and ate many a pizza at Pasquales. No one makes >>>>>>them >>>>>>like Pasquales did back then. And their garlic bread...to die for. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I'm gald you do because I'm going to get into this full blast myself....enjoy! JC wrote: >O.K. , I love it too. I found my GGrandmother's marriage where they had run away and disguised their names. I would gladly indulge anyone when that kind of thing shows up. Old B'ham has been a real shot in the arm for this old "toot." >J.C. Harris > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

And another one comes rolling in... it works both ways. An Archivist wrote: >I am completely enjoying the stories on this topic, please continue to tell >us about old Bessemer and B'Ham. My family is from there since 1830 and I >live so far away, your stories help me get a feel for what thier lives may >have been like. Dont be discouraged by one person, there are a LOT of us out >here that need your memories to fill in the gaps our ancestors lives. >Thank you all for shareing! >Kyanne >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >> >>|I have sent 3 emails to [email protected] trying to >>| unsubscribe, but still continue to get mail from this list. Nostalgia is >>| good, but it is not appropriate when it is flooding other list members >>| mailbox. I can tell my grandchildren about those places off list which >>| would be a little more appropriate. I'll just go to my gmail account >>| settings and place a spam filter there to stop mail from this list. >> >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Much ado about nothing. Delilah wrote: >you know what, go ahead, most of us live too far away from where we talk >about and most of us are older than dirt and like to hear the stories of and >about when the 'good times and places" since the world now seems to be in a >mess - if we can't have our memories and what our fore families went or did, >then we got nothing - if you don't know where you been, you will never know >where you going! >JMO-de >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:58 AM >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham > > >|I have sent 3 emails to [email protected] trying to >| unsubscribe, but still continue to get mail from this list. Nostalgia is >| good, but it is not appropriate when it is flooding other list members >| mailbox. I can tell my grandchildren about those places off list which >| would be a little more appropriate. I'll just go to my gmail account >| settings and place a spam filter there to stop mail from this list. >| >| Jim Nix wrote: >| >| >Forgive some of us oldsters as we indulge in a bit of nostalgia. There's >a >| >lot of "family history" tied up in the places we've talked about. >| > >| >These are the stories that we tell our grandchildren. It'll definitely >be >| >"family history" to them. >| > >| >Jim >| > >| >P.S. Pasquale's Stromboli Sandwich was always my favorite, too..... >| > >| >----- Original Message ----- >| >From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> >| >To: <[email protected]> >| >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:35 AM >| >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham >| > >| > >| > >| > >| >>Is this no longer a genealogy site? >| >> >| >>caroline wrote: >| >> >| >> >| >> >| >>>There is at least 1 Pasquales left - on Old Springville Road almost to >| >>>Clay >| >>>in a Publix Shopping Center. Our daughter lived a mile from there >until >| >>>this past June. Every time I went to see her I "went back in time" >with >| >>>one >| >>>of those roast beef sandwiches with gravy on that garlic bread. That's >| >>>the >| >>>only reason I was sorry she moved to Calera! >| >>>Caroline, Prattville >| >>> >| >>> >| >>> >| >>> >| >>> >| >>>>ABSOLUTELY! Skated many an hour at Lowes and drank many a chocolate >| >>>>shake >| >>>>at the Spinning Wheel and ate many a pizza at Pasquales. No one >makes >| >>>>them >| >>>>like Pasquales did back then. And their garlic bread...to die for. >| >>>> >| >>>> >| >>>> >| >>>> >| >>> >| >>>------------------------------- >| >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >| >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >| >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >| >>> >| >>> >| >>> >| >>> >| >>> >| >>------------------------------- >| >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >| >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >| >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >| >> >| >> >| > >| > >| >------------------------------- >| >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >| > >| > >| > >| >| >| ------------------------------- >| To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Jim Nix wrote: >Folks, > >I am subscribed to dozens of these Rootsweb email lists. Ostensibly they >are all devoted to genealogy. However, the surname lists are always the >most productive when trying to locate data about individuals. > >>From what I've seen, these "location" lists (e.g. county, state) are more >about places and happenings/events. It is inevitable that a portion of the >discussions will be about these topics. I almost always find those >discussions interesting and contribute if I can. However, if it happens to >be about "XYZ Cemetery" and I have no interest in or knowledge about the >topic, I just click "delete." It takes less than a second to delete an >unwanted message. > >Having the ability to communicate with all of you on the various subjects >that we discuss makes it more than worth my time to delete those emails that >I'm not interested in. So, unless the listmaster says "No," then keep 'em >coming. > >Jim Nix (A Jefferson County resident for 55 of my 59 years) > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Jim: It is okay when there are only a few however, when the list person has to delete not only the ones posted . She or he has to delete the ones that are on the digest. This started on Polk Co Ga as well and they were sending thirty or more a day. Sorry, I am for the reserch and Al Hunt had a chat room . The chat room also was for research. If you had no resaech to add on a certain night You had no reason to come into the room, .as it only held about 15 members at a time. Sorry, I press the delete button many times and it gets boring when this begans to happen on a lot of sites. Blessings for the day..

As I recall, the Tyler family lived in Dora or Bessemer and Queenie actually worked at the hotel where the incident occurred; her occupation was "housekeeper" so that could mean housekeeper at the hotel or housekeeping which often meant on the census for a wife at home. My father, Fred Tyler, and his brothers used to sell fruit and vegetables at a stand near the hotel; this was in the 40's. Also, Oather was employed by the railroad after the WPA; prior to that he was a coal miner. Would love to find out which railroad he worked for. My dad remembers the train coming by their house and throwing ice off for the families in the area. The boys enlisted in the army to not become miners for life. Again, I appreciate all the input. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delilah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > yes or they were called trolleys - Carl, you the expert on this. There is > a > photo of "Passengers in the late 1940's get off and on an East Lake > Trolley > from a raised platform in the middle of Twentitieth Street" > > This book was one of a series published a publishing co in Miami, FL., on > several of the larger cities, Dr McMillan was from Auburn, he was a pro at > AU and also a patient of the doctor I worked for. Since it is listed in > the > Library of Congress, you may can see some of the photos by just putting in > Malcolm Cook McMillan - the ISBN is 0-912458-40-2. > I know that my children's grandfather was part of the HABS project and > took > many photographs over Alabama and the LOC said I could print them out from > my computerm this was a WPA project. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > > > | Did they use to have streetcars in Birmingham? > | > | JC wrote: > | > | >My GreatUncle ran the old Hillman when it was on its last leg, Middle > 50's > | >. If memory serves it was between 3rd and 4th avenue and about 23 and > 24th > | >st. north. > | >I have been away a long time but I think thats right. The location the > lady > | >talked about may have been the old YWCA. > | >jc harris > | >----- Original Message ----- > | >From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> > | >To: <[email protected]> > | >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:38 PM > | >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > | > > | > > | > > | > > | >>At 02:29 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: > | >> > | >> > | >>>My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a > | >>>fall from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in > | >>>Birmingham. Was that the Hillman Hotel? > | >>> > | >>> > | >>I don't think it was the Hillman Hotel, unless my old brain is > failing. > | >> > | >>To the best of my recollection, the Hillman Hotel burned to the > | >>ground some time in the thirties. > | >> > | >>There was another hotel located very near the offices of the > | >>Birmingham News newspaper, and the above address might fit that one > | >>better. If so, perhaps an inquiry sent to the archives of the > | >>Birmingham News might be helpful. > | >> > | >>Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee > | >> > | >> > | >>------------------------------- > | >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > | >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > | >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > | >> > | >> > | >> > | > > | >------------------------------- > | >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > | > > | > > | > > | > | > | > | ------------------------------- > | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My GreatUncle ran the old Hillman when it was on its last leg, Middle 50's . If memory serves it was between 3rd and 4th avenue and about 23 and 24th st. north. I have been away a long time but I think thats right. The location the lady talked about may have been the old YWCA. jc harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > At 02:29 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >>My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a >>fall from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in >>Birmingham. Was that the Hillman Hotel? > > I don't think it was the Hillman Hotel, unless my old brain is failing. > > To the best of my recollection, the Hillman Hotel burned to the > ground some time in the thirties. > > There was another hotel located very near the offices of the > Birmingham News newspaper, and the above address might fit that one > better. If so, perhaps an inquiry sent to the archives of the > Birmingham News might be helpful. > > Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

>Researching the following family names: TYLER/MORRIS/TIDWELL > > >My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a >fall from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in >Birmingham. Was that the Hillman Hotel? She passed away at the >Hillman Hospital, was buried at Mt Hope Cemetery, Brown-Service was >the funeral home. Would anyone have access to any news stories that >may have appeared at that time in any local newspapers? Or maybe >even an obit? > >By the way, I enjoy all the stories the subscribers to this list >have shared. I never had the opportunity to know my ancestors from >your area and any recollections you may have help fill that void. > >Thank you in advance. I know nothing much about Birmingham, but I do know that for a time, early on, one of the prominent hotels was the Florence. I don't know whether or not it still existed in 1945. It is just another name for your consideration. John -- john garst [email protected]

I can picture that block in my mind, but I don't remember a hotel of any size there. That would have been about 5 blocks east of the main downtown area. It would have been a small hotel. There was some discussion recently about City Directories. I don't remember whether it was stated that the BPL staff would do look-ups. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "deb & jim" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:29 PM Subject: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > Researching the following family names: TYLER/MORRIS/TIDWELL > > > My grandmother, Queenie Morris, died on September 12, 1945 after a fall > from a window of a hotel located at 205 N. 24 Street in Birmingham. Was > that the Hillman Hotel? She passed away at the Hillman Hospital, was > buried at Mt Hope Cemetery, Brown-Service was the funeral home. Would > anyone have access to any news stories that may have appeared at that time > in any local newspapers? Or maybe even an obit? > > By the way, I enjoy all the stories the subscribers to this list have > shared. I never had the opportunity to know my ancestors from your area > and any recollections you may have help fill that void. > > Thank you in advance. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There's always the delete button! Especially if you notice the subject. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham >I have sent 3 emails to [email protected] trying to > unsubscribe, but still continue to get mail from this list. Nostalgia is > good, but it is not appropriate when it is flooding other list members > mailbox. I can tell my grandchildren about those places off list which > would be a little more appropriate. I'll just go to my gmail account > settings and place a spam filter there to stop mail from this list. > > Jim Nix wrote: > >>Forgive some of us oldsters as we indulge in a bit of nostalgia. There's >>a >>lot of "family history" tied up in the places we've talked about. >> >>These are the stories that we tell our grandchildren. It'll definitely be >>"family history" to them. >> >>Jim >> >>P.S. Pasquale's Stromboli Sandwich was always my favorite, too..... >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:35 AM >>Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham >> >> >> >> >>>Is this no longer a genealogy site? >>> >>>caroline wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>There is at least 1 Pasquales left - on Old Springville Road almost to >>>>Clay >>>>in a Publix Shopping Center. Our daughter lived a mile from there until >>>>this past June. Every time I went to see her I "went back in time" with >>>>one >>>>of those roast beef sandwiches with gravy on that garlic bread. That's >>>>the >>>>only reason I was sorry she moved to Calera! >>>>Caroline, Prattville >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>ABSOLUTELY! Skated many an hour at Lowes and drank many a chocolate >>>>>shake >>>>>at the Spinning Wheel and ate many a pizza at Pasquales. No one makes >>>>>them >>>>>like Pasquales did back then. And their garlic bread...to die for. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you! You folks are always so helpful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] The Lake by Lakeshore Drive > At 03:37 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >>I may be older than dirt too, but my mother told many tales about the >>lake that was beside Lakeshore Drive in what is now Homewood. I don't >>remember the actual name of it, but I do know that all that area across >>from Samford formed a lake. The streetcar went out there from town and >>it was sort of a resort. I think the library has some pictures of it >>online. She talked about going out there to swim on the streetcar as a >>young person. Later she and my father moved to Homewood rather near the >>lake. I'd like to know when it was drained. Interestingly my mother's >>sister recently lived in a townhouse which is on what was the bed of >>the lake (as I understand it's position). > > I grew up in Birmingham. My recollection is that the lake was > Edgewood Lake ... but as with the Hillman Hotel query, I might have > that wrong. Perhaps others can confirm or correct. > > Yes, the Samford University campus is across from the old lake > location. Originally Samford was known as Howard > College, and the old original campus was out in an East Lake > location. The old Howard College {Hard College} and the newer > Samford University are Baptist affiliated. Also, Samford has very > good genealogy resources .... probably related to their library in some > way. > > I have a number of very old photos from ca. 1920 of BRL&P employees > at the lake on picnics and swimming parties. My mother was one of > them. Would be happy to share those photos, but I don't know how to > post them to rootsweb anywhere, and I think they are not accepted > as attachments to notes such as this. > > Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Does anyone remember Chris's Greek restaurant in B'ham? During the late 20s and early 30s. He was in my family and I have been trying to solve a brick wall about his line. I love to read these stories.This is a part of out heritage which is what genealogy is about. Ann

Folks, I am subscribed to dozens of these Rootsweb email lists. Ostensibly they are all devoted to genealogy. However, the surname lists are always the most productive when trying to locate data about individuals. >From what I've seen, these "location" lists (e.g. county, state) are more about places and happenings/events. It is inevitable that a portion of the discussions will be about these topics. I almost always find those discussions interesting and contribute if I can. However, if it happens to be about "XYZ Cemetery" and I have no interest in or knowledge about the topic, I just click "delete." It takes less than a second to delete an unwanted message. Having the ability to communicate with all of you on the various subjects that we discuss makes it more than worth my time to delete those emails that I'm not interested in. So, unless the listmaster says "No," then keep 'em coming. Jim Nix (A Jefferson County resident for 55 of my 59 years)

O.K. , I love it too. I found my GGrandmother's marriage where they had run away and disguised their names. I would gladly indulge anyone when that kind of thing shows up. Old B'ham has been a real shot in the arm for this old "toot." J.C. Harris

I need to correct my previous message - Queenie Morris was her maiden name; she was married to Oather Baxter Tyler, so I assume she would have been known as Queenie Tyler. Would a person be able to find a city map from that time and look up that address? I'll also check out the Freeman Hotel. Thank you!!!

you know what, go ahead, most of us live too far away from where we talk about and most of us are older than dirt and like to hear the stories of and about when the 'good times and places" since the world now seems to be in a mess - if we can't have our memories and what our fore families went or did, then we got nothing - if you don't know where you been, you will never know where you going! JMO-de ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham |I have sent 3 emails to [email protected] trying to | unsubscribe, but still continue to get mail from this list. Nostalgia is | good, but it is not appropriate when it is flooding other list members | mailbox. I can tell my grandchildren about those places off list which | would be a little more appropriate. I'll just go to my gmail account | settings and place a spam filter there to stop mail from this list. | | Jim Nix wrote: | | >Forgive some of us oldsters as we indulge in a bit of nostalgia. There's a | >lot of "family history" tied up in the places we've talked about. | > | >These are the stories that we tell our grandchildren. It'll definitely be | >"family history" to them. | > | >Jim | > | >P.S. Pasquale's Stromboli Sandwich was always my favorite, too..... | > | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "James Roberts" <[email protected]> | >To: <[email protected]> | >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:35 AM | >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old B'ham | > | > | > | > | >>Is this no longer a genealogy site? | >> | >>caroline wrote: | >> | >> | >> | >>>There is at least 1 Pasquales left - on Old Springville Road almost to | >>>Clay | >>>in a Publix Shopping Center. Our daughter lived a mile from there until | >>>this past June. Every time I went to see her I "went back in time" with | >>>one | >>>of those roast beef sandwiches with gravy on that garlic bread. That's | >>>the | >>>only reason I was sorry she moved to Calera! | >>>Caroline, Prattville | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>>>ABSOLUTELY! Skated many an hour at Lowes and drank many a chocolate | >>>>shake | >>>>at the Spinning Wheel and ate many a pizza at Pasquales. No one makes | >>>>them | >>>>like Pasquales did back then. And their garlic bread...to die for. | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> | >>> | >>>------------------------------- | >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>> | >>------------------------------- | >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message | >> | >> | > | > | >------------------------------- | >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message | > | > | > | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message