----- Original Message ----- From: <Ming0204@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > By Chance did you every know any Lovell family that attended Ensley, > Louise, > Hugh, Adrain or Mary Pratt? > I don't know any Lovells in Jefferson Co but am descended from Lovells in Cullman Co. I believe I have some of their stones from Jones Chapel Cem on video. They all go back to George W. Lovell, Sr. of Greenville Co, SC and then later in Fannin and Rabun Co's in GA. I think my branch moved to Cullman in the 1870s after the Civil War. Someone told me a lot of Georgians moved to Alabama and further west because the economy was ruined by the war in Georgia. Barry Jernigan Grandson of Frankie William Jernigan and Zora Belle Young of New Castle, Jefferson Co, AL Great-grandson of Adolphus Ervin Young and Mary Ellen Lewis of Jones Chapel, Cullman/Winston co. AL GG-grandson of James Clark Lewis and Mary Jane Lovell of Jones Chapel and before that in Georgia GGG-grandson of Elijah E. Lovell and Mary Ann Davis of Jones Chapel and before that in Georgia GGGG-grandson of George W. Lovell, Jr. and Violet Franklin of Georgia 5th great-grandson of George W. Lovell, Sr and Elizabeth "Polly" Wilkins of Greenville Co, SC Your Lovells probably fit in this line somewhere.

Of course, if it weren't Sunday, I would have properly typed that Emmett Nicholson Smith was my grandFATHER. :) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

If you ever knew a Caldwell, look at their noses and their chins. They have beautifully straight, long thin noses and little apple knob chins. The chin is Benjamin Caldwell's. The nose is Julia Ida Wheeler's. Both families were homestead families in Jefferson County. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Someone somewhere mentioned the Estis spelling, so here is my mom's input on that one. Mrs. Estis (she cannot remember the first name) built her house in Pleasant Grove with her own hands. My grandmother, Emmett Nicholson Smith was a carpenter and built houses. He would tell Mrs. Estis what to do next and she would do it. When she finished that step, he would go back over and tell her what to do next. That house became Estis Nursing Home (or some similar name). When you are coming from Hueytown toward Pleasant Grove, you turn right on Park Road. The house is on Park Road maybe 4 or 5 blocks from Pleasant Grove Road, across the street from a little strip mall with a tire store and a restaurant. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I found one Estelle Wheeler. Andrew Lindsey Wheeler had a son named Joe. He and Bessie had a son named Keith. He married Estelle. Keith would have been born between 1900 and 1910. If anyone else is interested in this, I'll pin it down. I'm getting ready to move and have everything increasingly packed up. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

My great aunt was Marie Ada Jernigan. She married Clarence Faucette on 22 Sep 1922. He died and she later moved to Florida. I found this information while searching in the Florida Marriage Index on Ancestry.com: Charles Edwin Abbott married Marie Ada Faucett in 1943 in Hillsborough Co, FL. Volume 868, Certificate #51851 C. E. Abbott and Marie Faucett divorced in 1945 in Hillsborough Co, FL. Volume 295, Certificate #6188 Clarence R. Faucett, Jr. married Mari Jean Fleming in 1949 in Pinellas County, FL. Volume 1242, Certificate #21436. >From the obituary of Franklin Henry Jernigan (her father, my great-grandfather) in 1967 -- "Mrs. Marie White of Arcadia [De Soto Co], Fla." >From the obituary of Herbert Joseph Jernigan (her brother) in about 1968 -- "Mrs. Marie White St. Petersburg, FL." So someone in there she married a Mr. White. Still don't know his full name or anything else about him. A search in the Florida Marriage Index revealed no matches for a Mr. White marrying either a Marie Jernigan or Marie Faucett(e) or Marie Abbot(t). If this rings a bell with anybody on the list -- please let me know. Or where I could search for further info. I am wondering if maybe she met and married Mr. White in a state other than Florida or maybe even other than Alabama. I don't know when she died. There are several Marie Whites in the Social Security Death Index. My dad and aunts know very little about their father's siblings or those cousins. Barry Jernigan

----- Original Message ----- From: "Frieda" <fjgb@sbcglobal.net> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > Bill, I think it is really interesting to see where we are simular. Back > in the 60's I had a high collared long sleeve lace blouce on with a lace > at > the collar. I also had a long very dark purple skirt on. My Mother and I > were going to a Job's Daughter's Grand officers meeting (Masonic) . My > Hair > was up and when I came into the living room Daddy got tears in his eyes > and > said "For a minute you looked like my Mother. Now Grandmother Amerson > Glenn > was much small than I but I have noticed over the years and by doing > genealogy, going to reunions, you every once in a while see those Genes > are > there. Boy you can see it in the eyes and hands and as you say doesn't > make > any difference that the picture is in Black and White. I have a photo of > my > dads Uncles and Grandfather on his Mothers Phebe Amerson Glenn side. You > can see her father Amos Amerson has really dark eyes. But Two have Blue > eyes. One uncle eyes are like looking at my Daddy's eyes that were the > most > beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. SO, I am thinking that Dad's eyes > are > from his Grand Mother Eudoxia Kezia Hallmark Amerson from Hallmark line in > Blount Co., Alabama. > It is a fun game!!! > > Hugs, > Frieda Glenn Bennett > And like you all were saying. The DNA has a lot more to do with it I think. My parents divorced when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I haven't been around my dad enough to adopt his habits. And yet, I cup my hand on the side of my coffee cup just like he does. My mom noticed that and pointed it out to me. I believe it's from the same DNA not imitation of behaviour. Also wondering who in the family first said, "Knock on wood" and knocked on their head? ;-) Barry Jernigan

William Irwin, by any chance are you kin to a woman by the name of ?? Irwin, that worked at the WT Grant Store at the Old Roebuck Shopping Center in the 50's and 60's? My Mother worked there for a long time and spoke of a Irwin, but I can not think of her first name., I think she liked in Center Point. And also, are you kin to a Hank Irwin that is in the Senator for Alabama? There use to be a Dr. Irwin also? Just a wondering, I have not seen the name of Irwin a lot. Peggy Gaddis

----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Jernigan" <bjernigan7040@bellsouth.net> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frieda" <fjgb@sbcglobal.net> > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:50 AM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > > >> Bill, I think it is really interesting to see where we are simular. >> Back >> in the 60's I had a high collared long sleeve lace blouce on with a lace >> at >> the collar. I also had a long very dark purple skirt on. My Mother and >> I >> were going to a Job's Daughter's Grand officers meeting (Masonic) . My >> Hair >> was up and when I came into the living room Daddy got tears in his eyes >> and >> said "For a minute you looked like my Mother. Now Grandmother Amerson >> Glenn >> was much small than I but I have noticed over the years and by doing >> genealogy, going to reunions, you every once in a while see those Genes >> are >> there. Boy you can see it in the eyes and hands and as you say doesn't >> make >> any difference that the picture is in Black and White. I have a photo of >> my >> dads Uncles and Grandfather on his Mothers Phebe Amerson Glenn side. You >> can see her father Amos Amerson has really dark eyes. But Two have Blue >> eyes. One uncle eyes are like looking at my Daddy's eyes that were the >> most >> beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. SO, I am thinking that Dad's eyes >> are >> from his Grand Mother Eudoxia Kezia Hallmark Amerson from Hallmark line >> in >> Blount Co., Alabama. >> It is a fun game!!! >> >> Hugs, >> Frieda Glenn Bennett >> > And like you all were saying. The DNA has a lot more to do with it I > think. > My parents divorced when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I haven't been > around > my dad enough to adopt his habits. And yet, I cup my hand on the side of > my > coffee cup just like he does. My mom noticed that and pointed it out to > me. > I believe it's from the same DNA not imitation of behaviour. > > Also wondering who in the family first said, "Knock on wood" and knocked > on > their head? ;-) > > Barry Jernigan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It ain't just feet! My cousins in Jefferson County talk about nails. Mine are long, hard, well-shaped, rarely chipped and ideal for polish, rather wasted on me. Three of my 1st cousins, all sisters, pointed out that Grandmoher Erwin had them and did them daily. One of the three sisters has them. From whom? I looked at a late 19th century photograph of one of Grandmother's Ellard uncles - he had them! That meant nails from Ellard, Montgomery, or McAdams lines. Furthermore,you could exchange hands between my father and that same man, his great-uncle, and nobody would have noticed. Blue eyes are all over the place (clear eyes around the pupils in old black and white photos = blue eyes). Grandmother Erwin, an Ellard and one of 10 or 11 children, closely resembles her Great-Grand Aunt Mary (Nash) Truss in the latter's 1870's photograph, including same expression in the eyes - much more so than her siblings. Throwback. Judging from their expressions, especially eyes, Grandmother's attention to nails also came down that route. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Frieda Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:04 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories Melba, My Daddy Carl Glenn (b. 1906) had long skinny EXPENSIVE feet. By the early 1950 he had his Cowboy boots made by a bookmakers in Amarillo, Texas and send him boots to wear for the rest of his life. Here we are in Sunny California and Daddy going around in Texas Boots. My son and his oldest daughter have the same shape feet. So it must stem back to my Robert W. Glenn (b. 1815)and your David Glenn b. 1825. My cousins sit around at our reunions and complain about our long skinny feet or hammer toes, laughing about our feet! When Grand Daughter Amber was born and I was looking at her long feet I said "She had the Glenn feet" My Daughter in Law became amended. After having to buy the more expensive shoes she says "It's those Glenn feet"! So you find out this kind of stuff in Genealogy. I didn't know until now if it was the Glenn or Amerson feet!!!!!! I have enjoyed hearing about your Area. And also about the different stores. We had similar in Los Angeles and Yes I remember the foot X-ray machine. Hugs, Frieda Glenn Bennett Clark, Franklin, Glenn and Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melba Clark" <melbaclark@bellsouth.net>` To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > All this talk about x-rays to see if the shoes fit makes me remember those > shopping trips to find shoes for my "expensive feet". At least that is > what the sales people in Decatur called them. The stores here never had > anything long and skinny enough for my feet. The managers would suggest > several stores in Birmingham. So we would go shopping for shoes when we > were there visiting both my grandmothers. My sister and I did the > recording thing as well. It was a small cardboard record with some kind > of > coating. The lady making it "interviewed" us, asking questions and then > let > us sing. I sang "Jesus Loves Me" [off-key, of course, sing I was and am > almost tone-deaf!] My sister sang "Deep and Wide" which was a chorus we > sang > at church. > > And, oh, just thinking about it, I can almost feel the excitement of going > to see those window displays at Loveman's and Pizitz's [sp?], and maybe > other ones. The mechanical figures were something to behold! > > I remember going from store-to-store shopping with my dad's sisters. On > one > trip, after seeing Santa Claus at several stores, my inquisitive mind went > into gear. I asked my aunts, how could Santa knew where we were going > next > and how did he always get there before us!! > > It's it great to be able to remember all those fun times from "back then"? > > Melba Clark > > ----- Original Message ----- > And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your feet > bones with x-rays? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com 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 ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Hogan" <genealogistinal@yahoo.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: [ALJEFF] Searching Extracted Marriages and Births atFamilysearch.org > Barry posted earlier about the familysearch.org indexed marriages. I > posted additional information and batch numbers for Jefferson County - and > many other counties to the BGS blog. > > http://birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/searching-extracted-marriages-and-births-at-familysearchorg/ > > Melissa > birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com > Thanks Melissa :) I checked out your link and I put several of those in my favorite places including Hugh Wallis' site. I notice mention of something called the IGI Batch Index. Is that entire listing available to view? Or is it just trial and error to find the Batch numbers and corresponding records? Like what I have done. And what you have so kindly compiled as well. I also like the suggestion of searching the entire list as surnames are not necessarily in alphabetical order and they are often spelled differently and could be missed if you only searched for a certain spelling or even a Soundex. For example, some spellings of the surname Jernigan (like Jeningan) do not come up in a Soundex search for "Jernigan". Also Stevens and Stephens are different Soundexes. I found that out the hard way and totally missed my ancestors living right next door to their daughter and son-in-law (also my ancestors) in Wisconsin. So it is a good idea (as tedious and time consuming as it might be) to search the entire list for a particular Batch number. I've found that most of them don't exceed too much more than 2000 names and it gives you a list of 200 names on each page. So at the most you're looking at 10, 11, maybe 12 pages for each Batch number. Also I have found that the date ranges are not always correct. Here is an example from my searching last night. I was looking for the surname Moon in the IGI and found the following: Andrew W. Moon married Ellen M. Chapman in Marshall Co, AL on 27 Oct 1840. And the entry gave the Batch Number -- M593371 for Marriages in Marshall Co, AL from 1836 to 1848. So I scrolled through every page and found some that are outside of that date range: James H. Butler married Jane M. D. Couch on 16 Mar 1851 William H. Duncan married Margaret Johns on 3 Aug 1851 So it might also be a good idea (if you don't find the marriage or birth listing in that date range) to check years close to the one you're searching in. I noticed something similar when I was scanning microfilm of military records at Wallace State College Library a year or so ago. The records were on the microfilm alphabetically by the soldiers' surnames (1st Alabama Cavalry Union) except at the very end of the microfilm there were miscellaneous surnames. My ancestor was a Young so I thought I would go to the end of the microfilm and then work my way back from the Z's and that is how I discovered those names were added at the end of the microfilm -- like surnames that started with H or M, etc. Another thing to keep in mind when searching the LDS records online is that, as you say, people can make mistakes. I found some people supposedly associated with the Moon family of Marshall Co, AL but if you follow all of the links it seems to me that 2 people have information merged together. This just doesn't fit to me: Rev. George Oldham Father: James Oldham Mother: Leah Stevens Born: 6 June 1779, Shelby Co, IN Died: 7 Sep 1828, Shelby Co, IN Buried: fam cem pasture, Section 5, Twp 13 North, Range 7 East, Shelby Co, IN Married: 1) 1802, Sevier Co, TN?! ( I think this is wrong) Spouse: 1) Catherine ? Married: 2) c. 1819, Sevier Co, TN?! (again I think this is wrong) Spouse 2) Sarah ? And then he and Catherine supposedly had a daughter named Mary "Polly" Oldham who was born around 1800 and who supposedly married Jasper Moon around 1829 in Georgia and then later moved to Marshall Co, AL? I think that there were maybe two George Oldhams -- one in Sevier Co, TN and one in Shelby Co, IN. The dates don't match -- married in 1802 but first child born in 1800? And some of the children ended up down in AL and others ended up in the Midwest -- like Iowa. So you have to watch for information that just doesn't fit. What I'm doing is using the LDS site to get some possible information and then follow up on finding documentation -- like looking for them in the censuses. For instance I've searched through all of the entries for the surname Prosch in Alabama. And now have a pretty good idea when they were there. So I know what other records I can find and the date range of those records in Jefferson Co. I also have a pretty good idea of who was who and who belonged to who. So now when I see some of the names I'm not as in the dark as to who they are and how they fit into the family. Barry Jernigan

Since you researching the MONTGOMERY name, have you been in contact with B.A. AYERS of Ga who is also looking for the MONTGOMERY name - be glad to forward your e-mail to him if thats OK. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:11 PM Subject: [ALJEFF] Eastis/Eastes | Eastises in blood, I have pulled out the scroll that cousin Barton gave me | at an Ellard Family Reunion several years ago. I made overlapping (boy, was | that confusing!) of the whole thing in case anyone finds their own in the | vicinity. Essentially, it presents settlers Jonathan Ellard (1794-1836) and | his wife Rutha McAdams (1800-1859) and their descendants. The Ellards, | Yorks, Bartons, and Eastises clumped down at what is nw Birmingham Airport | and environs but not entirely. Much intermarriage over the generations. They | had caught "Alabama Fever" after the Creek Indian cessions following the | Creek defeat at Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Some came down from Tennessee after | having seen these great well-watered (springs galore) as they went to or | from with General Jackson. The real "hustlers," a very descriptive term, | used in its good sense, got there early and gt the valley land. These | families. They were yeoman farmers. Slavewners were all around them. There | are lots of Eastises not here, because of the focus of the scroll and the | author's not knowing their dates, marriages, etc. I assure you that those | early families were and continue to be a veritable maze. All of the Eastises | below, and/or their descendants are my cousins, in some cases perhaps more | than once. | | Jonathan Massey (b. 1837) married Amanda Eastis (1843-1908) | Descendants of Ellard, Massey, McAdams families - lots of Masseys | | Anna Catherine Ellard (1842-1910) married John W. Eastis | Descendants of Ellard, McAdams, Montgomery (I am Montgomery also) | | Cathy Ellard married an Eastes (Yes, a final 'e') | | Descendants Ellard, Russell, McAdams | | Elizabeth Betty Ellard (1832-1913) married Daniel Eastis (1824-1881) | Descendants Ellard, McAdams | | Children: James A. Eastis (1848-1917) m. Nancy M. Moses | | Mary Eastis (1852-1929) m. Winfield P. Reynolds | | Sarah E. Eastis (b. 1855) m. William Thomas Sims | | Isham Eastis (1857-1923) | | William M. Eastis (1860-1887) | | David Thomas Eastis (1865-1931) m. Lydia Lenora Owen | | Rutha Eastis (1869-1939) m. Rauley C. Earnest (1859-1904) | | The Montgomerys had some connection to Davy Crockett. It is recorded in a | local history that Crockett stayed several days with James Montgomery , my | ancestor in present airport area. Crockett came through maybe twice into | this new area that was on the main Huntsville-Tuscaloosa Road. All I know is | that Crocketts (gobs of them) married Montgomerys in Ireland and later in | Virginia, etc. James died young in 1842, but his widow lived on into the | late 1880s, carefully not remarying and having her property go to a new | husband. James & Martha Montgomery were my great-great-great-grandparents. | Their daughter Nancy Calista (d. 1858) married William Washington Ellard | (1820-1899), son of Jonathan and founder of the Ellard Cemetery now in | Trussville. Hence, the Montgomerys showing up here. | | Bill Erwin | | There are many other Eastises, a large family. I believe that one or more | siblings of Jonathan Ellard were also settlers. It is written down | elsewhere. So, there are more possibilities. I sense that there was a | brother Meritt or Merrit. | | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Bill, I think it is really interesting to see where we are simular. Back in the 60's I had a high collared long sleeve lace blouce on with a lace at the collar. I also had a long very dark purple skirt on. My Mother and I were going to a Job's Daughter's Grand officers meeting (Masonic) . My Hair was up and when I came into the living room Daddy got tears in his eyes and said "For a minute you looked like my Mother. Now Grandmother Amerson Glenn was much small than I but I have noticed over the years and by doing genealogy, going to reunions, you every once in a while see those Genes are there. Boy you can see it in the eyes and hands and as you say doesn't make any difference that the picture is in Black and White. I have a photo of my dads Uncles and Grandfather on his Mothers Phebe Amerson Glenn side. You can see her father Amos Amerson has really dark eyes. But Two have Blue eyes. One uncle eyes are like looking at my Daddy's eyes that were the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. SO, I am thinking that Dad's eyes are from his Grand Mother Eudoxia Kezia Hallmark Amerson from Hallmark line in Blount Co., Alabama. It is a fun game!!! Hugs, Frieda Glenn Bennett ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > It ain't just feet! My cousins in Jefferson County talk about nails. Mine > are long, hard, well-shaped, rarely chipped and ideal for polish, rather > wasted on me. Three of my 1st cousins, all sisters, pointed out that > Grandmoher Erwin had them and did them daily. One of the three sisters has > them. From whom? I looked at a late 19th century photograph of one of > Grandmother's Ellard uncles - he had them! That meant nails from Ellard, > Montgomery, or McAdams lines. Furthermore,you could exchange hands between > my father and that same man, his great-uncle, and nobody would have > noticed. > Blue eyes are all over the place (clear eyes around the pupils in old > black > and white photos = blue eyes). Grandmother Erwin, an Ellard and one of 10 > or > 11 children, closely resembles her Great-Grand Aunt Mary (Nash) Truss in > the latter's 1870's photograph, including same expression in the eyes - > much > more so than her siblings. Throwback. Judging from their expressions, > especially eyes, Grandmother's attention to nails also came down that > route. > > Bill Erwin > > -----Original Message----- > From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Frieda > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:04 AM > To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > > Melba, > My Daddy Carl Glenn (b. 1906) had long skinny EXPENSIVE feet. By the early > 1950 he had his Cowboy boots made by a bookmakers in Amarillo, Texas and > send him boots to wear for the rest of his life. Here we are in Sunny > California and Daddy going around in Texas Boots. > My son and his oldest daughter have the same shape feet. So it must stem > back to my Robert W. Glenn (b. 1815)and your David Glenn b. 1825. My > cousins sit around at our reunions and complain about our long skinny feet > or hammer toes, laughing about our feet! When Grand Daughter Amber was > born and I was looking at her long > feet I said "She had the Glenn feet" My Daughter in Law became amended. > After having to buy the more expensive shoes she says "It's those Glenn > feet"! So you find out this kind of stuff in Genealogy. I didn't know > until now if it was the Glenn or Amerson feet!!!!!! > I have enjoyed hearing about your Area. And also about the different > stores. We had similar in Los Angeles and Yes I remember the foot X-ray > machine. > > Hugs, > Frieda Glenn Bennett > Clark, Franklin, Glenn and Moore > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Melba Clark" <melbaclark@bellsouth.net>` > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:09 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > > >> All this talk about x-rays to see if the shoes fit makes me remember >> those >> shopping trips to find shoes for my "expensive feet". At least that is >> what the sales people in Decatur called them. The stores here never had >> anything long and skinny enough for my feet. The managers would suggest >> several stores in Birmingham. So we would go shopping for shoes when we >> were there visiting both my grandmothers. My sister and I did the >> recording thing as well. It was a small cardboard record with some kind >> of >> coating. The lady making it "interviewed" us, asking questions and then >> let >> us sing. I sang "Jesus Loves Me" [off-key, of course, sing I was and am >> almost tone-deaf!] My sister sang "Deep and Wide" which was a chorus we >> sang >> at church. >> >> And, oh, just thinking about it, I can almost feel the excitement of >> going >> to see those window displays at Loveman's and Pizitz's [sp?], and maybe >> other ones. The mechanical figures were something to behold! >> >> I remember going from store-to-store shopping with my dad's sisters. On >> one >> trip, after seeing Santa Claus at several stores, my inquisitive mind >> went >> into gear. I asked my aunts, how could Santa knew where we were going >> next >> and how did he always get there before us!! >> >> It's it great to be able to remember all those fun times from "back >> then"? >> >> Melba Clark >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your >> feet >> bones with x-rays? >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com 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 > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com 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 > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Melissa, Thank you for the list of batch numbers. This will save a lot of time for us. Melba Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Hogan" <genealogistinal@yahoo.com> I posted additional information and batch numbers for Jefferson County - and many other counties to the BGS blog. > > http://birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/searching-extracted-marriages-and-births-at-familysearchorg/ >

Melba, My Daddy Carl Glenn (b. 1906) had long skinny EXPENSIVE feet. By the early 1950 he had his Cowboy boots made by a bookmakers in Amarillo, Texas and send him boots to wear for the rest of his life. Here we are in Sunny California and Daddy going around in Texas Boots. My son and his oldest daughter have the same shape feet. So it must stem back to my Robert W. Glenn (b. 1815)and your David Glenn b. 1825. My cousins sit around at our reunions and complain about our long skinny feet or hammer toes, laughing about our feet! When Grand Daughter Amber was born and I was looking at her long feet I said "She had the Glenn feet" My Daughter in Law became amended. After having to buy the more expensive shoes she says "It's those Glenn feet"! So you find out this kind of stuff in Genealogy. I didn't know until now if it was the Glenn or Amerson feet!!!!!! I have enjoyed hearing about your Area. And also about the different stores. We had similar in Los Angeles and Yes I remember the foot X-ray machine. Hugs, Frieda Glenn Bennett Clark, Franklin, Glenn and Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melba Clark" <melbaclark@bellsouth.net>` To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > All this talk about x-rays to see if the shoes fit makes me remember those > shopping trips to find shoes for my "expensive feet". At least that is > what the sales people in Decatur called them. The stores here never had > anything long and skinny enough for my feet. The managers would suggest > several stores in Birmingham. So we would go shopping for shoes when we > were there visiting both my grandmothers. My sister and I did the > recording thing as well. It was a small cardboard record with some kind > of > coating. The lady making it "interviewed" us, asking questions and then > let > us sing. I sang "Jesus Loves Me" [off-key, of course, sing I was and am > almost tone-deaf!] My sister sang "Deep and Wide" which was a chorus we > sang > at church. > > And, oh, just thinking about it, I can almost feel the excitement of going > to see those window displays at Loveman's and Pizitz's [sp?], and maybe > other ones. The mechanical figures were something to behold! > > I remember going from store-to-store shopping with my dad's sisters. On > one > trip, after seeing Santa Claus at several stores, my inquisitive mind went > into gear. I asked my aunts, how could Santa knew where we were going > next > and how did he always get there before us!! > > It's it great to be able to remember all those fun times from "back then"? > > Melba Clark > > ----- Original Message ----- > And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your feet > bones with x-rays? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barry posted earlier about the familysearch.org indexed marriages. I posted additional information and batch numbers for Jefferson County - and many other counties to the BGS blog. http://birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/searching-extracted-marriages-and-births-at-familysearchorg/ Melissa birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "Barry Jernigan" <bjernigan7040@bellsouth.net> Subject: [ALJEFF] Some info for searching at the LDS website <<snip>> You'll get a search page with fields to fill in. You may fill in a surname (possibly even a full name if you know it). You must fill in at least the region -- North America. At the bottom of the Search fields there is one for Batch Number. These are the Batch Numbers I have found so far for lists of Jefferson County, AL marriages in the 1890s. M584738 for a list (alphabetically by surname more or less) of marriages from 1891 to 1893 M584741 for a list of marriages from 1895 to 1897 M745921 for a list of marriages from 1897 and 1898 <<Snip>> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I love Chattanooga and have taken the train ride and the tour of the yard several times. Have a lot of great photos I took of the trains. Laura In a message dated 11/10/2007 7:01:31 P.M. Central Standard Time, Ming0204@aol.com writes: Supt. Terminal and last to Chattanooga Tn as Terminal Manager retired in 1986 and am still in Chattanooga. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 11/10/2007 8:09:52 A.M. Central Standard Time, carolineh@knology.net writes: Joy Young's before heading home. Ahhh, Joy Youngs. Probably Birmingham's only Japanese restaurant in those years (or was it Chinese?). The weird thing was that my French Class had it's banquet there. Guess there weren't any french restaurants in town at that time. LOL Laura ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 11/10/2007 7:05:56 A.M. Central Standard Time, Ming0204@aol.com writes: Also the big 5 Dances at the Auditorium?? I remember the Big 5 Dances very well. Also Duke in Dixieland at the Ensley Armory with Duke Rumore. I went to Ensley. Laura ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I forgot to mention that I indeed remember the Restaurant ate there often. Road old #22 to Phillips High School ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com