Sue Let me first welcome you to BGS - I feel sure you will enjoy our Pioneer Trails quarterly - btw, pls send us a query so all of the membership can see who you are looking for. Secondly, I need to preface the rest of my response by saying that I am on the Board (Historian) at BGS (Birmingham Genealogical Society) and also administer the Blog (birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com). Additionally I am a member of the Alabama Genealogical Society (AGS) and am working with them on the Loose Records Indexing Project currently. Ok, now that you know I may have a bias. Both AGS and BGS have great publications. Both societies are working on projects to place more information online for their membership and provide informative publications. The bi-annual seminars held by AGS always have the "best" speakers and topics in my opinion... so if you are ever to make it down Bham/Montgomery way in May or October I highly encourage you to attend. As for other societies, well I guess I need to know what area of Jefferson County you have specific interests? Several cities (Gardendale, Trussville, Hueytown) have historical societies... if you haven't checked out hueytown.org I encourage you to do so (click on "historical") when you get the page. Again, welcome!! Melissa Hogan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:51:13 +0000 From: dustysusie@comcast.net Subject: [ALJEFF] Genealogical Societies, etc. Hi Listers, I have been lurking for some time, and may have posted a query some time ago, but this is the first time I've posted a specific request. With the number of Societies that offer memberships, I'm having a hard time choosing a couple that will give me the most 'bang for my buck.' I would appreciate recommendations for Alabama in general, Jefferson County, and Birmingham specifically. (I have decided to join the Birmingham Genealogical Society, but more suggestions will be appreciated.) I thank everyone in advance. Sue in Quincy, MA ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz