I receive this magazine in the mail and over the weekend it arrived at my parent's house and the latest issue has an article in their "State Research Guides" series entitled, "Alabama -- Find your family history in the heart of Dixie" by David A. Fryxell. The front of the magazine says this issue will be available January 15, 2008 on newsstands and at FamilyTreeMagazine.com Several websites and books are mentioned as reference sources. Unfortunately, many of the books mentioned are noted as being "out of print". Barry Jernigan