I'm trying to fill in the blanks in my Jernigan family. My great-great grandfather was Rev. James Silas Jernigan. He had quite a lot of children. Some of them died young or as infants. The family originally came from Guntersville, Marshall Co. AL. Around 1890 or so they relocated to Jefferson Co -- Tarrant City area. According to other Jernigan researchers -- Jerry Jernigan Jr and Deb Young (and yes she IS related to me as well), James Silas was a founding member of the Dolcito Lodge of the Masons in Tarrant City. He had 3 sons who all reached adulthood and married and had children -- Frank (my great-grandfather), Harvey and Jerry Sr (Jerry Jr's dad). He had more daughters and some of them died very young. But the daughters who reached adulthood were Betty Jane Jernigan (married William Botters in Lowndes Co, MS and eventually relocated to the Atlanta, GA area where she died and where some of their many descendants still live); Margaret Ann Jernigan who married William Nicholas Prosch of Jefferson Co, AL and Blanche Mae Jernigan who married Virgil C(arthell?) Moon. I believe the Moons were from Marshall Co, AL and distant relatives of James Silas' wife (my great-great grandmother) Mary Jane Bodine. Some of the Moons relocated to Florida (Pensacola and/or Miami area). I think the Prosches stayed in Jefferson Co, AL. They were originally from Kansas City, MO (according to Deb and Jerry's research). My Aunt Ruth Mae Jernigan Denney Ross died recently but she sent me a letter some years ago that had the names of these people (her aunts and uncles). Frank was her father and his second wife, Ruth Elvie Ladd, was her mother. His first wife, Ella Mae Lindsay/Lindsey, was my great-grandmother. Both the Ladds and Lindseys have connections in Trussville area along with the Carlisles and tons of other connected families in that area. I have had correspondence from others here in reference to that. In fact, Ruth Elvie Ladd's mother was Huldah Massey whose photo is in Heritage of Jefferson County book. Oh, BTW Harvey William Jernigan married Ethel Nordmann (formerly Mrs. ? Ray). I believe her family was from either Montgomery Co or Elmore Co, AL. I've only cracked the surface on that line. But I did find the marriages of both of their daughters (they had no sons) in Elmore Co, AL. One married a Peak and the other married a Head. I think their combined families eventually relocated to the Macon, GA area where Harvey died. But he is buried in Jefferson Co, AL. Jerry Killough Jernigan Sr married Mary Edna Walls in Jefferson Co, AL. I checked out the Georgia Marriage Index at Ancestry.com and found that there are counties covered up to the year 1944. Unfortunately, none of them are in the Atlanta area so they wouldn't be helpful to me. Anyone know of any marriage index books for sale that cover the Atlanta area in more modern times? Like say the early 1900s up to maybe the 1970s? It also occurred to me last night to check out the LDS site for marriages from the early 1900s up to the 1930s for my familes in both AL and GA: http://www.familysearch.org So far in reference to the Botters, I'm down to the census and Georgia Death Index for starters. A trip to the Birmingham Court House and Library should fill in most of the Jefferson Co, AL part of the family. Or maybe there are good references for Atlanta, GA info there as well? Also, I'm certain I could get the Montgomery/Elmore Co info there too. I'm also interested in the history of the CLOW company. My uncle Frank Stilarski was a supervisor there at the branch in Illinois. He got my dad a job there. Another employee was Otis Logan. He and his wife June were great friends of my dad. They lived in Tarrant City. I don't even know if they are still alive. I wonder if there might be some family connection with them since we have so many other connections in that area. Also my dad's second wife was a Campbell from Tarrant City and I wonder if there might be family connections there as well that we don't know about with the Campbells. I do know one thing because I remember as a kid the Campbells talking about their father. He was a minister. Probably in Tarrant City. Barry Jernigan