Does anyone know what the various districts were in Madison county? Specifically #33 and #34. I am also interested in the following families in (western) Madison county and Limestone: Campbell, Smith (Richard?), Brooks, Lightfoot, J.N. Davis; Les Campbell Oklahoma City

Ms. Smith, While most public libraries cannot do genealogy reference work over the phone, you might get some help asking the Huntsville public the following: Does the library have the R. L. Polk or other city directory for Huntsville for the year 1900? If so, can they check to see in the street address section whether 604 W. Clinton was a business or a residence? If they help you that far they probably will give you the name of any resident. If they can't do that for you, perhaps they could photocopy the page. Does the UA in your address stand for the University of Alabama? If so, you might try the University library for the directory and check it out yourself. Be sure to check directories a couple of years before and after 1900. Good luck, Rosa Wright ---------- > From: Ruby Smith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Lookup > Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 3:44 AM > > Would like to know if obituary info. is available for a relative who > died in 1916? > > Does anyone know where 604 W. Clinton would have been located > in Huntsville in 1900? > > Thank you for your assistance. > R. Smith >

Oops, I thought the URL was always at the bottom of our List Emails. Sorry.

Dear friends and fellow Researchers, I was shocked at the number of requests! I am delighted to list the URL for the Madison County,Alabama US GenWeb Page, but just a reminder, it will always be on the bottom of email we send to the entire list. Be sure to BOOKMARK and SAVE the URL as you will find updates often, I am sure. Happy Hunting, and greetings from Huntsville (Madison County) Alabama. Here 'tis: http://www.rootsweb.com/~almadiso/madison.htm Regards, Margaret Driskill [email protected]

Dear Ruby, I do not know if 604 Clinton St. is residential without going to look, but have you checked to see if your relative is buried at Maple Hill Cemetery? The entire cemetery listing is online. Regards, Margaret Driskill [email protected]

I have been trying to verify that the Francis Beaver shown in the household of Ezra Beaver on the 1850 Madison Co. census is the Francis Marion Beaver I have been searching for. I need some type of proof, something that shows his full name or his birth date. Both would be ideal. Ha! Ha! This is where I'm needing the lookup from someone in the Madison area. Francis was 15 on the 1850 census, maybe a school or church record would be available. Its kind of hard to get at these type of records without being there locally. Does anyone know if the Historical or a Genealogical group does lookups? I'd be glad to pay for copies or/and mail or make a donation. Whatever the needs. I would also trade a lookup of information in south central Oklahoma if that would help. Thank you (Whoever will/can help) It would greatly appreciated. Darlene Beaver Dougherty OK, USA [email protected]

Does anyone know when, what year, marriage applications were first required to be filled out before a person could get a marriage license? Was this a requirement of the state or of the county? Would these applications show if it was a first marriage or a later marriage? When would they have been required to list the parents of the couple. Thank you for any help.

Listed on a (single page only) copy that I made from the book Alabama records for Madison county. is this record. Can any one identify the people listed please and their connection to each other. MADDOX, John, died without will. Samuel LASTLEY, Administrator's bond. Security: George LASTLEY, Appraisers; John S. JACOBS, George MCLEODE, James WHEAT, John HARDIE, john BALLEW. What are the relationships of these people to John S. JACOBS? Why would this record have been in the Orphan Court records section..were there a wife and small children left? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 10:44 AM Subject: ALMADISO-D Digest V99 #95

Can someone out there with Marshall County records look up to see if they can find anything on, David Christopher Short born in 1800s,his spouse Mary Elizabeth (Gordon) Short born 1867or her mother, Bashseba (Bush) Gordon. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you [email protected]

Someone has sent a reply email to my post from last week about Joseph H. KING on the 1870 Census, responding with a publication from Linda Hardiman Smith, 1996. Has anyone heard of such a publication?? Where can I find it?? Kathy in Humboldt God Bless

Does any one have a Treadwell b. about 184o-44 Ala ? Had a son named William J. Treadwell b. 1864 Throckmorton,Tex. daughter in law Martha E. ? b 1866 Missouri grandson William David b 1893 Tex granddau Escar V. b.1892 Tex granddau Maude E. b.1895 Tex Could someone do a look up for me? Marriage Etc,any information or idea helpful Greatly appreciated Kay

I'm wondering what answers you received?? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 11:19 PM Subject: ALMADISO-D Digest V99 #91

Hello Listers, I need real help.I am not asking you to do anything I haven't already done my self. I am at my end of the rope and could use some suggestions.I have not been able to find any thing on my mother or her family. I am looking for Ola Mae (BERRY/BARRY) Dearman She married John Henry Dearman about 1920-1930 in Ala. I do not know the county. I have not been able to locate John Henry Dearman either. The only thing I have found on his is the 1920 Washing Co. Ala census when he was 14. His father is listed as John Dearman b.1971 Miss and his mother as Edna b.1880 Ala I believe his uncles were James and George Dearman. If these names sound familiar please let me know. Thank you froggie

Peggy, Marshall Co., AL has an area that is on Sand Mountain. The towns are Albertville and Boaz. US Highway 431 runs through both those towns. This highway comes thru Huntsville, then to Guntersville, then Albertville, then Boaz, etc. A family by the name of Cobb had a sorghum mill by the side of the highway between Guntersville and Albertville. They were reputed to make very good sorghum and peoplee came from miles around to buy it. I am a native of this area. I live in Arab. There were a number of Nerrens at Union Grove (where I attended grades 1-9) and my first-grade teacher was a Miss Jimmie Nerren (I believe she spelled it Nearen). I am now 67, so that was many years ago. Betty Huggins At 08:08 AM 5/17/99 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Ken, thanks for your explanation on Sand Mountain. My Dad was born in >Lincoln County, Tn in 1898. When I asked him where his family were from, he >answered,"Sand Mountain', in Alabama. Well, I found his family in Morgan >and Marshall Counties, Alabama and that's it. However, I have never been >satisfied that I found all of them. > >Daddy loved Sand Mountain Soghrum and used to go and buy it when he got >older. I always wondered if his family lived around the area where they made >the soghrum. Do you by any chance know the name of the town where the >soghrum is made? > > Peggy Nerren Grisamore > [email protected] > >

Ken, thanks for your explanation on Sand Mountain. My Dad was born in Lincoln County, Tn in 1898. When I asked him where his family were from, he answered,"Sand Mountain', in Alabama. Well, I found his family in Morgan and Marshall Counties, Alabama and that's it. However, I have never been satisfied that I found all of them. Daddy loved Sand Mountain Soghrum and used to go and buy it when he got older. I always wondered if his family lived around the area where they made the soghrum. Do you by any chance know the name of the town where the soghrum is made? Peggy Nerren Grisamore [email protected]

I would like to thank the many people who responded to the message about Sand Mountain. If I missed replying to anyone please know that all response were helpful and greatly appreciated. One more question..how did the people who live in the Sand Mountain area make their living and are there any good stories that you might share about the early settling of that area...thank you.

Marta; You may get more responses than you may have imagined on the question as to where and what is Sand Mountain. I'll give you my, more or less, laymans discription and perhaps the more geographically astute may be able to give a more technical definition: First of all, Sand Mountain describes an extended geographical area (ridge) that extends (roughly) from Birmingham nearly all the way to Chattanooga TN. Some of the towns and villages on that elevated sandy / rocky ridge are; Oneonta, Albertville, Boaz, Geraldine, Fyffe, Rainsville, Ider and, of course, some that I've probably left out. Generally speaking the Sand Mountain ridge rises to the east of the Tennessee River Valley and parallells it and Interstate 59. Interstate 59 being rather to the east of the ridge. Actually, I guess a geologist would say there are a series of ridges and valleys parallelling each other through the area of North Eastern AL that are the "tail-end" of the Appalachian chain which runs all the way through the Great Smoky mountains and on to the State of New York. As I said . . . that's rather a layman's view of the geology of the area but perhaps that will help answer your question! Ken Hinkle -----Original Message----- From: marta [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 3:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: sand mountain Where is and what is Sand Mountain?

Where is and what is Sand Mountain?

I am looking for any information about the John Major BISHOP, family of Madison Co... AL. Kay (Bishop) Blossingham

Today I updated the Alabama African American Genealogy Website. Take a LOOK!!! Please check out our query section. Help us with our Family search. We are still needing Wills. Submit them to above E-mail. Alabama African American Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~alaag/ Various Collection of Wills http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/2781/wills.html ALABAMA AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY WILLS (ALABAMA ONLY) http://www.dnaco.net/~ladyd/ LEST WE FORGET http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/ POCSOUTH (People of Color, South) http://www.tngenweb.org/tncolor/pocsouth.htm " A people without knowlwdge of their history is like a tree without roots" Marcus Garvey