Seeking information of Mary KOFONIS living Mobile AL area from possibly 1920 -1970. This is believed to be her maiden name,although it may not be.There are no KOFONIS in the 1910 and 1920 census records for this area. She is said to have given birth to a son 29 June 1933 in Mobile AL, who was adopted out. Father may have had the name LESURE/LESSIEUR/LESEURE or variant spelling. Mary KOFONIS died about 1969-1970. Any information would be greatly appreciated. This is a grandmother. Thank all of you for your vigilance. Elizabeth Rivera <[email protected]> 850 S. Longmore #281 Mesa, AZ 85202

My G-----Grandfather lived in Whistler, Was this a German-Swiss community in the mid 1800's? and was the port of Mobile a port of entry from Germany and switz? Thanks Jim

I am posting this to warn others about problems with Census Microfilm Expeditors . I was lured to order several microfilm copies from this company with "guarantees" of "speedy delivery" and "low price" . My order was placed in October of 1998 and as of this posting I have not received the order or a refund after numerous contacts with Steven Jensen at this firm . In his occasional replies he repeatedly gave false information to me as to the status of the order and cashed the check when mentioned stopping payment on it ( dumb on my part ) .I have copies of all documents and correspondences for those interested . Complaints have been filed with the Better Business Bureau and the United States Postal Inspectors , they have informed me that even they can't order this company to give a refund , but may seek criminal charges . I guess small claims court is next . If you are seeking genealogy resources......consider my experiences with this "Firm". Thank you , Kenneth Sartin

Bonnie, wouldn't this be a matter of linguistics?? Palmez looks like a Spanish version of Palmer. In Mobile you have French, Spanish, Brits, Native American -- all kinds of blends and all kinds of spellings. I would look for every variation. We are all at the mercy of the clerks who wrote up the documents. Carol [email protected] wrote: > > HELLO LIST! > > Does anyone know if ANN PALMER ALLMON BYRNE was perhaps PALMES or PALMEZ > instead of PALMER? > > It seems that there are quite a few references to PALMES/PALMEZ in the > history of SPANISH WEST FLORIDA. I think she was from SAVANNAH, but > possibly originally from PENSACOLA or MOBILE. She lived in both locations > during her life. > > ANN PALMER(PALMES?PALMEZ?) was first the widow of MR.ALLMON or ALLMOND? who > died possibly in SAVANNAH,GA and then she married his business > partner,GERALD BYRNE, who was born circa 1752 in DUBLIN IRELAND and came to > America circa 1774. They married prior to 1803 and were my 4th great > grandparents. > > DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS A 'PALMER' or 'PALMES' or 'PALMEZ?' > > I know almost everything in print says PALMER, but with all the SPANISH > heritage in my family, I am starting to suspect she was a PALMES or PALMEZ. > > THANKS FOR ANY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE INFO. BONNIE [email protected]

HELLO LIST! Does anyone know if ANN PALMER ALLMON BYRNE was perhaps PALMES or PALMEZ instead of PALMER? It seems that there are quite a few references to PALMES/PALMEZ in the history of SPANISH WEST FLORIDA. I think she was from SAVANNAH, but possibly originally from PENSACOLA or MOBILE. She lived in both locations during her life. ANN PALMER(PALMES?PALMEZ?) was first the widow of MR.ALLMON or ALLMOND? who died possibly in SAVANNAH,GA and then she married his business partner,GERALD BYRNE, who was born circa 1752 in DUBLIN IRELAND and came to America circa 1774. They married prior to 1803 and were my 4th great grandparents. DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS A 'PALMER' or 'PALMES' or 'PALMEZ?' I know almost everything in print says PALMER, but with all the SPANISH heritage in my family, I am starting to suspect she was a PALMES or PALMEZ. THANKS FOR ANY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE INFO. BONNIE [email protected]

Hello everyone, Does anyone on this list have a cemetery book that lists Old Whistler Cemetery of Mobile Co.? I would like to find the listings for any FITZGERALD's in that cemetery. There were supposed to be listings in the Deep South Genealogical Quarterly, Vol 1, No 2, page 68 and Vol 1, No 4, page 163, but my library only has an index for the first 15 volumes! Please reply privately if you can help. Thank you! Eleanor Colson [email protected]

I'am looking for information on the Huy family of Mobile county (Whistler) Jacob Huy was living at Whistler at the beginning of the civil war and worked at the railroad yards ( bridge division) later, was a Justice of the peace and postmaster. Died, june 21,1916 and was buried in the old section of Whistler cem. His wife was named Elizabeth. Both were born in Europe, Jacob in Switz, Elizabeth in Prussia. Other family ties, Katharina Iverson,Ihnen, Huey(spelling changed in late 1880 by parts of family) Have a lot of material after 1910 will share. Thanks Jim

my gr.gr.grandparents FRED and CATHERINE SCHRIEBER came to AMERICA from germany around 1850s. they lived in mobile and are on the 1880 census with 7 daughters. does anyone have any 1850,1860&1870 census reports to do lookups for me ? also can anyone tell me how to obtain record from mobile ,like marriage, deeds ect.... any help would be greatly appreciated. (also researching BROOKS, SPARKMAN, & ROBBINS. THANKS, DENISE BROOKS BOWMAN [email protected]

Could someone look up a death date for Rebecca Crawley Pierce? I believe that she died somewhere around June 16, 1880 in Mobile County. Thank you! Diane Ballman [email protected]

Hi Dose any one know where the Civil War hospital was in Mobile? And were women allowed to work there? Amanda K. Howell

I'm not sure if Baldwin or Washington Counties have a mailing list but I thought since Mobile was relatively close that someone might know what Sullivants Island was or is. I found this in the Baldwin/Washington County MS Territory Records wherein one of my Sullivan Ancestors left in his will land on Sullivants Island. Also in the tax records there wre other parties that had land on Sullivants Island. Thanks, Ginny Walker English

These are all the Hines in Mobile in 1860. Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860 Hines, Adam State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile Year : 1860 Page # : 017 Hines, Jacob State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile City 6th Ward Year : 1860 Page # : 558 Hines, James State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile Year : 1860 Page # : 187 Hines, James State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile City 2nd Ward Year : 1860 Page # : 284 Hines, James State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile City 4th Ward Year : 1860 Page # : 350 Hines, Michael State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 5 W. Mobile Year : 1860 Page # : 051 Census type code : Slave Schedule Hines, William State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : Mobile City 5th Ward Year : 1860 Page # : 405 Hinsey, Harriet State : AL County : Mobile Co. Location : 1 W. Mobile Year : 1860 Page # : 030 Census type code : Slave Schedule Hope this helps. BJ [email protected] wrote: > HINES, Edward F. b. 1860, Mobile, AL. Oh please help me. I can't afford to > give the archives people $25 to see if my Grandfather is in this census. who > knows he may have missed it, but I need someone who could help and maybe > needed some prayer. That I could offer and a blessing too. so thank you if > you can help me. It's important.

HINES, Edward F. b. 1860, Mobile, AL. Oh please help me. I can't afford to give the archives people $25 to see if my Grandfather is in this census. who knows he may have missed it, but I need someone who could help and maybe needed some prayer. That I could offer and a blessing too. so thank you if you can help me. It's important.

Flooding still a problem centuries later By JANE NICHOLES Register Staff Reporter 02/26/99 Owners of the historic site where Mobile was founded, as well as others concerned with its preservation, found many problems Thursday with a proposal to turn it into a park. City archivist Jay Higginbotham, who chairs the Tricentennial Commission's Old Mobile project, outlined a proposal that the property owners donate 117 acres at Twentyseven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River for a historical park. Reproductions of original buildings could be constructed on 10 to 25 acres, turning the site into a tourist attraction, Higginbotham suggested. The site known as Old Mobile is near Axis, in an industrial area near the soon-to-be constructed IPSCO steel mill. French settlers founded the town as Fort Louis in 1702, and at one time it was the capital of French Louisiana. The French abandoned Fort Louis in 1711, in part because of repeated flooding of the site and bouts of swamp fever among its residents. They headed downriver to the present site of Mobile. The site has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976. Archeologist Greg Waselkov of the University of South Alabama has been excavating the site off and on for a decade. Higginbotham said he's had thousands of inquiries from people seeking information about their ancestors who were part of the founding of Mobile. Families want to hold reunions at Old Mobile during the Tricentennial. A local teacher also said history teachers would love to be able to take regular field trips there. The main owners of the site include Acordis Cellulosis Fibers, formerly Courtaulds; DuPont Agricultural Products Mobile Manufacturing Center; and Alabama Power Co. Among the objections raised by company representatives and others attending a Tricentennial committee meeting on the Old Mobile project were these: Flooding, one of the reasons the original settlers pulled up stakes and left, is still so bad that excavations have to be suspended in certain parts of the year. In the summer, the area is plagued with deer flies and mosquitoes. "I've had (car) windows go completely black with deer flies," said Ben Midgette Jr., senior environmental coordinator for DuPont. The company representatives indicated they were reluctant to bring numerous tourists and school children into an area surrounded by heavy industry. Tourists could disturb or unintentionally interfere with the archaeology work, which the company spokesmen said they were anxious to preserve. The Archaeological Conservancy, a national organization dedicated to preserving historic sites, has been working with DuPont. The trend nationally is not to disturb sites with replica buildings, but rather to put replicas in different locations, said Alan D. Gruber, Southeast regional director for the conservancy. A historical park with artifacts, replicas and re-enactments would damage the integrity of the site, Gruber said. "We would be very much against that." The property owners agreed to review the proposal and return for another meeting in several weeks. -- webpage: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4943/index.htm Surnames interests: MOORE, HARTLEY, MALONE, LIPSCOMB, CHASTANG, LEWIS, RAWLS, WINBERG, NELSON, BUZBEE

The Alabama Department of Archives & History has an online site and the page for Family History and Genealogy is at http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/family.html The Mobile Co., ALGenWeb GenConnect query board is back up and running at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Mobile Be sure and visit our Mobile Co., ALGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~almobile/ Surf around and check out the offerings. Carol Middleton county coordinator [email protected] wrote: > > Looking for HINES, Edward F. B: 186O. I need to know dates, and parents. > Also does anyone have State Archives address?

I continue my search for parents of Alexander Hartley. Here are a couple of death notices for him and his wife that were in Mobile County newspapers in 1902. Alex died March 6, 1902 and his wife Mary C. Rawls died March 8, 1902. If anyone recognizes any details in the below clippings, please help. A link to my web page is in my tag file below the articles. I have some of my genealogies on my page. Sorry for the long post. Thanks, Jim Moore Mr. Alexander Hartley, probably the oldest resident of Mobile County, died this morning at an early hour at his home at Cleveland Station, on the Southern Railway, after a lingering illness. The deceased was born in this county and had resided here continually. He was, when active in life, engaged in the timber business and was well known in Mobile. At the time of his death he was eighty-seven years old and is survived by two sons and one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Neely. Mr. Hartley was a kind man and his death will be exceedingly regretted. --------------------- Within forty-eight hours after the death of him who had been her affectionate for three score years, Mrs. Alex Hartley passed away Saturday night at the old family home near Cleveland Station, ten miles north of Mobile. Friday's Herald chronicled the death of Mr. Hartley. The good old couple, beloved by all who knew them, were taken ill a few days ago. The husband, who had long enjoyed good health, despite his eighty-two years, until death came Thursday night. Quietly, gently, loving hands removed the remains from the room in which the good wife lay ill. She was not informed of his death, and when her spirit winged its way to heaven a few hours later everybody who knew of the deep devotion, each for each other, of this good man and wife, realized that God had been merciful to her. The beautiful married life of Mr. and Mrs. Hartley was an inspiration to others. They were married many, many years ago, when she was only fourteen years of age. Within a short distance of where the sacred ceremony was performed, the couple spent their life. Before the Civil War Mr. Hartley was a man of much means. After that awful period, by his thrift and energy, he again accumulated considerable wealth and at all times, in season of adversity or prosperity, the beautiful old Southern home was know all over Mobile county because of the hospitality and kindness of its owner. For over a third of a century the commodious old home, surrounded by friendly oaks, has been a welcome sight to all who passed that way. The writer of these lines remembers when as a mere child he was the guest of several of the grandchildren at the old home, and the lasting impression created by the gallant, chivalrous regard of the old gentleman for her, whose sympathy and love had encouraged him through life. In the old home they lived a useful, Christian life. Children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren today mourn the loss of this good old couple, but to them comes solace in the recollection of their long and beautiful life in the love of God and their death in the blessed hope of sweet immortality. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley were lifelong Methodists. But countless persons of various creeds were their friends. In his death Mobile County lost one of its best citizens. He served the county faithfully, honestly, and well as president of the board of revenue and road commissioners. To many friends and relatives the sweet, motherly disposition and noble Christian character of Mrs. Hartley will be a blessed memory and an inspiration to lead a better life. Rev. W. M. Crymes officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Hartley, which occurred yesterday afternoon, the remains being laid away in the family burying ground by the side of Mr. Hartley and within a mile of the home. The pallbearers were Nicholas Skoglund, C. J. Dewitt, J. D. Neeley, Abner Ward, Henry Malone and J. H. Nix. -- webpage: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4943/index.htm Surnames interests: MOORE, HARTLEY, MALONE, LIPSCOMB, CHASTANG, LEWIS, RAWLS, WINBERG, NELSON, BUZBEE

The correct spelling is CHIGHIZOLA

The correct spelling is CHIGHIZOLA

I am researching the Chighiaola family of Mobile and would like to retreive an article in The MOBILE PRESS REGISTER about their home on Franklin St. It ran several years ago. Does anyone have a date ? Mary Ann Tuohy

i have a good bit of info going back from alabama thru georgia too germany ! ! ! ! !