1853-1869 my 2GGF - Edmund S. Martin and family lived in St. Clair Co,AL. Recently I've been looking for a record for him in the CW, and all that I have is a letter recd. by a cousin of mine when she inquired at the AL Dept. of Archives & History (Mtgy.) in 1983 concerning Edmund S. Martin's possible CW service. Donald Watson, Military Archivist, stated in the letter that all he could find for him was an order of the Governor's correspondence (1863-64) showing " ...one Edmund S. Martin, Shoemaker, St. Clair County, Alabama - exempted from military service 1861-1865." For the Governor to exempt someone whom specifically named as a 'shoemaker', for the duration of the war, seems to indicate to me that the Gov. thought such an occupation was important enough to exempt him in order that he could be free to provide shoes for the population and for soldiers in that area. Sort of like a a gunsmith, a cobbler (shoemaker) was thought of as a 'Patriot' during the time of the Revolution. Along with other necessities, shoes were always in short supply in the Confederacy, especially when it came to outfitting the soldiers. E.S. Martin might've even signed up for a home guard unit in St. CLair Co. later on in the war. Does anyone know where such records might be kept in St. Clair Co... the courthouse? Thanks, Martha Confederate History Heritage, not Hate

Thank you , Jim. It was confusing as to where she might be buried and I am not familiar with the area. My great Aunt was Laura Mae Burttram Coker. What county is Birmingham? Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ryan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [ALSTCLAI] cemetery location > Linda > Elmwood in in Birmingham in the Southwestern section of the city. My dad > is buried there. Sixth ave South deadends into the cemetery. > > Cemetery is also final resting place of Paul "Bear" Bryant. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Stiles" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:11 PM > Subject: [ALSTCLAI] cemetery location > > >> Is Elmwood Cemetery in Trussville or Birmingham? My great aunt died in >> 2001 and she lived in Birmingham, her services were at Ridout's >> Trussville Chapel and buried at Elmwood Cemetery. >> Thanks, >> Linda >> >> >> ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the >> utility address [email protected] If you are trying to >> unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change >> the -L- to a -D- >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett [email protected] > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Does anyone know when Caldwell, St. Clair Co. ceased to be and was just known as part of Springville? Thanks , Linda

Is Elmwood Cemetery in Trussville or Birmingham? My great aunt died in 2001 and she lived in Birmingham, her services were at Ridout's Trussville Chapel and buried at Elmwood Cemetery. Thanks, Linda

Linda Elmwood in in Birmingham in the Southwestern section of the city. My dad is buried there. Sixth ave South deadends into the cemetery. Cemetery is also final resting place of Paul "Bear" Bryant. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Stiles" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:11 PM Subject: [ALSTCLAI] cemetery location > Is Elmwood Cemetery in Trussville or Birmingham? My great aunt died in > 2001 and she lived in Birmingham, her services were at Ridout's Trussville > Chapel and buried at Elmwood Cemetery. > Thanks, > Linda > > > ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address [email protected] If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

In 1853-1869 my 2GGF - Edmund S. Martin and family lived in St. Clair Co,AL. Recently I've been looking for a record for him in the CW, and all that I have is a letter recd. by a cousin of mine when she inquired at the AL Dept. of Archives & History (Mtgy.) in 1983 concerning Edmund S. Martin's possible CW service. Donald Watson, Military Archivist, stated in the letter that all he could find for him was an order of the Governor's correspondence (1863-64) showing " ...one Edmund S. Martin, Shoemaker, St. Clair County, Alabama - exempted from military service 1861-1865." For the Governor to exempt someone whom specifically named as a 'shoemaker', for the duration of the war, seems to indicate to me that the Gov. thought such an occupation was important enough to exempt him in order that he could be free to provide shoes for the population and for soldiers in that area. Sort of like a a gunsmith, a cobbler (shoemaker) was thought of as a 'Patriot' during the time of the Revolution. Along with other necessities, shoes were always in short supply in the Confederacy, especially when it came to outfitting the soldiers. Thanks for any light someone might be able to shed on this. Martha

Most tax collectors and tax appraisers are on-line, look for the county home page, then if you find weither of the above, you can either put in an address or name and it will tell you who ownes it - you can also call either the tax collector/assessor for the county and they will tell you over the telephone if the recent taxes have been paid, who paid them and how much they were, they will also give you the owners name - all of this is public record. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:22 PM Subject: [ALSTCLAI] Re: ALSTCLAI-D Digest V06 #68 | If you will send me address, I will look up on tax records for you. If the | current owner has had property for at least a year, a record will be posted | and I will pass it on. Also, to Mary Davis, if Realtors got paid for | everything they ever did for anyone we would all be rich and if I were rich I would | no longer be working. | | | ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== | NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] | | ============================== | View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find | marriage announcements and more. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx |

If you will send me address, I will look up on tax records for you. If the current owner has had property for at least a year, a record will be posted and I will pass it on. Also, to Mary Davis, if Realtors got paid for everything they ever did for anyone we would all be rich and if I were rich I would no longer be working.

From Ancestry.com: Alabama Deaths 1908-1959 Name: Herbert B Brittain Death Date: 31 Dec 1956 Death County: Jefferson Volume: 50 Certificate: 24938 Roll: 5 On the 1930 census, in Stewarts, St Clair Co, AL, there Is a family that might be yours: Winnataska Road W.B. Britton, age 54, age 21 at first marriage, b. TN< Parents b. Great Brittain/TN, caretaker of recreation Camp Minnie, wife, age 53, age 19 at first marriage, b. AL, Parents b. North Ireland/AL Hurbert, son, age 23, b. AL, married, age 19 at first marriage, Day laborer at dairy farm (wife is not listed in HH) Ruth M. Johnson, dau, age 18, age 18 at first marriage Stanley Johnson, son in law, age 21, age 21 at first Marriage, b. AL, parents b. AL, day laborer at rec camp 1920 Census District 138, Precinct 31, Jefferson Co, AL William Brittain, age 47, b. AL, parents b. AL, carpenter Minnie, wife, age 46, b. AL, parents b. AL Herbert, son, age 13, b. AL Ruth, dau, age 8, b. AL Tricia As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did. - Robert Benchley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 6:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ALSTCLAI] HERBERT BRITTAIN, JR or SR This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brittain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/644 Message Board Post: I am desperately searching for any information on Herbert Brittain, Jr. (born about 1948) or his father (died 1956) in Pell City, AL. If anyone knows anything about either of these men, please write me at [email protected] I am working on genealogy, and Herbert Jr. is my husband's biological father who he has met only once. Please help us! I want to find out more about Herbert Sr.'s brothers, sisters, mom, etc. so that I can find them in the census records. Being connected with my husband's father would be a plus. Thank you in advance for any help you can give us! ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brittain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/644 Message Board Post: I am desperately searching for any information on Herbert Brittain, Jr. (born about 1948) or his father (died 1956) in Pell City, AL. If anyone knows anything about either of these men, please write me at [email protected] I am working on genealogy, and Herbert Jr. is my husband's biological father who he has met only once. Please help us! I want to find out more about Herbert Sr.'s brothers, sisters, mom, etc. so that I can find them in the census records. Being connected with my husband's father would be a plus. Thank you in advance for any help you can give us!

If you know the address, you can go to the Ashville Court House and they can give you the name and address of the owner.

Couldn't you check with the property appraiser's office in that county? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Davis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [ALSTCLAI] Owner of run down house? > Check with one of the local real estate companies. They will probably > know > or can find out. Of course, they will want their share of the sale. > > Mary Davis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:15 AM > Subject: [ALSTCLAI] Owner of run down house? > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/643 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> How can I find out who owns a house I'm interested in buying? It appears > to be vacant but I'm mainly concerned with the land itself. Any ideas > where > to start? >> >> >> ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address [email protected] If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address [email protected] If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Check with one of the local real estate companies. They will probably know or can find out. Of course, they will want their share of the sale. Mary Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: [ALSTCLAI] Owner of run down house? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/643 > > Message Board Post: > > How can I find out who owns a house I'm interested in buying? It appears to be vacant but I'm mainly concerned with the land itself. Any ideas where to start? > > > ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address [email protected] If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

write me off list - delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: [ALSTCLAI] Owner of run down house? | This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. | | Classification: Query | | Message Board URL: | | http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/643 | | Message Board Post: | | How can I find out who owns a house I'm interested in buying? It appears to be vacant but I'm mainly concerned with the land itself. Any ideas where to start? | | | ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== | To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address [email protected] If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- | | ============================== | View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find | marriage announcements and more. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx |

Suggest you contact a realtor in vicinity. Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: [ALSTCLAI] Owner of run down house? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/643 > > Message Board Post: > > How can I find out who owns a house I'm interested in buying? It appears > to be vacant but I'm mainly concerned with the land itself. Any ideas > where to start? > > > ==== ALSTCLAI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the > utility address [email protected] If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change > the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/643 Message Board Post: How can I find out who owns a house I'm interested in buying? It appears to be vacant but I'm mainly concerned with the land itself. Any ideas where to start?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: adams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/306.13.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Dear David, do you have any info on nathan ...like who were his parents & brothers? thank you Judi

From the book "The Heritage of St. Clair County", the earliest Willingham's in that county arrived in 1818. However, I didn't find what you were looking for. If your library could borrow the book from a larger library, I'm sure you could find some clues about your Willingham ancestors. There are many pages listing Willingham families in St. Clair county. I read them looking for mention of Elizabeth Jane.

St. Clair Marriages 1819-1899: Abner Williamson married Elizabeth Jane Willingham 10 Mar 1853, Consent of father, David Williamson. I did not find her in the 1850 St. Clair census. The marriage is all that I could find in the books that I have. Good luck, Betty

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willingham, Williamson, Leachman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/642 Message Board Post: I am looking for the parents of Elizabeth Jane Willingham born 1836.I am also looking for the possibilty that she was full blooded Cherokee Indian. She is married to Abner Williamson and they are listed in the 1860 census St. Clair Co., Alabama. Perhaps her parents hid out when the Trail of Tears took place. Hope someone can help. Thank you, Linda [email protected]