Thanks to whoever wrote me with the answer in reply to the St. Clair board query (see below). For some reason your post didn't come thru, but came mixed up in var. other requests & queries in the list digest. My GGM was Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" Dean Carden (12/12/1816,TN - 8/1/1894,Shelby Co,AL). Her father was Jacob Dean and I believe that he came from NC via GA then into St. Clair,AL around the time of statehood (12/1819). That part seems incongrous to me though, bc/I didn't think that those Indian lands on the east side of AL were settled at that time by anyone except the Indians of the Creek & Cherokee tribes. Actually I read that Indians didn't really 'live' in east AL at that time either, but used that land for hunting only. Martha ---------------------------------------------- At 10:56 AM 5/6/2006 -0700, you wrote: > Martha, I have Joe Whitten's Book that covers obit abstracts for that period. What was her name? Martha wrote: Could anyone tell me which newspaper(s) might've published obits for the year 1894 in St. Clair Co,AL ... and how to find them? My Gt.G.mother died in that year, either in Shelby or St. Clair Co,AL. >>> Thanks, Martha "...they have departed hence; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.' (Genesis 37:17) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: ALSTCLAI-D Digest V06 #59