She is somewhere in MS. This is for some one living in Tallapoosa County -- can you look this ferry question up for Bobbyee? Or please give her the address of the Library in Dadeville and ALEX City. Let me mention that during one of my visits into ALEX City or Dadeville, AL I seen a book on Tallapoosa County that had several pages for each of the one room schools, old churches, cotton mills, and more. It evan had a special section on that part of the county West of the River. I would think that it has something on the ferries. After all for the greater part, you had to take the ferry or swim to get across the river. Maybe some one living in Tallapoosa County can do a look up. Bill ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Williams and Ferry Author: <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com > at smtpmail Date: 8/3/98 11:17 AM Bobbye: You do not emanation WHERE you live. If you live in Alabama, there is usually one or more law libraries in each county seat town. You could ask any attorney. Some firms have their own set of law books. There may be one in the court house for judges and attorneys. Somewhere there will be at least one. If you live near a university with a law school, no matter what state, they will have a law library. Often it is separate from the normal University library. Even though the school is in a distant state, most law school libraries have the laws from other states. Sometimes they are on microfilm, rather than in book form. If you don't live in a town with a law school, ask an attorney where he/she might suggest. There should be at least one in every large town in your state, particularly, those towns that are county seats. I would think some of the state laws, such as Alabama's would be published on CD Rom and more accessible to attorneys in all states. If your state is far removed from Alabama, it is likely smaller town law libraries will not have the laws of AL. The larger the city, the more likely. As long as public funds are paid to maintain a law library for lawyers in your town, they should be open to the public. It is just that they would wonder why you would wish to look at the books and question your motives and reasons for using a law library. The average person, or even, genealogist seldom uses a law library-but they should! I guess you could write to a law school or the state archives in Montgomery and ask the to check (if they will) the laws for a mention of your ferry. There should be a book/register of licenses at the state archives issuing the license. I doubt there were be any genealogical information. It would probably be in a register. There may or may not be a file on your ferry or maybe on all ferries. You might write Robert Scott Davis, Genealogical Director, Genealogical Library, Cullman State College, Cullman, AL. I dont know the zip code. Tell Bob I suggested you write him. He may have a set of Acts of AL. He might also have something on ferries in the state. If there is a file at the state archives on ferries, he would probably be able to tell you the correct name of the file. He might have other suggestions. One of his specialties IS AL. MIC -----Original Message----- From: BOBBYE <BOBBYE@MICROSPED.COM> To: barnette@neosoft.com <barnette@neosoft.com> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 11:36 PM Subject: Re: Williams and Ferry >Thanks, >Since I live in Ms. Where do you suggest I write to? I am a long way from >Tallapoosa county and unfamiliar with the law libraries. I am a baby >genealogist having been in this about a year. But I am willing and able to >learn. Any suggestions appreciated. >---------- >> From: barnette@neosoft.com >> To: BobbyE >> Subject: Re: Williams and Ferry >> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 7:42 PM >> >> Bobbye: >> >> I suggest you go to a law library. Look at a set of books called >> something like....the Acts (laws) of Alabama. The law librarian will be >able >> to point you in the right direction. >> >> For someone to run a ferry, they would have had to have a license to >do >> so. The license would be granted by the state. A record of the >legislature >> voting on the approval of the license to operate a ferry over the river >> would have been in the legislative minutes. Thus, they would be listed in >> the Acts of the state. >> >> Good luck, >> >> MIC >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: BOBBYE <BOBBYE@MICROSPED.COM> >> To: ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com <ALTALLAP-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 7:58 PM >> Subject: Williams and Ferry >> >> >> >I am told that my gg grandfathers family ran a ferry on the Tallapoosa >> >River.My gg grand father was William Norman Williams and he had a >brother >> >Fletcher Williams. Can any one tell me what years they ran the ferry and >> >help me locate the parents of these two in that time frame. I know that >> >William was born Jan. 13,1829. >> >Thank you >> > >> > >> > >