HISTORICAL RECORDS ADDED THIS SPRING

RECORDS ADDED THIS SPRING LIST:  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list


Here are the Alabama records but of course there is much more

Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930	6,841	12 Mar 2012
Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865	1,213,534	21 Apr 2012
Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865	31,582	21 Apr 2012
Alabama, County Estate Records, 1800-1996	25,297	28 Feb 2012
Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950	566,839	8 May 2012
Alabama, County Probate Records	Browse Images	18 May 2011
Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952	105,825	4 May 2010
Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974	1,858,819	5 May 2010
Alabama, Madison County Chancery and Circuit Court Records, 1847-1950	Browse Images	10 May 2012
Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957	1,516,339	22 Mar 2012
Alabama, State Census, 1855	34,978	12 Dec 2011
Alabama, State Census, 1866	243,781	12 Dec 2011
Alabama, Sumter County Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950	Browse Images	4 Jan 2012

NEWS FROM WALLACE STATE ARCHIVES

Our genealogy collection will be closed May 8 through 12, May 26-28,and June 2.

We will be offering genealogical seminars this summer including:

June 8-9            Introduction to Genealogy

June 22              Southern Genealogy

June 23              Civil War Genealogy

July 13               Advanced Genealogy

July 14               Book Publishing

Each class starts at 9 AM and ends at 2PM. The cost is $35 for any or all of the above together. You can pay and register when you come to class. The classes will be taught in the library depending on space available. We meet in the basement.

Our old friend Frazine Taylor, formerly the head of the search room at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, was on the national television show Finding Your Roots last Sunday night.

This Saturday I will be speaking on the Revolutionary War battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia, February 14, 1779, at the Grove Hill Methodist Church in Grove Hill, Alabama, from 215 PM to 315 PM. It is part of a day long symposium being put on by the Clarke County Museum , 251-275 8684.

Bob Davis

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WHAT YOU CAN FIND FROM A WWI REGISTRATION CARD

You can get a wealth of information from a World War 1 registration card. An example is the card of Sam Hamilton Allen. This information has several great clues:

Name he went by - Sam Hamilton Allen

Address              - Boyds Creek, Tennessee

Birthdate             - 8 May 1882

Occupation         - Farmer

Wife name          - Sara Allen

Eyes were          - Blue - just a point of interest

Hair color           - Brown

Board office        - Sevierville, Tennessee

Now with this information you should be able to:

Locate Sam on the 1900 census record, maybe in Sevier County, Tenneess and find out his parents' names

You have Sam's name and his birth month and year to match it up to the census record

Maybe locate a marriage license is Sevier County, Tennessee - you know both the brides' first name and the grooms complete name

Maybe even find Sam and his wife, Sara on "Find A Grave" in Sevier County, Tennessee  which would even open more door with additional clues to possable family members buried near them along with a complete death date

Keep researching it is out there just waiting for you to find it.


The Athens Family History Center can provide you with free access to the 3 Fold subscription (military database).
Visit soon and see what else they can offer to help you in your search.