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May 2006 Old Bios 05/28/06 Esther W. Gillespie Harrison Cheshire bio added Civil War 05/20/06 Asa Orr records Land Records of Blount County 05/20/06 Dover to McCollum - 1839, Asa Orr, Orr to Dover & Alldredge to Orr County Records 05/20/06 Alabamians in the Territorial Militia and Civil Service (1818)......and a few 1860-61 tax records. Old Newspaper Clippings 05/20/06 3 new clippings added April 2006 The Blount County Memorial Museum has five new displays. Featured are historical plates, covered bridges, Indian artifacts, antique items, and days-gone-by items. The museum is located on Courthouse Square in Oneonta World War I 04/19/06 A-G Registration Cards complete Old Schools 04/19/06 Joy School and Five Points Music School added Land Records of Blount County 04/03/06 James Dorsey and Robert Hamsworth Blackburn - 1839 Old Newspaper Clippings 04/01/06 Mr. & Mrs Little Anniversary added Old Obits 04/01/06 Duke, Posey added March 2006 Old Obits 03/17/06 Haygood, Boyd, Montgomery, Burnam, Burton, Copeland, Cox, Ratliff added Old Newspaper Clippings 03/17/06 More 1882 Clippings added Marriages 03/17/06 Several Marriage Announcements from 1882 added (latest are always at the top of the page) Births & Birthdays of the Past 03/17/06 Several new birth announcements from 1882 03/16/06 - The submission page on "Queries" will be down a day or so while I figure out how to stop the filthy spam that is being posted to it. Please check back in a day or so to post your legimate query. Sorry for the inconvenience. Births & Birthdays of the Past 03/16/06 New Section Added Marriages 03/16/06 6 Old Newspaper Marriage Announcements added (latest are always at the top of the page) Old Obits 03/16/06 Robins, McDowell, Brooks, Cowden, Cole, Blackmon, Allgood, Hale, Harrell, Livingston, Foust added Old Newspaper Clippings 03/16/06 3 new Clippings added Old Obits 03/09/06 Elrod, Patterson, Musgrove, Weston added Old Obits 03/08/06 Hood, Burns added Old Newspaper Clippings 03/08/06 Clippings added If you aren't reading the old clippings just cause they don't have your family in them, you're missing a REAL Treat. They tell you SO much about the times and way of life of all your ancestors. Marriages 03/05/06 Newspaper Marriage Announcement added (latest are always at the top of the page) Old Newspaper Clippings 03/05/06 Clippings from Dec. 1879 Old Obits 03/05/06 Arnold, Vincent, Graves, Fowler added February 2006 Old Obits 02/20/06 Smith, Helms, Alldredge, Timmerman, Thomas, Reid, Culwell, Weaver, Anderson added. Old Newspaper Clippings 02/18/06 Clipping from 1879 County Records 02/18/06 County Officials 1879 Old Schools 02/18/06 Ninth District Agricultural School in Blountsville Old Newspaper Clippings 02/17/06 Clipping from 1882 Marriages 02/17/06 2 Newspaper Marriage Announcements added (latest are always at the top of the page) Old Obits 02/17/06 Gurley, Graves, James added Old Newspaper Clippings 02/16/06 News from December 1881 Census Records 02/15/06 1850 transcription - more pages added Old Obits 02/15/06 Collins, Armstrong, McConnell, Bramlet, Cornelius, Walker, Bullard, Clowdus, Good, Malone, Lee added World War II 02/14/06 Moorehouse added Census Records 02/11/06 1860 pg 853-857 and 1850 more pages added Marriage Announcements 02/11/06 You MUST read this one....a real valentine!!!!! Thanks Terry. Old Newspaper Clippings 02/11/06 News from Feb 1904 & April 1888 Old Obits 02/10/06 Butts, Cox, Rogers, Gill, Parnell, Burnum, Hawkins, Hollingsworth, Greer, Daily, Tidwell added Marriages 02/10/06 New sub-section Old Marriage Announcements from the Newspaper Old Newspaper Clippings 021/10/06 News from Oct 1907 Old Obits 02/10/06 Alldredge, Hood added Land Records of Blount County 02/10/06 Clack to Hood land records - 1834 Old Obits 02/09/06 Causey, Green, Tally, Mead, Jenkins, Barnett, Busler, Kent added Old Obits 02/07/06 Sanders, Smith, Waid, Clowdus, Hullett, Reed, Wynn, Cornelius, Copeland, Thomas, Spence, Donehoo, Barnes added Land Records of Blount County 02/05/06 Index to Plat Maps completed. Land Records of Blount County 02/05/06 13S-2E Plat Map of Original Owners Land added THIS COMPLETES THE PLAT MAPS OF ORIGINAL OWNERS!! Land Records of Blount County 02/04/06 13S-1W & 13S-1E Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Old Obits 02/04/06 Camp, Murphree, Price, Marsh, Vaughn, Cornelius, Rogers, Brice, Nation, Latham added Census Records 02/03/06 1840 pg 78 and the A-F index for all of 1840 Old Obits 02/03/06 Chambers, (2)Smith, Neel, Nobles, Dial, Thomas, Clements, Fields, Hendricks added Census Records 02/03/06 1866 Colored Population Head of Households Politicians 02/03/06 Senators & Reps from Blount Co to Ala. State Legislature War of 1812 02/03/06 Pensioners in Blount Co in 1883 County Records 02/03/06 1867 Petition and Sheriffs of Blount Co. Towns & Communities of Old Blount Co. 02/03/06 BRAND NEW section....can you add to it? Census Records 02/03/06 1840 census Page 76 corrected and back up Land Records of Blount County 02/02/06 12S-1E Plat Map of Original Owners Land added Old Obits 02/01/06 Bullard, Hemphill, Ashworth, Morton, Bledsoe, (2)Deaver, Wikle, Reese, Harris added Old Schools 02/01/06 Cleveland Public School in Blount Co. January 2006 Land Records of Blount County 01/31/06 13S-2W Plat Map of Original Owners Land added Old Newspaper Clippings 01/31/06 Six new added....new are at the top of the page Old Obits 01/31/06 Acton, Engler, Beasley, Green, Byars, Davidson, Dobbs, Foster, Reavis, Walker, Haynes, Shelton, Johnson, Odum, Sanders, Ratliff, (2)Murphree added Blount Co. Historical Society & Museum 01/31/06 I'm very excited to add a new section to our pages with information from the Blount County Historical Society & Museum. This will include titles of files and books they have and surnames indexes from some publications as well as activities and announcements. Welcome Society and Museum folks!! Old Obits 01/30/06 Grigsby, Handley, Staton, Murphree, Dean, Byrum, Henderson, Smith, Robinett added Land Records of Blount County 01/27/06 12S-1W Plat Map of Original Owners Land added Land Records of Blount County 01/26/06 12S-2W Plat Map of Original Owners Land added Land Records of Blount County 01/25/06 12S-3W & 13S-3W Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Land Records of Blount County 01/23/06 13S-3E, 14S-2E, 2W, 3W & 4W Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Civil War 01/23/06 List of claimants to the Southern Claims Commission from Blount County Census Records 01/23/06 Pages 77 added to the 1840 transcription Land Records of Blount County 01/21/06 An off-site link added to an index of the original land owners in Blount Co. until we can get one on-site connected to each township and range map by name. Land Records of Blount County 01/21/06 12S 2E Plat Map of Original Owners Land added Census Records 01/21/06 Pages 91a&b & 92a&b added to the 1850 transcription Land Records of Blount County 01/20/06 11S 3E & 12S 3E Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Old Obits 01/20/06 Martin, Robinett, Rosser, Smith, Stephens, Timmerman & Ward added Census Records 01/17/06 Another page of the 1840 census transcribed Old Obits 01/17/06 4 Blackwood, Little, Adams, Fendley added Old Churches 01/16/06 Welcome No. 1 Baptist Church Land Records of Blount County 01/16/06 2 Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Census Records 01/16/06 New link added for the 1880 Census Index & Search Land Records of Blount County 01/15/06 Another Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Old Newspaper Clippings 01/15/06 Posey clipping added Old Obits 01/15/06 Blackwood, Jones, Stephens, 3 Moorehouse, 2 Posey added Pictures 01/15/06 5 new pictures added. Thanks Diane Old Newspaper Clippings 01/11/06 4 clippings added Pictures 01/10/06 2 new pictures of the courthouse added. Family Trees 01/09/06 Decendants of William Curry Old Obits 01/08/06 2 Allen, 5 Blackwood, Burgess, Copeland, 4 Fendley, Tidwell, Sullins, Johnson, Little, Robinette, Taylor, 2 Timmerman, Parker, 2 Posey, Green obits added Land Records of Blount County 01/06/06 2 more Plat Maps of Original Owners Land added Land Records of Blount County 01/04/06 T11S R1W Map of Original Owners Land added Land Records of Blount County 01/03/06 T10S R1W Map of Original Owners Land added Land Records of Blount County 01/02/06 4th & 5th of 28 Plat Maps of Original Owners Land complete Family Trees 01/02/06 The Ketchum Family Land Records of Blount County 01/01/06 3rd of 28 Plat Maps of Original Owners Land complete Would you like to help with the index? December 2005 Land Records of Blount County 12/31/05 2nd of 28 Plat Maps of Original Owners Land complete Land Records of Blount County 12/30/05 1st of 28 Plat Maps of Original Owners Land complete Pictures 12/24/05 2 new pictures added. Additions to the picture page are always at the top of the page. Old Newspaper Clippings 12/15/05 2 new clippings added Old Obits 12/12/05 1885 Standridge obits added Family Trees 12/12/05 Decendants of Lewis Miller Added November 2005 Old Newspaper Clippings 11/07/05 More 1909 clippings added A huge thanks to Terry for these!!! Old Newspaper Clippings 11/06/05 1909 clippings added Old Newspaper Clippings 11/05/05 1879 & 1889 clippings added October 2005 Family Trees 10/23/05 Decendants of George W. Jacobs Added Civil War 10/18/05 Alabama 29th Infantry, Co C. Pictures 10/18/05 No 5 Limestone Mine in Muscoda, Bessemer, Jefferson Co. AL - can you identify any of these men....some were from Blount County Family Group Sheets 10/18/05 William Pat Carnes family & John A. Tolbart family added Pictures 10/18/05 Tolbart, Carnes, Hollingingsworth pictures added Pictures 10/18/05 MacKinley, Riggs, Bozeman & Thomas pictures added Family Group Sheets 10/17/05 Greenberry Carnes family added Pictures 10/17/05 Carnes & Sanders picture and info added Civil War 10/17/05 Ratliff, Watkins & Bland added Message Boards 10/12/05 Added new link to "Alabama in the Civil War" board This is a VERY active board. Message Boards 10/11/05 New section added to help you find more researchers and information Old County Court Records 10/10/05 Drury McPherson Probate Records 1871 Land Records of Blount County 10/06/05 McPherson's Land Old Churches 10/06/05 Woodruff's Chapel Can anyone tell us more about this church and cemetery? Old Newspaper Clippings 10/02/05 1914 clipping added Old Obits 10/02/05 Stephens, (2)Walker, Rice, Stephens, Hames, Dumic, Ingle & Bromley obits added September 2005 Cemeteries 09/17/05 Mt. Ebell Cemetery names added Can you help with other cemeteries? August 2005 Old Obits 08/31/05 Wright & Adams obits added Old Schools 08/31/05 Mount View School in Blount Co. Old Schools 08/31/05 Union Point School in Blount Co. Can you identify any of the students? Cemeteries 08/27/05 Can someone help clear up the confusion about the "2" Ebell Cemeteries? Census Records 08/27/05 1866 Residents - All Ranges in Township 13 & 14 South Completed Census Records 08/25/05 1840 Census pages 83-85 complete This should complete the Eastern Division Census Records 08/21/05 1866 Residents - All Ranges in Township 12 South Completed Census Records 08/13/05 1850 Census pages 87-90 Census Records 08/13/05 1866 Residents - All Ranges in Township 11 South complete Census Records 08/12/05 1866 Residents - All Ranges in Township 10 South complete Census Records 08/11/05 1866 Residents - All Ranges in Township 9 South complete Civil War 08/11/05 Misc. Civil War Information added Old Obits 08/07/05 Ingram & Phillips obits added Old Newspaper Clippings 08/07/05 New Section added....many new articles to come Land Records of Blount County 08/03/05 New Section added (watch for new additions here) Old Obits 08/03/05 Mathison, Dover & Roberson obits added Family Trees 08/02/05 Ancestors of Jo Ann Thomas Added Census Records 08/01/05 1840 Census pages 86-105 complete July 2005 Pictures 07/28/05 New Picture added Old Obits 07/26/05 Miller obits added World War II 07/26/05 James Wesley Miller added Old Post Offices 07/07/05 Summit Post Office Old Post Offices 07/04/05 new section added Old Obits 07/04/05 12 obits added Bible Records 07/04/05 Suvillo Jane Purdy Timmerman Bible Records added Family Group Sheets 07/04/05 Stokely Donaldson Ward family added Revolutionary War 07/02/05 Charles & Martha Holt Census Records 07/02/05 1840 Census More pages transcribed and indexed Census Records 07/01/05 1840 Census More pages transcribed and indexed June 2005 Cemeteries 06/30/05 Added readings for Cleveland Methodist Cemeteries 06/18/05 Completed small maps on Cemetery page.....for now. If you can locate any of the others please let me know. Marriages 06/18/05 Marriages 1866-1879 added Census Records 06/12/05 Census Maps added Cemeteries 06/12/05 Added several more cemetery names....need your help to see if there are any duplicates AND started adding maps to the cemeteries. Cemeteries 06/11/05 55 Cemeteries indexed and links added today If you have any cemetery transcriptions that you can contribute, please do....even if they are posted elsewhere or have links on this site already. Wills 06/11/05 Another new will added today Old County Court Records 06/10/05 Copeland Probate Record Wills 06/10/05 4 new wills added today Cemeteries 06/10/05 More cemeteries added Cemeteries 06/09/05 Pictures added to Hudson Cemetery Cemeteries 06/09/05 Several Cemetery transcriptions added Wills 06/09/05 2 new wills added today Bible Records 06/09/05 2 new family Bible Records added Census Records 06/09/05 1840 Index added - will up-date as more census pages are added Census Records 06/08/05 1840 Census started Cemeteries 06/08/05 Hudson Cemetery transcription Family Group Sheets 06/07/05 George Gilbreath family added Cemeteries 06/07/05 Wonderful picture of Gum Springs Cemetery!!!! Civil War 06/07/05 John Dunklin Sullivan Census Records 06/06/05 1850 Census Index Cemeteries 06/06/05 I've just added a large road map with the cemeteries of the county. If you can identify any that I could not or see corrections to be made, please notify me. Family Group Sheets 06/05/05 Horton family added Family Group Sheets 06/04/05 4 more families added Family Group Sheets 06/03/05 New section added with first three submissions Other Sites 06/03/05 New off-site link added with a number of surnames Family Trees 06/02/05 Gunter & Roden Families Added Please remember we need YOUR help. If you can contribute to any of these pages, consider taking time to do so.

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