Oh Yes! You should have heard the discussion in Course 3 at IGHR--Southern
REcords--today. One classmate is from that county and was absolutely
delirious.
Douglas Burnett
Satellite Beach
Fl


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Gale Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I know this web site is for those doing research in VA but there has just
> been a huge gift returned to Madison Co. AL that has been missing for 60
> years.
>
> A man borrowed 38 original courthouse records in 1953 and never returned
> them. He checked them out to write a master’s thesis.
>
> Today these records have been returned to the public library in
> Huntsville, AL. These are missing primary records that have caused
> researchers to look everywhere for missing information.  Some of the books
> date back to 1813 which is before Alabama became a state. People had
> “dropped down” from TN into the area south of the TN state line as far as
> the TN River which is Madison Co. AL.
>
> For anyone who has ancestors who came into AL this early, you will be
> thrilled. The story is in the newspaper at this website.
>
> http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/06/forget_the_overdue_fine_librar.html
>
> Thank you for posting this so that the word can get around to any trying
> to find ancestors of the MS Territory in north Alabama.
>
> Gale Fuller
> Huntsville, AL
> with many, many ancestors in VA!!
>
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Satellite Beach
FL
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