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!! > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > -- Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL As a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the National Genealogical Society (NGS), the Florida State Genealogical Society(FSGS) and the Virginia Genealogical Society(VGS), I support and adhere to the APG's Code of Ethics. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html