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From: Ted and Freda Noble <>
Subject: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] Need info to plan research trip to Selma,Dallas County, AL
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:10:42 -0700
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>SaMford University, Birmgingham, Al., has a web page. The genealogy
>department is quite active. Takes groups to England for research,
>etc. Freda '48



>I wish I had known this earlier. Thanks for passing along the info. I used
>to attend Sanford University in Birmingham. Sanford used to be the old
>Howard College that was, at one time, next door to my house in Perry County
>Alabama. I played on the burned out columns when I was young and some of my
>family remember the night it burned down. Then Howard moved to Birmingham
>and, the semester that I attended in 1964 or 65 it was still called Howard.
>I remember riding the bus from the West End over to Howard for night
>classes. I know they must have some really good records in regard to the
>Baptist church but do they have census reports and things like that? Next
>time I get down to Alabama I am going to stop by Sanford. Thanks for
>sharing this.
>
>I found some records at the Library in Birmingham, in particular the obits
>of some of my relatives. I also found records at the archives in
>Montgomery. Two men who worked there tried to talk me out of looking at the
>1890 census telling me that it had burned and no one ever found any
>ancestors in there. However, I already knew that three of my kinfolk were
>in the 1890 census record and got them to pull it. They both said they had
>never met anyone who had an ancestor in their 1890 census. LOLL! It was a
>lot of fun. I also found the records where my great grandfather and my
>granduncle were commissioned as Justices of the Peace.
>
>We passed right by Sanford but didn't think to stop. Next time I'll put it
>on my list.
>
>
>
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>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [ALDALLAS-L] Need info to plan research trip to Selma,Dallas
>County, AL
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>> The largest repository of records in AL is located at the library of
>Sanford University in Birmingham.
>>
>> Linda
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