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Welcome to
Madison County,
Alabama
Genealogy and
History |
Volunteers Dedicated to Free
Genealogy
This
county is "Up For Adoption"
Genealogy Trails is a group of
volunteers dedicated to putting data online. Our goal is to help you
track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and
historical data for the free use of all researchers.
If you
think you might be interested in hosting a county or state website
visit our
Volunteer Information Page .
This is truly a fun project and you'll
learn as you go.
[You
must have a desire to transcribe data and
need to know how to
build a basic webpage to put that data on]
We hope you will consider contributing
your Obits, Biographies and Pioneer Family History.
Send your
contributions to Veneta
We are sorry that we don't have time to
perform personal research.
Any data we come across for this
county, will be placed on this site.
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County
Information
Madison
County was established on December 13, 1808 by the governor of
the Mississippi territory and named in honor of James Madison,
fourth President of the United States of America, and the
first to visit the state of Alabama. Its county seat is
Huntsville. It covers parts of the former Decatur
County.
Madison County is recognized as the "birthplace" of
Alabama, which was founded here on December 14,
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For much of the
county's history, the economy has revolved mostly around
agriculture. Madison County was one of the largest
cotton-producing counties in the state of Alabama, and textile
mills operated around the county.
This all changed when
a group of German rocket scientists, led by Wernher von Braun,
came to Huntsville in 1950. They developed the
Mercury-Redstone Rocket, which eventually became the first
vehicle to launch an American into space. Tens of thousands of
jobs came to the area as a result of the "space
race"
[Source:
wikipedia.org] |
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Cities and
Towns |
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Gurley
Harvest
Hazel Green
Huntsville (part - part of
Huntsville is in Limestone County)
Madison (part -
part of Madison is in Limestone County) |
Meridianville
Moores Mill
New Hope
New Market
Owens Cross
Roads
Redstone Arsenal
Triana |
Online
Data
(We need data!!!)
We
hope you will consider contributing your Census Data,
Marriage/Birth/Death Records, Obituaries, Biographies and Pioneer
Family History.
Send your contributions to Veneta
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BIOGRAPHIES |
BIRTHS |
CEMETERIES |
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CENSUS
DATA |
CHURCH
RECORDS |
DEATHS |
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HISTORY |
MARRIAGES |
MILITARY |
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NEWSPAPER
DATA |
OBITS |
PIONEER
FAMILIES |
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POST
OFFICES |
SCHOOLS |
WILLS |
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Website
Updates:
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May 2013:
Industrial: Fire at Ice & Bottling co
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Deaths:
BAKER
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Sick
List: WHITE
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Community
news
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April
2013: Death news: BRIDGES
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March
2013: Sick news: HAMLET; Madison County History by Smith and
DeLand 1888; Bios:
ARNETT, HARRIS, MARTIN, PRYOR, TANNER, WISE
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Feb 2013:
Obits: HALL, DARNELL, TUCK - Submitted by Helen Medlin;
Death News: ERSKINE,
HAMBRICK - Transcribed by D. Donlon; Marriage News: HATCH,
RICE, BRANDON, JORDAN, DUNN, HAMMOND, PRITCHARD, MANN,
RHODEN, BOLDEN, STEGAR, DILLARD - transcribed by FOFG
mz
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Birth
News: DAVIS, HENDLEY, MIXON, PENNY, POPE, SHEFFEY, SHELBY,
STEGOR, THOMPSON, TURNER, WENDEL - transcribed by FOFG mz;
Vietnam War
Casualties - Transcribed by Mary Kay Krogman; Crime news; GROGAN
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Jan 2013:
Crime news: HARRISON; Death News: MARTIN. PHIPPS; BRANSFORD,
CLANTON, COOPER, FOOSHEE, LESTER, McCOWN, MINCHENER, THOMAS
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Deaths of
State Convicts 1910 - 1914 - Transcribed by Dawn
Conway
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November
2012: Crime News: JOHNSON and TERRILL
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Oct 2012:
1883 Pensioners; Bios: LEEDY, CLOPTON, FORDYCE - submitted
by Linda Rodriguez.Sept 2012: Married News: BELL, LETZ,
MARSTON, LEWIS, PATTERSON, REED; Community News; Crime News;
Death News: ALLISON, AUSTIN, BRADFORD, COLLILER, FORD,
HALSEY, HARRIS, HUBERT, LANFORD, MACON, MCDONALD, PYNDEON,
SCHIFFMAN, WARWICK, WATKINS, WHITMAN; Industrial news;
Military News; Sick List News, Weather News; Bio :DALE,
WITHERS
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Pioneer
Family: HOLLAND
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Aug 2012:
Obit: BRADFORD; WWI Gold Stars
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July
2012: Listing of Schools and Post Offices
Jan. 2012: Census: 1809
Squatters, 1907 Confederate Soldiers; News: History: An
Interesting Relic Found;
Feb. 2011: News: Military Items:
CLUTTS, MAYHALL;
June 2010: Obits: BIRNEY,
BEASLEY;
May 2010: Obits: Consort of John D.
Travis;
July
2009: CEMETERY Index; VARIOUS CEMETERY
Records
April
2009: Additional Revolutionary Soldiers
Feb. 2009:
History: PIONEERS
Jan. 2009: Revolutionary
Soldiers
Dec. 2008: News Articles, Epidemics and Sick
List
Nov 2008: Obits for ANDERSON, BRADY, DRAIN, HINES,
BARNETT, CHENAULT, LOCKE, PECK, PARKS, SMITH, SPURRIER,
ADKINS, ARCHER, ARNOLD, BRABO, BROOKS, GOLDEN, HUGHES,
MCELYEA, OGLE, SCOTT, VINCENT, REISINGER
Oct. 2008: 1883
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Christenings, LEDBETTER,
LEFTWICH, LEWIS, LOWE, &
LOWRY biographies, VARIOUS obits
Sep 2008:
WINKLE birth record
June 2008: MITZNER
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MUCH THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Helen Medlin
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