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In the meantime, we'll be doing our best to create a website that you will find helpful, useful and meaningful as you trace your ancestors. Our goal with our websites is to add enough raw data that you will be able to trace your ancestors through time - wherever their trails led them! What we can do is try to provide the data and early history to help you along. At the same time we hope you will share what information you have that might be of help to others.
We regret that we are
unable to perform personal research for folks.
All data we come across will be added
to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view
the updates we make to this site.
Biographies and Pioneer Family History.
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Winston County Courthouse, Double
Springs, Alabama
Courtesy of USDA Gov. Photo by Calvin
Beale
Brief History:
Named in honor of John A. Winston, a Governor of Alabama. Its county seat
is Double Springs.
Winston County was established under the name "Hancock County" on February 12, 1850. It was originally
named for John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts and famous signer of the American Declaration of Independence,
with its county seat at Houston. On January 22, 1858, the county was renamed Winston County to honor Alabama Gov.
John A. Winston. During the American Civil War, the county refused to join the Confederacy and declared itself
the Republic of Winston. Today it is popularly and colloquially known as "the Free State of Winston".
The county seat was moved to Double Springs in 1883 so it would be near the center of the county, as Cullman was
created from the eastern portion of Winston.
WINSTON COUNTY ONLINE DATA Website Updates:
June
2009: VARIOUS Marriages;
Mar. 2009:
COUNTY History
28 Dec. 2008: CEMETERY Index, COMMUNITY News Story,
MAYHALL Obit
Oct. 2008: LETSON,
LOVETT biographies
Ashridge Methodist Church Cemetery Burials
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Addison |
Arley |
Delmar |
Double Springs |
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Haleyville |
Lynn |
Natural Bridge |
Nauvoo |
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SURROUNDING COUNTIES |
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Lawrence County (north) |
Cullman County (east) |
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Marion County (west) |
Franklin County (northwest) |
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Walker County (south) |
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