Showing posts with label Ashville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ashville. Show all posts

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Genealogy research in Ashville, AL

We spent yesterday here at the RV and I worked on genealogy to prepare for today's trip to Ashville. Mike and I (Tinker, too) took naps yesterday afternoon. It felt good to have a day with no appointments.

We left the campground this morning a little before 9:00 and drove south on I-59 to Ashville to go to the St. Clair County Archives and Museum. Ashville is a small town with about 2400 people. The county was established in 1818 before Alabama became a state in 1819.

We arrived at the Archives about 10:00 (it was a 60 mile trip). The archives had moved from the courthouse to a building across the street and is housed in an old bank building.

From Ashville, AL

We met Charlene who is the archivist and explained to her the families that we were researching.

From Ashville, AL

Mike's 3-great-grandparents, William Milton and Anna Scott, had lived in St. Clair County in