Genealogy Society of Washington County
P. O. Box 399
Chatom, AL 36518

The Genealogy society of Washington County was organized August 24, 1996. The purpose of the Society is to promote, preserve and collect genealogy information relating to Washington County Mississippi Territory and Washington County. The society will also be working closely with the Washington County Historical Society and the Washington County Museum Board on preserving the history of our county. Data collected will be stored at the Jordan Genealogy Library on Granade Avenue, Chatom, and they are open by appointments only, but most Friday or Saturday mornings Barbara Waddell is at the library. Contact Barbara Waddell (334)847-3156 or Doris Brown 847-2286 and they will be glad to spend the day with you at the library. Each member is asked to submit an ancestral chart and any family data or records for publication and a copy will go into the vertical files. The name of our quarterly is WASHINGTON COUNTY ANCESTRY and will be published quarterly and meetings are held quarterly, too. Dues are $10.00 per year beginning with October 1st.

The officers of the Society are:
President - Suzanne Taylor, P.O. Box 71, Chatom, AL 36518
Sec/Treas - Barbara Waddell, P.O. Box 421, Chatom, AL 36518
Editor - Barbara Waddell, P.O. Box 421, Chatom, AL 36518
Co-editor - Doris Brown, P.O. Box 456, Chatom, AL 36518
Historian - Jean Blount, Rt. 2, Box 32A, Millry, AL 36558

Barbara Wadell has books for sale on records of Washington County.
POLL TAX LIST 1886-1891 (no an 1890 census avail.) - $10.00
MARRIAGE RECORDS 1826-1873 Volume I - $15.00
MARRIAGE RECORDS 1872-1888 Volume II - $15.00
CENSUS INDEX 1797-1880 with the 1850 census abstracted - $20.00
DEED INDEX 1790-1838 - $15.00
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS includes: Maps from 1798-today - $10.00
Fee Book Inventory 1838, Miscellaneous Inventory items 1861-1865, Civil War Pension, County Ct. Commissioners Min. 1890, Min. of Democratic Exe. Committee 1904, Wash. Co. Bd. of Ed. School min. 1920

Also
MARENGO COUNTY, AL RECORDS:
Brief history, 1830-1850 census index, $15.00
Marriages 1818-1836 and wills from Bk. A

For each of the above books the postage is $2.00 per book. and if buy all of the books at one time postage is $10.00. When purchasing these books make check out to Barbara Waddell, address is P.O. Box 421, Chatom, AL 36518

The books on Washington County history are still for sale also and there are two volumes priced at $35.00 each with an extra of $4.00 for postage. These two books entitled WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORY, FIRST COUNTY OF ALABAMA, can be purchased from the above address, but make this check out to Washington County Historical Society.


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