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DeKalb County Genealogical Society

The DeKalb County (Alabama) Genealogical Society was organized in February 2000 for the

purpose of preserving the heritage of families who live or have lived in this area and to

accumulate data available to researchers.

Dues are ten dollars a person or fifteen dollars a family, renewable each year on or before

January first.

This is a sample form for membership (if you can help me make it into a clickable form,

please contact w4ctk@farmerstel.com ) which you can use your browser & tool bar to select,

[edit], copy, and [edit], paste into Microsoft word, Microsoft Works wordpad or notebook and

print out from your own computer.  If you don't have that ability, you can write it on any

kind of paper in this format and submit with dues & pedigree chart to the Society. 

If you don't have a genealogy software program that lets you print out charts, you can

look on rootsweb.com and other genealogy sites and print a blank form to fill out

with your information.

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Membership Application:  DeKalb County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 681087,

Fort Payne, AL 35968-1612

Name____________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________

Email____________________________________________________

Phone/Fax________________________________________________

Surnames_________________________________________________

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With membership, comes voting privileges, a quarterly newsletter, and free queries in the

newsletter. A member can often locate others researching the same surnames.

Please enclose a pedigree chart, thank you.  It will be stored in the research room.  If you agree

for it to be published in an upcoming book of pedigrees, please write at the bottom or on the

back of the form:  "I give consent for my pedigree to be published by the DeKalb Co.

Genealogical Society."  We can black out living persons for privacy reasons if you prefer or

you can list names only and no identifying data on living persons.

*Add an additional sheet or write on the back if more space is needed.*

(circle selection) Individual dues for _$10_  Family dues for _$15_

*Enclose check or money order made out to DeKalb Co. Genealogical Society and

mail to the above address.*  Please do not send certified mail as there is no

one available to sign for it.

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The society is currently working on surveying cemeteries (continues) and building up

the references in the research room at the DeKalb County Public Library (continues). 

We are working on publication of HERITAGE OF DEKALB COUNTY (AL) VOLUME II,

pre-publication price is still available; it should be out the end of 2008 (see "what's

new" page).  Pedigree forms are being collected at this time for a future publication

of member pedigrees.

We have published the 1900 census for DeKalb County, Alabama-- with index. 

($45 a book plus $5 shipping and handling, see What's New page for details) .  This is a

lot of information for a great price and a reference that can be used again and again!

Members are invited to post their pedigrees and family information & queries

on www.rootsweb.com or www.usgenweb.com , both are free websites.  The www.gencircles.com

is another good website that is still free for the basics.  There are other websites online

which you can locate in a web search. 

You may contact the society at the link provided below.

Photos of early settlers and scenes needed

We would like to hear from individuals who have photos of DeKalb County, AL and

its families to share. See the link below to contact the webmaster. Photos should

be .jpg or .gif format only. If you have photos but are unable to scan, contact the

webmaster for discussion of options.

*POSTED ABOVE IS A BROWN FAMILY OF DEKALB COUNTY, AL WITH UNKNOWN NAMES.

Can you identify any of these people?It was likely taken about 1900-1920 in DeKalb County,

possibly on Sand Mountain near Ider, Henagar, Deer Head Cove, or Sulphur Springs area

(although there were Brown families also known to be at Dogtown on Lookout Mountain 

and the southern end of DeKalb near Collinsville, and possibly other locations).  The only

thing written on the back is:  Brown Family.  It may be some of the Benjamin F. Brown family,

but no one has definitely identified it yet (brought to the society by a descendant of that line).

Benjamin F. Brown descends from James Galson (Galston) Brown, a son of James S. Brown

of Sulphur Springs and his first wife, name unknown.   I suspect the older gentleman is

Benjamin F. Brown since he favors some younger photos (See photo page 1) and it came

through his line of descent.

We need your help!  We are still trying to identify

& verify the persons in this "Brown Family Photo".

UPDATE 2/2007:  David Elmore Brown of Leesburg, FL 34749-2557, a descendant of the James W.

Brown line of Dogtown, DeKalb, AL thinks this is a picture of Joseph Parks Brown and his relatives.

Could the James W. Brown line be related to the Benjamin F. Brown line????  We'd like to hear

from the rest of you Brown researchers.

 

 

Family Reunions, Decorations, Other

Please submit your family reunion information for publication here (see below link to webmaster)

if it pertains to a DeKalb County, AL family.

Check out the "Decoration Day" page.

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REUNIONS

RAMSEY, BRYANT, GANT Reunion, May 14 (2005), Tom Bevill Center in Rainsville, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Be sure to invite all of your family.  Please bring your favorite food and/or beverage.  If you sing

or play an instrument, we would like for you to join together for a good time.  Bring old pictures

or family history.  For more information, contact Louise Bullard, 462 Palmer Rd., Valley Head,

AL, 35989; [256]-635-0053.

FINDLEY/FINLEY  REUNION,  for descendants of Moses Findley, son of William and Hannah

Malinda Price Findley, will be held April 22, 2006 at the Blake Community Center located

between Fort Payne and Sylvania, AL.  We hope all our cousins will show up:  Findley, Finley,

Parr, Gilbert, Pointer, Fraser, Frasier and any others to share food, family stories, old

photos, and history of ancestors.  Contact Jack Findley, jackfin@granderiver.net

STRICKLAND REUNION will be held June 11, 2006 at Piedmont, AL (3rd Sunday)

BROCK REUNION is held yearly at Cave Springs, GA (park) and will be held August 6, 2006.

WELLS REUNION is held yearly on the 3rd Saturday in September in DeKalb County, AL

at Little River Canyon picnic site near Lick Skillet.

WIGLEY REUNION is held yearly on the 3rd Sunday in September in DeKalb County, AL

near Lick Skillet.

STEPHENS REUNION is held yearly at Cloudland Canyon State Park;  Sunday, September

30, 2007 abt 10 a.m. -2 p.m., indoor shelter.  Descendants of Dade Co., GA and DeKalb

Co., AL "Doc Stephens" line. The number of persons attending is dwindling down as so many

of the older generation pass on, so don't just assume they are holding the reunion.  Contact

Peggy Stanfield at pjstanfi@yahoo.com to confirm or for more information. 

Timothy Stephens Family Reunion is held yearly at Fischer Schoolhouse.  Contact Pat St. John

of Fort Payne, AL for information.

Elijah Burt Family Reunion is held yearly (toward the fall of the year?) at Hawkins Springs,

the city park next to the old high school in Fort Payne.  More information is needed on this

reunion.  Some of you  Elijah & Gencie Burt relatives speak up, please.

ITEMS FOR SALE--SEE RESOURCES & WHAT'S NEW PAGES

Rootsweb

Contact DeKalb County Genealogical Society

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please give  Lana a call

at 256-623-2052, write DeKalb County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 681087,

Fort Payne, AL 35968-1612,  or send an e-mail to Lana at w4ctk@farmerstel.com .