What's New?
September 2: Added the Early Marriages of Andrew L. Lowrimore & Rachel Jane Sims; Hiram Lovelady & Rachel Lowrimore; William Dodd, Jr. & Rachel Lovelady; Paulsen Ingle & Kiseah Lovelady; Robert Milburn Ingle & Margaret Elizabeth Herndon; and Rufus Leander Knight & Ida Loutisha Pocahontas Parsons.
September 2: Added Reuben Warren to the Bible Records section.
September 2: Added the Southern Claims Commission file of Rachel Berry.
September 2: Added the following Miscellaneous Obituaries: James A. Bennett, S.R. Crumpton, Nancy Elizabeth Williams, Sena Anne Harkins Falls, Bettie Dendy, James H. Gilliland, James Calvert, John D. Haley, Lydia A. Cowart, and Mrs. James Lay.
August 28: Added the Early Marriage of Young Paul Ingle and Margaret Evaline Lowrimore.
August 28: Added Henry Weaver to the Bible Records section.
August 28: Added Burtis Dewey Horton; Burtis Dewey Horton; Harrison, Joanna, Bessie, Icy, Savannah, Luther, & Robert Jackson Horton; and Sarah and Donald Horton, to the Pictures section.
August 28: Added the following Southern Claims Commission files: James S. Armstrong, Ephraim Barnes, Martin T. Harbison, and Zachariah White.
August 26: Added Horton Family, Horton Family Picking Cotton, Harrison Horton, Harrison & Jefferson Horton, and Raymond J. Horton to the Pictures section.
August 26: Updated the Captain White’s Winston County Mail Guard page.
August 25: Added Robert Calvert's Claim (Southern Claims Commission) to the Southern Union Loyalists page in the Military section, as well as updated Andrew Jackson Ingle's Claim.
August 23: Added Sally Williams' Claim (Southern Claims Commission) to the Southern Union Loyalists page in the Military section.
August 23: Added the Early Marriages of A.C. Tittle & Frances Tidwell and Alfred Lovett & Nancy Taylor.
August 17: Added WCGS Minutes, 8/17/2010.
August 15: Added Lizzie Mae Jones to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
August 15: Updated the Marshal Brent Burnett, Shot at Haleyville page.
August 9: Updated the Acts section.
August 7: Added Grace Jones to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
August 6: Added John & Patience Stevens, John & Patience Stevens with two sons, and John Benjamin & Lucinda Stevens to the Pictures section.
August 6: This web site, as of today, celebrates ten years on the net!
August 2: Added Votie Rose to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
August 1: Added a newspaper excerpt with a map to the Falls City page.
August 1: Added Thomas K. Gibson and Mary Ann Duncan Smith to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
July 24: Added Angeline O'Mary to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
July 23: Added Brown Family, in front of Millstone Mountain Church to the Pictures section.
July 23: Added George H. Romine to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
July 20: Added WCGS Minutes, 7/20/2010.
July 18: Added Town of Lynn to the Web Sites section.
July 18: Added James Hilton and Agnes Blanton to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
July 17: Added John Salter to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
July 10: Added Elvira Feltman and Mrs. Fred Wilson to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
June 27: Added Nancy Emmaline Hyde Martin to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
June 22: Added Haleyville High School Seniors, 1950, William & Nancy Reeve, and Nancy Reeve & Children to the Pictures section.
June 19: Added Bessie Lue Kelley (6/14/2010) to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
June 15: Added WCGS Minutes, 6/15/2010.
June 11: Added Jesse Avery and Miriam "Minnie" Avery to the Pictures section. Also added a different picture of the Avery Cemetery to the Cemetery Photos section.
June 11: Added Mary Kelley Butler's Obituary to the Miscellaneous Obituaries section.
June 5: Added the following Miscellaneous Obituaries: Hiram Baird, Sr., Hiram Baird, Jr., Orrin Davis, and Paul Ingle. Also added more Newspaper Tidbits in the 1893 section.
May 28: Added the graduating class of 2010 to the Alumni of Winston County High School (100 Years) section.
May 25: Combined a few scattered newspaper articles on the web site, with more submitted by Robin Sterling, into Newspaper Tidbits in the Stories/People/County History section.
May 23: Added the Early Marriage of J.T. Johnson and Maggie Atkins.
May 19: Added Seaborn Posey, Winston County Embezzler to the Stories/People/County History section.
May 18: Added WCGS Minutes, 5/18/2010.
May 15: Added Tearing Down of Dr. Blake's Building (Clips & Pics), 1/18/2006 to the Movies section.
May 14: Robin Sterling's new books, Winston County, Alabama Cemeteries, Volumes 1 and 2 and People and Things from Early Winston County Newspapers (1886 – 1900) has just been released. Ordering information is on the Bibliography/Books for Sale page.
May 6: Updated the Accomplishments and Timeline of the WCGS page.
April 20: Added WCGS Minutes, 4/20/2010.
April 17: Added the Early Marriage of Samuel and Nancy Tyler.
April 14: Added Winston County Archives Brochure (PDF), Historical Road Names Brochure (PDF), and Winston Roots (New Book Series) to the WCGS section.
April 10: Added 1886 Beat Locations.
April 6: Added Barton, Perry, and White to the Online Surname Helper.
April 5: Added Pinkard Funeral Home to the Web Sites section.
April 3: Revamped the Bibliography/Books for Sale section.
March 31: Added Jeremiah Bently Mark Owsley and Bart and Bertie Tittle to the Pictures section.
March 30: Added Eddy to the Online Surname Helper.
March 29: Added the new book for sale by the Winston County Genealogical Society, Winston Roots, Vol. 1: Stories of an Alabama County, to the Bibliography/Books for Sale section.
March 20: The old link, http://wcgs.ala.nu, no longer works. This site has been moved, and everyone should use the new address (www.freestateofwinston.org).
March 16: Added WCGS Minutes, 3/16/2010.
March 7: Updated the photos of the following cemeteries: Harper, Hefner, Lowrimore, Wilkins, and (Freeman) Williams in the Cemetery Listing section.
March 3: Added Sardis History to the Towns/Communities section. Also added Blackwell School to the Schools Listing.
February 23: Added the following Miscellaneous Obituaries: Martha J. Curtis, Robert Mathes Lyle, William M. Barton, and Eli Henson.
February 22: Added Jeremiah Nix & Family to the Pictures section.
February 20: Updated the Lynn, Ashridge, and Delmar histories. Also added the following town histories: Bethel, Corinth, Pebble, Pleasant Hill, and Rock Creek.
February 16: Added WCGS Minutes, 2/16/2010.
February 16: Added the Early Marriage of Benjamin Franklin Atkins and Sarah Catherine Hilton.
February 15: Added Moreland History to the Towns/Communities section.
February 10: Updated the pages on Thomas M. Martin and Eva Shadix. Added Andrew D. Mitchell to the Stories/People/County History, Pictures, and Miscellaneous Obituaries sections. Also added the following Miscellaneous Obituaries: Martha E. Sims, John W. Curtis, Myra Fincher, and Mrs. Emmit Armstrong. Also added Arlie Kimbrough and Early History of the Free State of Winston to the Stories/People/County History section.
February 8: Updated the Thorn Hill page.
February 6: Added 1900 Census Head of Household Index (All Precincts) to the 1900 Census page. All the precincts were reindexed with page numbers instead of family numbers and combined into one file. The Black Swamp every name index and complete transcription are still available.
February 1: Added the Early Marriage of A.H. Poe and Gertrude Mullen.
January 26: Added Lonzo and Oscar with their Winston County Pea Pickers- There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea to the Movies section.
January 24: Added Liberty Grove Baptist Church Singing Class, 1919 and Taylor's: William Carroll, J.K.P., & Charles to the Pictures section.
January 20: Added Calvin and Angeline Baccus Family, Calvin and Angeline Baccus, and Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Berry to the Pictures section.
January 19: Added WCGS Minutes, 1/19/2010.
January 5: Added Winston County High School, 1941-1942 (Marsha Bonds) to the Pictures section.
