Welcome to the online home of the
Natchez Trace Genealogical Society!
The Natchez Trace Genealogy Society
was founded November 11, 1979 with 1980 considered the founding year.
Our purpose is to unite those persons interested in the pursuit and study of
genealogy and family history, to encourage the preservation of records, to
promote programs of education which further growth and development in these
fields, and to publish genealogical literature related to the vicinity of
Northwest Alabama. Membership in the society is open to all persons
having an active interest in genealogy and family history. Dues are
$20. annually (additional members of a family living in the same household
may join for an additional $3) and the membership year is January 1 - December
31. We cover a thirteen county area surrounding and containing the
Northwest corner of North Alabama. The counties include Colbert, Franklin,
and Lauderdale in Alabama making up the "core" counties and all the adjoining
counties of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee making up the balance of the
thirteen counties. All thirteen are shown in our masthead. Our name,
"Natchez Trace", is derived from the Indian Trail of the same name
that passes through our area. For many years it was a major transportation
route and still continues to be an important route to this day. We meet
quarterly in the shoals area to discuss topics related to genealogy.
Typically our meetings are the 2nd Sunday of the 2nd Month of each quarter
(February, May, August, and November).
We have a publication called the Natchez
Trace Traveler which contains helpful articles and many abstracts from records
found in our coverage area.
click here for Index of recent Traveler vol.18 No. 1 & 2
We co-sponser genealogy classes at the University
of North Alabama in Florence through their office of continuing education.
We also try to sponser genealogy seminars in the Shoals area.
Need more information regarding resources in our area or other
contacts?
Meet our officers for the
2008 year.
You can find out who is on our board of directors and send them email.
Notice !
Spring Meeting
Our next public meeting will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 18, 2008
in the beautiful
Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Florence, AL
Kitty Cox
will speak about "Decoding Obituaries"
Then
click here for a page of links to interesting sites and valuable
resources.
For a list of CEMETERIES with locations:
Click here for cemeteries A-B
Click here for cemeteries C-F
Click here for cemeteries G-L
Click here for cemeteries M-N
Click here for cemeteries O-R
Click here for cemeteries S-T
Click here for cemeteries U-Z
COLBERTIANS
has been reprinted
Click here to read about
Projects Needing Volunteers
Click here for Membership Form