April 26, 2008 - “Birmingham Rails” and the History of Birmingham Railroads

The Birmingham Genealogical Society meets the fourth Saturday of each month (ex. Nov. & Dec.) in the Arrington Auditorium at the Downtown Birmingham Public Library. Guests are always welcome!

Next meeting: Saturday, April 26th at 2 p.m. Refreshments at 1:30 p.m.

Speaker: Marvin Clemons, Co-author of “Birmingham Rails “

Program Topic: History of Birmingham Railroads

Details: www.birminghamgenealogy.org or BPL-Southern History Dept. at (205) 226-3665

Marvin Clemons and Lyle Key have published a new book called “Birmingham Rails“. It consists of 280 pages of historical narrative, entertaining personal essays, detailed maps, and richly detailed color and black & white photos, many published for the first time.

Mr. Clemons is our guest speaker and will present a program about the history of Birmingham Railroads. He will have slides to show and he will give a wonderful presentation that will entertain everyone.

Note: Mr. Clemons was originally scheduled to speak at our January 2008 meeting, but had to cancel at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.