(From Jason Kirby, BGS Board Member and Southern History Staff Member)
Renovations have been completed and the crosswalk that connects the Birmingham Public Library East Building to the Linn-Henley Research Library is now open.
Hurray!
Category Archives: BGS News
BGS’ Oldest Member Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mary Cochran, long time member and supporter of BGS, turned 100 last weekend. Many relatives and friends helped Mary celebrate the big day. Locally, she is known as the “Historian of Pinson”.
The front page of the Friday edition of “The Pinson News” carried her photo and an article about her birthday celebration. The article indicates that photos and video from the party with later be placed on the website in the “PinsonTV” section.
Click here to see the front page (subscribers can enlarge the image).
Click here to go to the “PinsonTV” portion of the website.
Happy Birthday, Mary! All of your friends at BGS wish you many, many more.
Downtown Birmingham Public Library Crosswalk Closed for Renovations
(From Jason Kirby, BGS Board Member and Southern History Staff Member)
The crosswalk that connects the Birmingham Public Library East Building to the Linn-Henley Research Library is currently closed for renovation. You must enter the Linn-Henley building through the entrance adjacent to Linn Park.
In Memoriam – Fred Tucker
Fred Tucker, long-time BGS member and former BGS Chaplain, passed away May 2, 2009. His obituary is in the Tuesday edition (5/5/2009) of the Birmingham News. Please remember his family in your prayers.
Photos from the BGS 50th Anniversary, March 21st
Thanks to Jason Kirby, former BGS president, for all his hard work!
And let me tell you, it was GOOD!
Current President: Scott Martin; Former Presidents: Jason Kirby, Mary Taylor, & Ann Gilbert
We had great turnout for the 50th Anniversary Party. It was great seeing everyone. More to come…
Enjoy!
Melissa Hogan
BGS Historian & Curator
BGS celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Birmingham Genealogical Society was organized on March 15, 1959. It was organized exclusively for educational and research purposes, and to foster preservation of genealogical and historical material.
This year we celebrate our 50th anniversary. The celebration will take place on March 21, 2009 at the Birmingham Public Library, Linn-Henley Building . All members and friends are invited to help us celebrate this occasion at 1:00 pm in the Arrington Auditorium on the third floor. Refreshments will be served.
Please mark your calendars now and join us March 21st.
Shelby County Reporter Added to BPL Obituary Indexing Project
Okay, this one will be brief. I checked today to see if BPL had updated the obituary indexes lately (they have been back to January 1939 for several weeks) and I saw that they had added a NEW newspaper to the indexing project.
Shelby County Reporter
* Current coverage
* January 1938 – December 1938
* 82 entries
The Shelby County Reporter was published in Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama. This a much welcome addition to the project.
You can search the index at:
Also don’t forget that BGS’s 50th birthday is in March! We will celebrate with friends new and old on March 21st. More information is to come!
Billy Gamble, WW2 veteran, Gets Honor Flight
Long-time BGS member, Billy Gamble, was honored for his WW2 service last month (October 2008) with a honor flight to the World War 2 Memorial in Washington D. C. Read the article in Monday’s Birmingham News (November 10, 2008) about Mr. Gamble’s service here.
See the FOX6 news story video about the Honor Flight from Blount County here – Mr. Gamble is very prominent in the story.
To view the World War 2 stories of other Alabama veterans or to suggest someone to be interviewed, check out this website. Continue reading
Until We Meet Again, Dr. Tom Caldwell (updated)
- Dr. Tom Caldwell
It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of Dr. Tom Caldwell and his daughter, Cathryn Caldwell, on October 20th. Dr. Tom was “one in a million”. A shining star in our midst that cannot be easily replaced. Dr. Tom was a long-time member of BGS, serving as Curator for the past several years.
Dr. Tom will be missed by all. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.
UPDATE: Article in today’s (10/22/2008) Birmingham New’s regarding Dr. Tom and the accident. Click here to read.
UPDATE#2 10/22/2008: There will be a memorial service for Dr. Tom and Cathy on Saturday, October 25th at 11 a.m. Canterberry Methodist Church, 350 Overbrook Road, Birmingham, AL 35213.
Visitation is Friday 5-7 p.m. at Canterberry Methodist Church in the Social Hall.
UPDATE #3 10/24/2008: Dr. Tom and Cathy’s obituaries are online in today’s Birmingham News. Click here to view Dr. Tom’s obituary and click here to view Cathy’s obituary.
BGS Blog Awarded DearMyrtle’s “Best of the Internet” for this Week
Your humble Historian is much behind on her blog duties for BGS. I am sure you have noticed that the posts are not as frequent as they were in the past. Let’s just the say the “real” job that pays the bills has been cutting into my “fun” job.
DearMyrtle honored our blog this past Sunday (04/06/2008) by mentioning it in her “Best of the Internet for Genealogists” awards for the week in the BLOG category, you can read her post here. I cannot thank her enough for her kind words about the blog. Please let DearMyrtle know that you appreciate her kindness.
