Bibb County Reference Books For Sale

If you know of any books currently available for sale about Bibb County, please let me know. Listed below are a few of the known titles of books available for sale. Wherever possible, a brief description of the work is provided, as well as price (subject to change) and availability if known. This is in no way a recommendation or endorsement of any work listed, but rather a listing of known resources for those researching the area and looking for clues of missing ancestors.

***Please call or write to verify prices prior to ordering.

FYI: Bloody Bibb, by V. D. Elam, is out of print and there are no plans to reprint

The Heritage of Bibb County, Alabama is HERE!! It's FULL of family info on Bibb Countians. The book can be ordered from:

Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc.
P.O. Box 67
Clanton, AL 35046
Phone: 1-800-568-1611
Price is $65.00 for out of Alabama and $69.80.

Click on "Heritage Book" for a list of the families (does not include the church and town histories, etc.) included in the book.

For a list of other Alabama counties with Heritage Books in the works, click here.

1850 Federal Census, Bibb County, Alabama, compiled by Terri Adams, $20.00. Send check or money order to: Terri Adams, 114 S. Main Street, Weaverville, NC 28787

The Descendants of Reuben Medders & Anna Springer, by Stan Medders, Hardcover, 640 pages including index, covers 6,500 members of the family, $43.00. Send check or money order to: Stan Medders, 608 Carmel Ave., Pacifica, CA 94044

Blocton: The History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town - third printing Oct 2007
by Charles E. Adams, hardback book, 339 pages, 240 images, published by Cahaba Trace Commission, October 2001, is available from the Cahaba Trace Commission, Brierfield and Tannehill State Park, McCalla. The book is in its third printing has been distributed in over 30 states, Washington, DC, and two to England. The book is $30.00 plus shipping, $5.00 one book, $3.00 each additional book. Mail to Cahaba Trace Commission, 13728 Montevallo Road, Brierfield, Alabama 35035; check payable to Cahaba Trace Commission.

Books Available for Purchase at the Brent-Centreville Public Library

Blocton: The History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town, by Charles E. Adams

Place Names of Bibb County, Alabama, by Dr. Rhoda Coleman Ellison, $17.50

Bibb County, Alabama, the First Hundred Years 1818-1918, by Dr. Rhoda Coleman Ellison, $33.45

Marriage Records of Bibb County, Alabama, 1829-1834, photocopies of the original bonds - hard cover binding (currently unavailable), $60.00

Baptists of Bibb County, Alabama, by Howard F. McCord, Index Only to Part II - Cemeteries, prepared by Terri J. Adams, $9.50

Echoes of Six Mile, by Fern Langston, $27.00

Bibb County, Alabama, 1860 Census, by Mrs. Elia G. Daws (done in alphabetical order, not household order), $13.00

Perry County, Alabama, 1850 Census, by Mrs. Elia G. Daws, $13.00

Perry County, Alabama, 1860 Census, by Mrs. Elia G. Daws, $14.00

Selma, The Gospel at Work, by F. Wilber Helmbold, $10.00

Order above books by mailing check or money order to: Brent-Centreville Library, 153 Walnut Street, Centreville, AL 35042

The Blakes of Bibb County, Alabama 1819-1988, by Chester R. Johnson, $25.00

Shultz Creek Church Book 1830-1880, transcribed by Chester R. Johnson, $25.00

The Wiley - Boyd Ledger, Bibb County, Alabama, Before 1823 - 1839, A Genealogical and Medical Resource, by Chester R. Johnson, $25.00

Order above books by mailing check or money order to: T.P.S. Services, P.O. Box 117, Portales, NM 88130; NM res. add 6.25% tax

The Hobsons of Bibb and Perry Counties Alabama by Denver Ragland. Denver Ragland has revised his book, "The Hobsons of Bibb and Perry Counties Alabama." The cost of the book is $34.50 plus $4.00 shipping for one copy and $3.00 for each additional copy. It contains 379 pages with over 13,000 entries, 380 photographs, documents, letters, etc. In the announcement that he is sending out he mentioned that histories of the following families are included: Bamberg, Bivens, Carroll, Caudle, Colburn, Crumly, Fields, Harris, Hoggle, Knight, Latner, Linn, McCray, McClain, McLinn, Mathews, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrison, Murphy, Pierson, Shows, Spence, Toomey. Anyone interested in the book to contact: Denver Ragland, 136 Mini Bike Trail, West Blocton, Alabama 35184. Mary Ferguson

Death and Marriage Notices from Jefferson County, Alabama Newspapers, Volume I (1854-1881), Compiled by Larry E. Caver, Jr.

This is to inform you about the release of my latest book, Death And Marriage Notices From Jefferson County, Alabama Newspapers, Vol. I (1854-1881). This is the first volume in a continuing series of newspaper transcriptions related to Jefferson County, Alabama. The collection contains newspaper transcriptions from surviving issues of newspapers that once operated in Jefferson County between the years 1854-1881.

The book has approximately 354 pages, soft binding and includes a detailed index. It contains newspaper transcriptions from surviving issues of: The Jones Valley Times (1854-1855), The Elyton Herald (1869), The Daily News (1874), The Birmingham Observer (1880-1881), The Alabama True Issue (1880), The Birmingham Iron Age (1874-1881), and The Weekly Independent (1879).

This collection is of special interest for anyone doing research in the Greater Birmingham, Alabama area. The earliest newspapers of Jefferson County were published at the town of Elyton, and recorded many death and marriage notices for some of the earliest settlers of Jefferson County and neighboring counties. Later newspapers were published in the newly formed city of Birmingham. These newspapers recorded valuable information on the city's early settlers. Many of these settlers had migrated from diverse parts of the entire state to become residents of Alabama's "Melting Pot".

Birmingham's early newspapers also included many news items copied from other newspapers in the surrounding counties of St. Clair, Shelby, Bibb, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Blount. They also included news items copied from newspapers in counties in North Alabama such as Madison, Lauderdale, Fayette, Cullman, DeKalb and Jackson.

This collection is also a value tool for anyone researching Alabama. The Birmingham Iron Age included weekly columns, "Died In Alabama", "Married In Alabama", and "State News", which provided many death and marriage notices from all over the state. These columns included coverage extending north to Huntsville and as far south as Mobile.

The official release date for this book was November 1, 2002. The book has been published and copies will be available for purchase on or after this date. The book has been published by Pioneer Publishing Company. It is available for $35 per copy plus $4 postage/handling. If you would like to order a copy of this forthcoming book, you can use the form below. Please make all checks and money orders payable to PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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Please send me _________ copies of DEATH AND MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM JEFFERSON

COUNTY, ALABAMA NEWSPAPERS (1854-1881).

Price: $35 per copy

Postage: $4 first book, $.50 each additional copy

Sales Tax: 7% - Mississippi residents only

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SEND ORDERS TO:

PIONEER PUBLISHING CO., P.O. Box 408, Carrollton, MS 38917

"The 11th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War", by Ron Griffin, published by McFarland Publishers. More info Ron Griffin

Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books

CD Census Records - Entire U.S. Census including Native Americans. --- Mirror Site

1850 Census Records - Transcribed including each family member from the original records into book form.

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