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IM NEW TO THIS BUT REALLY INTRIGUED.I HAVE A GREAT GRANDMA BELLE HUGGINS IN MONROEVILLE,AL.SHE REMEMBERS THAT THE FAMILY SPLIT IN THE EARLY 1900'S.SHE IS CURRENTLY APPROXIMATLEY 103 TO 105 YRS.OLD.SOME STAYED IN THE SOUTH ALABAMA REGION FROM MOBILE TO ATMORE,MONROEVILLE AREA AND THE REST MOVED TO FLORIDA BUT I AS OF YET DO NOT KNOW WHERE.MY FATHERS NAME IS BILL HUGGINS BORN IN SOUTH ALABAMA,GRANDMOTHER IS JOSE HUGGINS(MERRIWEHTER)FROM MOBILE ALABAMA,ALL SISTERS AND BROTHERS LIVE WITHIN 200 MILES OF THIS AREA.THE REST OF THE FAMILY WENT TOWARDS FLA. IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S AND NEVER KEPT IN TOUCH AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.AS BEST AS MY GREAT GRANNY CAN REMEMBER MOST OF THE HUGGINS FROM THE FAMILY CAME FROM TENNESSEE BY WAY OF NORTH OR SOUTH CAROLINA,SHES NOT QUITE SURE.SHE DOES HOWEVER REMEMBER THAT HER SISTER MARRIED INTO A FAMILY FROM AREA WHOSE LAST NAME IS BLACK.MY GRANNY HAD 3 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS,ALL OLDER.IT IS KNOWN THAT SOME OF HER FAMILY HAD A BLACKSMITH SHOP IS CENTRAL TO SOUTH ALA. AND MORE OF THEM WERE FARMERS,AND A FEW WERE INTO ASTRONOMY.(SLIGHTLY)IM LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF HELP TO GET THIS SEARCH STARTED.IM 34 YEARS OLD AND AM EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN ANY HELP ANYONE CAN OFFER.
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