Since 1980, there has
been a Limestone County Department of History and Archives
in Athens, which was established by the Limestone County
Commission. In 2004 Limestone County purchased the 1905 L&N
Depot and remodeled it to house the Archives.
On Saturday June 18th,
Rebekah Davis, Archivist, and her Assistant, April Davis,
held an Open House to invite the public in to see the many
treasures they have housed in the form of deeds, wills, plat
books, marriages, family histories, periodicals, photographs
and many many other forms of historical information.
The "Friends of the
Archives" a support group who maintains a small collection of
material pertaining to Limestone County, were also on hand
to help answer questions and give tours. The "Friends of the
Archives" have published an extensive collection of
photographs and other important and personal records. After
years of tracking and pouring over information they have
published records of Limestone County citizens in bound
books for genealogical searches.
The Archives is open
from 8AM-4:30PM Monday-Friday. You may contact them at
256-233-6404 or
lcarchives@knology.net
&
lcarchives2@knology.net.
You can also find them on FaceBook at Limestone County
Archives.
www.limestonecountyarchives-al.gov
