Biography:

Historian, genealogist. Born– May 9, 1904, Huntsville. Parents– George Walter and Evalena (Moore) Jones. Married– Bennie William Gandrud, November 29, 1930. Children– One. Education– Study at Peabody Conservatory, 1922-1924. Kathleen Pauline Jones began compiling a genealogy at seventeen. After her marriage, continued compiling and indexing the Alabama marriage, cemetery, court, and other records comprising the 245 volumes which were sold in typescript for years before their publication.  Died September 29, 1980.

Source:

Tuscaloosa News, November 6, 1977.

Compiler:

Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers, 1819-1893. Easley, S.C.; Southern Historical Press, 1981.

Contributor:

Alabama Records. 245 vols. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Typescript by compilers, 1969-1976. (Published by Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1980-.)

Transcriber/Indexer;

Marriage Records of Bibb County, Ala. 1820-1960. Memphis; Milestone Press, 1969.

Marriage Records of Greene County, Ala. 1823-1860. Memphis; Milestone Press, 1969.

Marriage Records of Jefferson County, Ala. 1818-1864. Memphis; Milestone Press, 1979.

Marriage Records of Marengo County, Ala. 1817-1850. Memphis; Milestone Press, 1970.

Marriage Records of Montgomery County, Ala. 1817-1850. Memphis; Milestone Press, 1973.

Marriage Records of Tuscaloosa County, Ala. 1823-1860. Memphis; Milestone Press, 1968.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Pauline Jones Gandrud is held by the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.