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The following article is an excerpt from The Birmingham News May 18, 1924, written by Frank Willis Barnett a staff Correspondent to The Birmingham…
Benton County, Alabama is no longer in existence. These are records from 1855! (continued below) (Excerpts transcribed from THE AMERICAN EAGLE, Jacksonville, Alabama, Nov.…
MURPHY'S LAWS OF FAMILY RESEARCH Your great-grandfather's obituary states that he died, leaving no issue of record The town clerk you wrote to in…
We need a good life and this one from 1920 should do it! (Excerpt from The Starkville News, Starkville, Mississippi – April 16, 1920)…
MEXICAN WAR REMINISCENCES Part II By Judge Zo. S. Cook (These several contributions cover the period of February to April, 1897, and were made…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
The new bustling business district of the city of Birmingham, Alabama was almost destroyed by fire in 1905- Here are some actual news accounts…
Did you know.....????? April 23, 1957 - "An earthquake with its epicenter near Guntersville affected parts of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, but caused little…
Washing clothes was a major task in the past and there were techniques to getting the clothes really clean as can be seen by…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
One of America's most quoted poets died in Alabama. Lines from his famous poem The Bivouac of the Dead are found on tombstones throughout…
GREEN UNDERWOOD (1799-1852) Dallas County, Alabama Green Underwood (Apr. 22, 1799 Spartanburg, SC – d. Oct. 6, 1852 Dallas Co., AL) was a pioneer…
MEXICAN WAR REMINISCENCES Part I By Judge Zo. S. Cook (These several contributions cover the period of February to April 1897, and were…
A Ruse Saved Immigrants Lives While Traveling Through Indian Territory This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten…
(Transcribed from Union Springs Herald, Union Springs, Alabama October 7, 1885) GUERRYTON, ALABAMA One of the best business points in the county (Barbour County)…
These newspaper abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The…
It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know…
(This was transcribed From the Franklin County Times, Alabama many years ago) Editor Franklin County Times: What is there about the name "Dickson"…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI Postcard…
MILES HENRY AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1914) Tallapoosa, Butler and Montgomery County, Alabama Miles Henry Amerine was a merchant and mineral land salesman. He…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM TOBIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827-1865)…
This story is an excerpt from the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Brown's Village is a Cherokee village founded about 1790 located on the west…
Photograph of Cajun girl and boy in Mobile County, Alabama (Alabama Department of Archives and History) (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part III) Unemployed…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL…
Castor and tea seemed to solve many problems in olden days.... Afternoon of Tea ca. 1901 (Library of Congress) A good complexion never…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) On May 29, 1834, Ross received word that a new delegation from the…
Do you enjoy stories about the State of Alabama? We have been collecting lost and forgotten stories about Alabama for over 15 years. We…
The oldest surviving court records in America were used to write this historical fiction series about a family whose descendants migrated to Alabama before…
In England: This world's a City full of crooked streets, And death the Market-place where all men meets; If Life was Merchandise that men…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
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