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Some fun thoughts about genealogy and history. I like the first and last one best. The one who dies with the most ancestors wins!…
EXCERPT FROM JOURNAL OF MRS. GOVERNOR JOHN GAYLE 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh Governor, left a journal which her descendants…
MOUNT IDA County Road 11, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE…
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ORANGE VALE OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) A few miles on…
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (published 1908) As far as can be ascertained, the first service by a clergyman of the Protestant…
Sometimes, incidents like the following story are why we have difficulty tracing certain family members in our ancestry. This transcribed newspaper extract was published…
This tips date back to the early 1800s in America. Some of them may not be safe. Artificial Mahogany1 The following method of giving…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK!…
THE TUSCUMBIA TRAGEDY A Woman at the Bottom of It (transcribed from Times Daily, July 24, 1890, Florence, Alabama) On Friday morning last our…
A. B. DAWSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1840) Georgia, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans…
View Post AN EXCERPT FROM EARLY HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY ALABAMA (Covering the period from 1821 to 1900) 1 By MRS. MARGARET PACE FARMER2…
Warning: This excerpt includes some vocabulary and harsh words that would not be used today. Please remember the times in which it was written.…
Did you know that Switzerland has a tourist destination called the Alabama Room? The Alabama Room is one of the most famous rooms in…
Humor from the past Morris, an 82-year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A few days later the doctor saw Morris…
WATERWORKS OF GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 (Published in 1908) It is a far cry from “the old oaken bucket that hung in the well”…
FEATURED BOOK - Searching for Nannie B: Connecting Three Generations of Southern Women by Nancy Owen Nelson How would you be affected if your…
There were several plank roads in Alabama before the advent of the railroad. They have disappeared now. Plank roads were short-lived in Alabama A…
EXCERPT FROM JOURNAL OF MRS. GOVERNOR JOHN GAYLE 1 (Mrs. Gayle, wife of John Gayle, Alabama's seventh Governor, left a journal which her descendants…
In the Tuscaloosa News on July 17, 1935 Montgomery, Alabama Governor Bibb Graves today had set in motion the machinery to disburse $500,000 appropriated…
Transcribed from July 22, 1921, The Ashland Progress
MEMORIES OF ENSLEY by Caroline I was born in Ensley, I believe on a corner of Prince Street. There were streets like 'Ave. I'--'G'…
An Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming)1 When the Civil War was going…
Our mothers and grandmothers did not have all the kitchen tools we have today. This is how they made Potato Straws. How to Make…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) COL. JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.…
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This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III MAJ. MILES WASHINGTON ABERNATHY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1801-1877)…
HOLY GROUND CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites in South Alabama, continuing for several weeks and…
Did you know.......? "On April 12, 1887, Henry DeBardeleben and his partners sold the first lots for the new city of Bessemer, Alabama located…
Two men were walking home after a party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the…
