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Some old epitaphs reflect the hard life of women and childbirth in olden days 70 years a maiden 1 year a wife 2 months…
Indians were to be removed voluntarily By the terms of the treaty (Fort Jackson 1814 - Creek Indian War) the Indians were not to…
Some tips and links to help in Alabama family research Study birth certificates carefully There is a considerable amount of information on birth certificates. …
Ghost town of Blakeley, Alabama On April 9, 1865, at 5:30 p.m, following an eight-day siege, the Battle of Blakeley was fought near Mobile,…
CHILDERSBURG, ALABAMA Childersburg, Alabama is an incorporated town, and was a station at junction of Central of Georgia Railroad and the Southern Railway, in…
In 1937, the United States Government Resettlement Program purchased the old Pettway plantation and two adjacent farms in Wilcox County, Alabama and divided the land, then…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Wellington Vandiver Chapter 3 Seventy-six years since Law came to the wilderness, and the county started merrily…
(There is an orb in the photograph. How can it be explained?) Third great grandfather was James Taylor Ross Ross Bridge, in Hoover, Alabama…
Geneva State Park dates back to prehistoric man Geneva is a very historic county in Alabama. Some archaeologists date the area back to prehistoric…
Steamboats Changed The Lives Of Early Settlers Difficult as it was to get cotton to market, it was more difficult to bring supplies back in…
In 1878, the South was still recuperating from the effects of the Civil War. Newspapers often shared advice on how to cope with the…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XIII Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 03, Fall Issue 1946) CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By …
The Fort Mims massacre was a battle that occurred on 30 August 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging…
ELDRED BURDER TEAGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820-1902) Shelby, Montgomery, Greene, Sumter County, Macon, Jefferson Counties & Georgia Eldred Burder Teague, the son of John…
CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA The first settler of Calera was John R. Gamble from Ireland. He was a soldier of the American Revolution and…
Andrew Jackson Beard An Inventor (1849-1921) "Andrew Jackson Beard was born a slave on a plantation near Mt. Pinson in Jefferson County, Alabama about…
A Relic Left Behind – Heartwarming Reminder of Kindness in the War Between the States submitted by Virginia Tuttle (She is the 4th cousin once…
Established in 1821 when still a part of Pike County, Louisville is one of the oldest towns in Alabama and was the county seat…
Mobile Alabama 1901 (Detroit Photography Co. Library of Congress) Check out our Biography books The biographies of Alabamians in the Ebooks are from many sources.…
The bridge was reopened March 24, 2015 Clarkson Covered Bridge Cullman County, Alabama Cullman County’s historic Clarkson Covered Bridge turned 100 last year and is getting…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format WILLIAM…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER V The place where court should be held was rather a problem for…
Childhood fun and my toys in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This…
SOCIETY OF DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION DAR EARLY ALABAMA HISTORY Organized in 1890 in Washington DC The society of Daughters of the American…
The area of the present town of Midway in Bullock County, Alabama was once known as Feagin's Store Post Office and Five Points. An…
WARNING: This story was transcribed exactly as written in the 1930s. It may include some offensive language. PLEAS AND THE SNAKE FOLKLORE BY WPA…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
Auburn, located in Lee County is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2014 population of 60,258. It is a college town, home…
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