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SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY HOUSEHOLD HINTS FROM 1887 A stiff paste of glycerine and red lead will be found useful in making a…
LET'S THINK POSITIVE Living on Earth is expensive but it does include a free trip around the sun every year Photograph of a class…
Some funny, clean stories stand the test of time like these: A little girl wanted to say that she had a fan, but had…
Some old recipes for your health from the past Poultice recipes have been around for centuries. That was the major way to treat…
Excerpt transcribed from The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -July 15, 1865 Vinegar of the Four Thieves: Recipes & Curious Tips from the Past Have…
PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: This is hilarious! But I imagine it was true. . . A prominent physician of Baltimore tells of an amusing…
PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS – Did you know that the Confederate States had no Supreme Court? (Excerpt transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke…
Humorous Tombstones Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a…
These hints provide a sense of what housework was like in 1887. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY USEFUL HINTS FROM 1887 To clean a…
President James Abram Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881. He lingered for eleven weeks and died on September 19, 1881, at Long Branch,…
(Transcribed the from the Birmingham Iron Age April 2, 1874) HINTS TO HOUSE-BUILDERS Avoid such lots as will require your house to face North.…
Linen was very valuable in 1887 and its care was important SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE THE CARE OF LINEN One of the most important…
I know this isn't a story about Alabama, but I was researching some of my family who traveled west and ran across the photos…
Have you ever been attacked by the Genealogy Police? You will if you ever write a historical book or post genealogy information on the…
This is an old Southern favorite recipe. How do you make yours? SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE 1 Large can sweet potatoes (or equivalent in fresh…
These men evidently wanted more children: Moultrie, Georgia: Here lies the father of twenty-nine, He would have had more but he didn't have time.…
OLD-TIME PAN DOWDY Pare, core, and slice enough tart apples to fill bottom of a flat baking dish about 2 inches in depth. To…
The Red Horse by WPA writer Demps A. Oden 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around…
This article and more abstracts are also available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: Jury lists, like this one, are always a…
Happy April Fools Day! In 1974, as an April Fool joke, a radio announcer told his audience that, since the community had experienced several…
Alva Woods (1794 – 1887) was the first president of the University of Alabama. He was a conservative Baptist minister, who had been educated…
Here is an epitaph about a woman who in life was evidently a great gossip: 'Tread softly, reader, lest you wake, The greatest talker that…
Do you collect only names and dates of family ancestry? Then you are missing the most enjoyable part of genealogy. By uncovering facts and…
From Cecile Ashworth Brown Thought someone may be interested in why I became interested in genealogy. My Dad used to tell me that one…
During the warm days of summer in Alabama, cool gelatine dishes were often used in menus. Here is a popular one from around 1932.…
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These epitaphs reveal some unusual ways people died. Here lies entombed one Roger Morton, Whose sudden death was early brouoght on; Trying one day…
SCROLL DOWN TO READ STORY (Excerpts transcribed from The Valley Daily Times-News, Lanett, Alabama, February 17, 1916) LANETT SOCIETY One of the most delightful…
Cider was a popular alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples before the 20th century. The juice of any variety of apple…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
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