John Pool was a Revolutionary War Soldier and early pioneer from South Carolina who first settled in Shelby County, Alabama then later moved to…
This Patron+ story is also in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants - A Collection of Lost and Forgotten Stories First Territorial Governor Lived…
This photograph from the Alabama Department of Archives in History states that this is a John Whitfield of the same period of time. It describes…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book These…
From New Jersey Julia Adams Died of thin shoes, April 17th, 1839 aged 19 years In Plymouth churchyard Here lies the body of Thomas…
Many of Andrew Jackson's men settled in Alabama (written in 1910) Of the men with (Andrew) Jackson, mustered out just after this affair, (the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XX The ruling class in all countries make more history than others. Those…
ALABAMA ITEMS (Local news transcribed from Memphis Daily Appeal., August 08, 1858) The Poslmaster-General has established Post Offices at the following places in Hillaber…
Curiosities of our Calendar There are some curious facts about our calendar. No century may begin on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday. The same calendars…
A FEW DONT'S IN SELECTING YOUR HUSBAND BY DOROTHY DIX (Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News December 22, 1937) Girls, if you want to be…
When Americans think about cities historically known for automotive industry, places like Detroit are usually the first to come up, but did you know…
A letter from to Fort Claiborne reported events in Alabama on May 16, 1818 (Transcribed from Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, North Carolina, May 16,…
These abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX John Cook Hendon Family Bible: Pickens/Marion Counties, AL Contributed…
Sometimes it is funny seeing life through the eyes of a child. A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination,…
Vice-President William Rufus King Incident (Written in 1910) An incident of particular interest occurring shortly after St. Stephens was made the capital of Alabama…
EARLY SETTLERS IN HUNTSVILLE BY JUDGE THOMAS JONES TAYLOR transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly Vol I, N. 3, Fall Issue 1930 Before…
(Transcribed from The Monroe Journal, Monroeville, Alabama, January 5, 1867) LOCAL ITEMS The Journal has a free circulation on all the Steamers on the…
Lace was very popular and used in many ways during the 1890s, including dresses. Here are some ways black lace was cleaned found…
Read about more events that happened on this date in ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume 1 at Amazon.com The first edition of the Birmingham Iron…
Stories and ghostly tales from the 1930s of how Shades Valley in Jefferson County, Alabama was named (WPA Alabama Writer's Project) There are at…
On August 11, 1939, the city of Birmingham, Alabama baseball fans were excited about the purchase of the Birmingham Barons by the Cincinnati Reds'…
SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS From Will Book B, Sumter Co., Alabama: Will of LUCY A. ADAMS. p. 292. All property to my husband…
Typographical errors that made it through editing are often funny From the society column: "Mrs. John King entertained members of the Friday Boob Club."…
Ghost stories or a part of Alabama's past. Below are three unedited stories from 1939 written by a WPA writer who interviewed three African-Americans…
Excerpt from The Alexander Outlook, Alexander City, Alabama, Oct 7, 1892, tells about the early days Alexander City Something of the town we live…
(Transcribed from The Monroe Journal, Monroeville, Alabama, January 5, 1867) Chancery Court decrees 1867 MASTER'S SALE In pursuance of decrees of the Chancery Court…
The early settlers of Alabama found themselves surrounded but the dense forest had to be felled and the fields cultivated. From History of…
This advice was published in the Jacksonville Republican in Benton, County, Alabama in 1837 and has been transcribed exactly as written. It is still…
In 1883, there was an attempt to burn the Woodstock Hotel in Anniston, Alabama in 1883 (Transcribed from Anniston Hot Blast, Anniston, Alabama, October…
Photograph of Masonic Female Institute, Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama 1939 Manning Hall. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1850. Related name: State of Alabama…
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