Our ancestors learned many household tips over the years. Here are a few that may help today. To remove dents in a wooden bowl or…
Big Al is the University of Alabama's mascot and has been associated with the U of A since the 1930's. Alabama elephants ca. 1950s…
Governor Israel Pickens appointed General Thomas Farrar to accompany General LaFayette on his visit to Alabama in 1825. General Farrar wrote interesting letters about…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) SOCIETY PERSONALS Mrs. A. Worrell and son, James, are spending the holidays in Parish,…
At a recent and well-attended religious service in this city (Troy, Alabama) on a hot evening, a bat varied the interest of the occasion…
A wonderful memory from the past! AND THEY CALLED IT INDEPENDENT PART II By Marvin Malley Champion submitted by Jean Champion Butterworth We went…
(Transcribed excerpt is from The Monroe Journal, Monroe County Alabama, December 5, 1935) PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES OF MONROE by Miriam Brewer Richardson, Montgomery Advertiser Monroe…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) MRS. GRIDER AND SISTERS ENTERTAIN AT JANUARY TEA Mrs. Frank Grider and her sisters,…
WOMAN AND HOME (Excerpt from The Courtland Enterprise, Courtland, Alabama, February 15, 1894) PRETTY SLEEP WOOERS Useful Novelty Pillows for Couch or Divans –…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
(Transcribed excerpt is from The Monroe Journal, Monroe County Alabama, December 5, 1935) PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES OF MONROE by Miriam Brewer Richardson, Montgomery Advertiser Charles…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) MORGAN KIWANIANS TO HOLD ELECTION ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala., Dec. 27 – Special - The regular…
Glazed Louisiana Yams 1 can yams 7 T. margarine 3 T. lemon juice 3 T. honey or 4 1/2 T. brown sugar 1/ 1/2…
Everyone has them. Family legends in genealogy abound and often become more embellished with each generation. Many times, after diligent research you may find…
During 1937, the Federal Resettlement agency (a part of Roosevelt's New Deal program) purchased the old Pettway plantation and two adjacent farms in the…
WE ARE HAVING A HUGE EBOOK SALE OVER THE COMING WEEKS! Each of our 100 Ebooks will be on sale for 99 cents at…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) FAMILY REUNION AT ANNISTON ENJOYED ANNISTON, Ala., Dec. 27 – Special - Mr. and…
In Lydford Churchyard, near Dartmoor, England: Here lies, in horizontal position, the outside Case of George Routle1gh, Watchmaker; Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the…
Here are some early group photographs from the University of Alabama at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Very few of the people…
(Transcribed excerpt from The Monroe Journal, Monroe County Alabama, December 5, 1935) PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES OF MONROE by Miriam Brewer Richardson, Montgomery Advertiser Long before…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) HELENA PIONEER DIES HELENA, ALA., Dec. 17 – Special - Funeral services over the…
It is so much fun to look back and remember the wonderful things about living in Alabama and the south. Children still do some…
Mary Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama in 1866. She moved with her widowed mother and sister to the booming town of Birmingham, Alabama…
"OLD UNCLE DAVE" The Oldest Man in Lauderdale Dead (Transcribed from Times Daily July 18, 1890, Florence, Alabama) David Hutchings was born in Morganton,…
LOCAL NEWS IN ALABAMA 1877-1879 (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946 Huntsville jail has been satisfactorily repaired.…
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH Oldest Church in Jefferson County By Bess Stout Lambert [Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 02, No. 04, Winter Issue…
Governor Israel Pickens appointed General Thomas Farrar to accompany General LaFayette on his visit to Alabama in 1825. General Farrar wrote interesting letters about…
(Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) LOCAL AND PERSONAL W. A. Mitchell is quite ill at his homeDavid Jordan is…
Our parents came up with some unusual ideas to save time and energy around the house. Here are a few: "A button sewed to…
[Anne Newport Royall was alive to witness the Revolutionary War and recorded her sentiments about the experience in this letter written on President Washington's…
