[This is quite a story that reveals what travel was like in 1830] THE TRIP by BUD and TERRY ANDERSON Excerpted and paraphrased by…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XI INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA The battle of Talladega, fought between the hostile…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JAMES BASS COBBS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1925) Jefferson and…
This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: "Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V GEORGE MARCUS CRUIKSHANK BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1852 Kentucky,…
Fashions in children's clothing has changed over the years as can be seen by these interesting vintage photographs of unidentified children at the Alabama…
Amazing - names of students in Macon County date back to 1842 TOWNSHIP SCHOOL LIST T. 18, R. 24 State of Alabama) Macon County…
Petition - From the citizens of the counties of Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin, in the Alabama Territory. OCTOBER 1817. DECEMBER 30, 1817.…
The newspaper was the major means of communication between communities in the past. Letters were written to the major newspapers about the state of…
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The Fayette County Courthouse burned twice, once in 1866 and again in 1911. There is a traditional story that the first fire was deliberately set…
This is an article and interview from May 21, 1885 with a Well-to-do "Old Residenter"—From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama He knew what it looked…
These newspaper abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII Transcribed news & personal information from the Birmingham Iron Age…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format FRANK…
These newspaper abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I On March 5, 1874, a man at the Exchange Hotel…
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction "by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the…
A Trip to Texas by train (Written in 1890) (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) EDITOR CHOCTAW ADVOCATE: As you are…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III along with several other Abercrombie families in Alabama.…
This is a great book for anyone searching family genealogy in Bibb County or close by. It is “out of print” but can be…
TOD ROBINSON, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1812-1870) Judge in California Tod Robinson, lawyer, judge, and legislator, was born on March 1, 1812, in…
“Ice Cream” Sunday By Ben White It was Sunday morning; the sun was just beginning to come over the horizon, the sky was clear…
Bear, Panther, And Wolf Were Common Once Alabama became a territory, in the words of Pickett, "the flood-gates of Virginia, the two Carolinas, Tennessee,…
This is a cute story that many who lived on a farm can relate to. Bitterweed Butter by Dorothy Graham Gast When I was…
In the Pratt City Herald News on July 21, 1900, the following news items were included: E. E. Forbes Music Company in Montgomery, Alabama…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: List of Jurors Drawn for the Spring Term 1874…
Patron Member story - This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: . The first edition of…
Marble has been used as a building material for centuries, but sometimes it gets stained. This is how our ancestors dealt with stain removal…
LEMUEL JAMES ALSTON BIOGRAPAHY and GENEALOGY (1760-1836) Washington County, Alabama Lemuel James Alston, Alabama pioneer and Revolutionary War soldier, was born in 1760, in…
ELISHA DAVID ACKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1949) Talladega, Cherokee County, Alabama Elisha David Acker, a lawyer, was born February 14, 1861, at Lincoln, Talladega…
In the story Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War , only the five Native American tribes were mentioned. The Catawba Indians have often…
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