(Transcribed and unedited story from an unknown (possibly Susan Russell) WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer. JOHN MURRELL, TERROR OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE Written ca.…
Have a brickwall in your family research? Have you checked these records for clues? Autograph books Baby Books Birthday books Journals or diaries Insurance…
LOCAL NEWS AND PERSONALS AROUND TUSCUMBIA INN 1890 provide many clues for family researchers. (Cabin in Photograph above from Tuscumbia, Alabama by Carol Highsmith…
HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY BY REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER PART II CHAPTER VII CHURCHES Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 02,…
EARLY TIMES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PRESENT CITY OF MONTGOMERY.1 By William Stokes Wyman, LL. D.,2 University of Alabama Part II The Old Alabama Town Col. Hawkins, in…
These hints provide a sense of what housework was like in 1887. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY USEFUL HINTS FROM 1887 To clean a…
Old Graves and Graveyards in Greensboro, Alabama There are a number of scattered graves in Greensboro of which the present generation—most of them—know nothing.…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
President James Abram Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881. He lingered for eleven weeks and died on September 19, 1881, at Long Branch,…
A GEORGIA WEDDING A Georgia paper got a wedding notice and advertisement of auction sale mixed, and this is the way it appeared in…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer BENJAMIN WILSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1773-1852) SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA After…
On this date, May 21st two important events occurred in Alabama history. The Confederate Congress met for the last time in 1861 and the…
This Zeigler House1 (depicted in the photographs below) was built ca. 1825 is still standing in Elmore County, Alabama. The Zeigler family arrived in…
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V Now available in Ebook, paperback and hardback! Makes great…
I HEAR OLD REUBEN MOANIN' BY WOODROW HAND1 written ca. 1939 The scene may be any place in Shelby County where there is a…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
Public Spirit – This transcription of an editorial from the Birmingham Iron Age of September 15, 1881 could have been written today. The city…
(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.…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. JOSEPH HAYES ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1850-1938) Madison County,…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 – The goat continued eating “It was while I lived…
Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
Hung in Effigy in Greensboro, Alabama1 (written in 1908) The cutting down of an oak tree and the filling of a well in 1843 in Greensboro…
Old Homemade Recipes LIKE GRANDMA USED TO MAKE EGG CUSTARD PIE (1890s) Heat together until very light the yolks of four eggs and four tablespoonfuls…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer MOSES ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1821-ca 1921) Dallas County, Alabama…
JOE'S TALL STORY WRITTEN BY WOODROW HAND1 WPA WORKER 12/21/1938 Maybe I would have disputed Joe Lowery when he told me how he got…
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JUDGE CHARLES W. FERGUSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1855-ca. aft.…
ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN GREENSBORO, ALABAMA1 (published 1908) Greensboro, from its foundation up to the year 1883, never knew what it was to have even…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, William P. Burke Towns and Native Americans of Jackson County, Alabama written by…
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