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HOW IT WORKS Mr. Jno G. Brady, of Tuscaloosa, is in the city. He is prospecting for a home and will join his fortunes…
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CEMETERY NEAR LAKE LORRAINE AND ROBERTSON CEMETERY IN NORTHPORT, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942)…
(The following news article was transcribed from the Birmingham Iron Age published on March 12, 1874, reveals the discontent in the South after the…
The first two photographs are labeled morning attendance at a Mill school in Huntsville taken by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1913. It may…
News excerpts from neighboring towns (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) FROM OVER THE COUNTY WOMACK HILL Crops look well.…
Helen Keller, even though she was unable to hear or see, was famous from the age of 8 until her death in 1968. Her…
Jefferson County was created by an act of the legislature December 13, 1819. The territory from which this county was formed was taken from…
After Gen. LaFayette visit. There were many details to follow up with in Alabama, including payment for services rendered as indicated by these letters. His…
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Check the Patreon APP Alabama Pioneers Patrons community each morning for the latest stories Stringing Needles for Mother My mother's sight has failed so…
The New Deal initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt included employment programs for jobless white-collar workers to collect narratives and life histories of former slaves.…
See ALL books by Donna R. Causey Official Arrangements and Plans for General LaFayette visit to Alabama's capital General LaFayette visited Alabama in 1825…
News excerpts from neighboring towns of Butler, Alabama - 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) PELHAM As the ADVOCATE is…
Barbecue Spareribs Recipe from the 1940s You can get around the cooking time for the spare ribs by precooking them in the kitchen oven…
See ALL books by Donna R. Causey LOCAL PEOPLE AND ITEMS (Transcribed from Brewton Banner, Brewton, Alabama, June 2, 1883) S. J. Foshee, of…
(Click to read more about what happened to Bellefonte) (Transcribed extract from Bellefonte Courier and Jackson County Republican, April 11, 1839) By virtue of…
Interesting newspaper article from Rome News Tribune January 13, 1976, Rome, Georgia Elba, Alabama - Charlie Porter, born a slave 121 years ago and…
The following is in the Necropolis, Glasgow Here lyes Bessy Bell But whereabouts I cannot tell. From Montrose churchyard Here lies the bodeys of…
HOME AND COUNTY NOTES (Transcribed extracts from The American Banner (Bay Minette, Alabama, September 16, 1899) Mr. Editor – Here is $1.50 for the…
ALABAMA INTERNAL REVENUE Federal taxes have been collected a long time, dating back to the Civil War but Alabama did not come under the…
See ALL books by Donna R. Causey This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII…
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If…
More Ancestry and Genealogy information on Elisha David Acker can be found in the book William Acker (1770-1793) Alabama and other Southern Descendants and…
See ALL books by Donna R. Causey Old natural remedies for dealing with insects and vermin In the south, we've always had to deal…
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