This is an excerpt from the book Compiled records of BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME I: Biographies Genealogy Reports, Notes & Records ADAM JAMES…
LEVI WELBOURNE LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1816-1892) Madison, Shelby, Talladega Counties Levi Welbourne Lawler, business man, was born Oct. 4, 1816, in Madison County;…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake The Native American Chief Tecumseh arrived in Alabama in 1811…
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ALABAMA Transcribed from:History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 2 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) The Progressive Era commences this week, the publication…
Patron – In 1884, citizens had to prove their homestead continuous homestead in Cullman County, Alabama (Excerpt from The Cullman Tribune, Cullman, Alabama, January…
A death and List of Letters remaining in the P. O. at Autaugaville on Tuesday, October 4, 1853 (Transcribed from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama)…
SATSUMA DAY The town of Satsuma in Mobile County, Alabama was originally named Fig Tree Island but was renamed Satsuma in 1915 for a…
"The Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company dates back to 1836, the year the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance was established." The company…
Transcribed story from the Birmingham Iron Age which was published on March 19, 1874 reveals what a typical farmers' life was like in Pickens…
Did you know that some early settlers & speculators of Alabama land conspired with the British? (Text continued below) Speculation in Muscle Shoals "In…
(Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News May 26, 1937) U. OF A. DEGREES AWARDED 468 IN FINAL EXERCISES 328 Men and 140 Women Are In…
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION HELD AT CENTRE, ALA. SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 1875. (News Extract Transcribed from Cherokee Advertiser, Centre, Alabama, June 10, 1875) Pursuant…
HOMEMADE COTTAGE CHEESE FROM 1924 RECIPE Alabama Extension service Filling cartons with cottage cheese 1939 (Library of Congress) SETTING - Place clean sweet milk in…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants President Monroe's Surprise Visit To Huntsville “Flurry and excitement” greeted President Monroe…
This letter from Professor Connerly to the editors of the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper has been transcribed from the Birmingham Iron Age April 16,…
(Excerpts transcribed from Clayton Banner, Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, March 21, 1861) NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS LETTERS of Administration having been granted to…
More funny tombstones Epitaph over wife in Sunbury Churchyard, England: “Oh! Do not weep, my husband dear; I am not dead, but sleeping here;…
This story and more can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Statehood: Lost & Forgotten Stories Forty-four delegates gathered in a vacant cabinet shop on July…
Thirty Unionists in Montgomery In the small city of Montgomery, Alabama of some ten thousand people, around 1861, there were approximately thirty who were…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT STRESS If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old. Laughing…
Cherokee County, Alabama - DeSoto and Chiaha where DeSoto visited HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part I Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
MARINE HOSPITAL (U. S.) AT MOBILE The Marine Hospital at Mobile, Alabama was the oldest building used as a Marine Hospital in 1914. It…
(Excerpts transcribed from Clayton Banner, Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, March 21, 1861) ANNOUNCEMENTS WE are authorized to announce the name of JOHN COX as…
(The Wilson Dam Schools had some very innovative programs as can be seen by this historic vintage film below) The Wilson Dam School From…
MONTGOMERY ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE The Montgomery Anti-Tuberculosis League was an organization for the prevention and cure of Tuberculosis. Organized in 1908 under the leadership of…
(Excerpts transcribed from Clayton Banner, Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, March 21, 1861) The Washington correspondence of the Pensacola Observer says the ladies are engaged…
To keep flowers fresh for the cemetery: Mix wet sand in container and place flowers in it. Will keep them fresh for a week.…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) CONTINUED BELOW... There were many routes that early pioneers used to…
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