JAMES EBEAR GRIMES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-1938) Tallapoosa and Coosa County, Alabama James Ebear Grimes was a well-known farmer and surveyor of Weogufka, Alabama.…
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…
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.…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
THOMAS CLANTON CALLOWAY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1879-aft. 1904) MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Thomas Clanton Calloway, musician and composer, of Montgomery, won the right to the title…
TOD ROBINSON, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1812-1870) Judge in California Tod Robinson, lawyer, judge, and legislator, was born on March 1, 1812, in…
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,…
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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…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
A simple mode of keeping butter in warm weather, where ice is not handy: Invert a common flower pot over the butter, with some…
CUTE STORY FROM THE PAST (Excerpt transcribed from The Columbia Breeze, Columbia, Alabama August 25, 1892) KISS ME An amusing incident occurred in a…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPES Buttermilk Cake Two cups of sugar, two of chopped raisins, two of buttermilk, one-half cup of shortening, four cups…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) THE PASSING THRONG Mr. E. W. deGraffenried of Greensboro, is in the…
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Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853- 1913) Perry County, Alabama William Francis Hogue, lawyer and legislator, was a member of the…
PAINT ROCK VALLEY, ALABAMA PIONEERS (posted to public stories Ancestry.com by genealogygeek) Flanked by steep mountains and threaded by a meandering river, Paint Rock Valley…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I MATTHEW CLAY, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1795-1827) Lawrence County, Alabama…
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