Author: Donna R Causey

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey
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Essential book for WWI genealogy research in Alabama

This KINDLE book includes all the deaths from World War I, listed by the county where they last resided, over 60 pages of names.…

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PATRON – The Act and Names of Civil War soldiers by County (All counties) of residence furnished artificial limbs in 1874 -1875

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were maimed during the War Between…

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PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Try something new for Christmas – this is an old Alabama Fruit cake which features watermelon preserves

ALABAMA FRUIT CAKE 1924 recipe from Alabama Extension Service 1 lb. butter ¾ lb. sugar 9 eggs 1 lb. flour 2 tbsp. baking powder…

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Spectacular newsreel of a woman being blown out of a cardboard casket with dynamite & pilot crashing plane in Birmingham

Extreme sports are not new.  There were many stuntmen, often called 'death dodgers' that put on shows at state fairs throughout the country in the…

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PATRON + Shelby County, and other central Alabama counties were once beachfront property. Do you think it will happen again?

From geologic research, we know that the state was once covered by ancient oceans, swamps, and other near-shore environments and the sediment left behind…