John Turner Milner, born 1826 in Pike County, Ga., moved to Alabama after his trip to California and was one of the surveyors of…
(We had so much fun with grits, and cornbread, we decided to add Deep South Butterbeans) The Ten Commandments of Deep South Butterbeans Thou shalt use…
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This biography is included in the Books Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II & First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Vol. I JOHN…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hard cover format…
WILLIAM CLAIBORNE WILLIAMS, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1876-aft. 1904) Shelby, Jefferson and Blount county, Alabama William Claiborne Williams, M.D. was one of the…
The Gay Family came to America on the MARY and the JOHN in 1636 and settled in Dedham, Massachusetts. Three brothers came over together.…
We truly have a secret treasure in East Alabama that not many people are aware of, Fort Mitchell Historic Site. Represents three different periods…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK.…
(Old Houses in Perote, Bullock County, Alabama and anecdotes about their owners) REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi…
The greed for gold was a driving force in the settlement of Georgia and northern Alabama. See more below the ad. (Excerpt from ALABAMA…
Happy Birthday! ELIJAH ANDERSON TURNER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-aft. 1904) Tallapoosa and Shelby county, Alabama Elijah Anderson Turner was one of the stirring and…
Sixth part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By…
The Buttahatchee River is a tributary to the Tombigbee River having its source in Winston and flowing to Marion County, then flowing southwestwardly, through…
THE CAMP MEETING by By HON. E. A. POWELL (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) The…
Many pioneers from the Eastern states of the United States traveled to Alabama during the Great Migration West after the Mississippi Territory was opened…
(Transcribed from The Centreville Press April 5, 1900, Centreville, Alabama) CITRON CREAM Make a custard of one pint milk, the yolks of three eggs,…
[Do you love ghost stories and tall tales. This tall tale about Sturdivant Hall is told in a film by the late but great…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JOHN AMONETTE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Revolutionary War Soldier (ca. 1757-1834) Madison County,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN JAMES HUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-aft. 1904) Dallas, Clarke, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama and Florida John James Hunter, of Sylacauga,…
Interesting photographs from the 1940s - 1950s - 1960s at the Alabama Department of Archives and History Employees at La Bella Beauty Salon at…
Warshing Clothes (I know washing is misspelled but that is the way you say it in some parts of the south) Never thought of…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I JAMES H. McDONALD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1826-1884) Lawrence County,…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. Georgia…
REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Cotton has always been the…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. The practice of awarding…
This biography is included in the book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I ARTHUR FRANCIS HOPKINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1794-1866) Lawrence County,…
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families…
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