Category: Biographies

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Many pioneers to Shelby County, Alabama had intertwining relationships

When pioneers moved to new locations, they often traveled in groups and intermarried with those they traveled with on their journey. This was the…

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Many of these Alabama pioneers were Revolutionary War soldiers

Great book for Genealogists and Alabama Historians! Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. VIII is the eighth book of Biographies on Notable and Not-so-Notable…

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Genealogy book on JOHN T. ‘SQUIRE’ BOYD, an early pioneer of Perry County, Alabama

JOHN T. 'SQUIRE' BOYD, an early pioneer of Perry County, Alabama is believed to have been the son of Robert and Rosannah (Stewart) Boyd…

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See more “Lost & Forgotten” stories of Alabama’s Explorers

The stories in Alabama Footprints - Exploration - A collection of lost & forgotten stories of Alabama, concerns the discovery of Alabama and the initial settlement era.…

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This Alabama ancestral line is mentioned in a best-selling novel and inspired historical fiction series

Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820) is the Cottingham family mentioned in the best-selling novel, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans…

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Do family and friends ask you for help in their genealogy research? This book may help

Do you have someone in your family who is interested in genealogy? Give them Where Do I Start?: Hints and Tips for Beginning Genealogists with…

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Save money and hours of research on early YEAGER/YAGER settlers in Alabama!

In my personal genealogy research, I often spent days in courthouses, libraries and cemeteries, as well as considerable expense copying records only to discover…

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Names and death dates of FREEMASONS who died in flu epidemic for the year 1926

Many deaths occurred in the State of Alabama in the year 1926 from the Spanish flu epidemic when the Alabama Freemasons were flourishing. This…

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Samuel Lowery was a Revolutionary War Soldier – here are some descendants in Alabama

Samuel Lowery was believed to have been born around 1760 in Ireland. He married Hanna Jeffers/Peppers in Virginia. She was born 1768 in Virginia…

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FEATURE BOOK- Great Alabama history book for genealogist and historian

Great book for genealogists as a reference book as well—from Alabama's first historian! Pickett's History of Alabama: And Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the…

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UPDATE: Found – a Picture of Cottingham house built ca. 1707 in Maryland – an ancestor of Bibb County, Alabama Cottinghams

During my research for my historical fiction novel in this series, I was excited to discover a photograph (below) of a Cottingham house built…