Yankee holiday Thanksgiving was not observed as a holiday in Alabama until 1858 when the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North and South…
Recently, there has been talk of restoring and reopening Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama as a mental health facility in Mobile County. Searcy…
Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition -presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters…
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…
(Transcribed from The Weekly Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama July 31, 1850) CALL FOR A SOUTHERN MEETING – A VOICE FROM AUTAUGA At a large and…
Millie Francis of the Creek Tribe is often called the Creek Pocahontas. She was the first woman and Native American to be awarded a…
(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC and ANTI-KNOW NOTHING CONVENTION, Held in Montgomery, Jan.…
A ROMANTIC LOVE STORY (Transcribed from the Times Daily, Florence, Alabama January 9, 1892) Washington Post Congressman Oates, of Alabama with his 55 years…
Pell City and Ashville in St. Clair County are both the county seat. St. Clair County encompasses 646 square miles, and lies at the…
(Transcribed from THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, APRIL 30, 1891) A ROBBER BAND AT BAY ATTALLA THE SCENE OF A TERRIBLE CONFLICT A Gang…
SHOOTING IN HUNTSVILLE 1854 (Excerpt Transcribed from The Jones Valley Times (Elyton, Alabama) April 1, 1854) James Burton was shot on Monday last by…
Daylight Savings Time has been embroiled in controversy since Benjamin Franklin first proposed the concept. The plan was formally adopted in the U.S. in…
Interesting newspaper article from Rome News Tribune January 13, 1976, Rome, Georgia Elba, Alabama - Charlie Porter, born a slave 121 years ago and…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
Mary Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama in 1866. She moved with her widowed mother and sister to the booming town of Birmingham, Alabama…
[Anne Newport Royall was alive to witness the Revolutionary War and recorded her sentiments about the experience in this letter written on President Washington's…
In 1965 Judge Annie Lola Price, the first woman to serve on the high court of Alabama as Chief Court of Criminal Appeals, was…
On July 29, 2020, ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume III was placed on sale for 99 cents! The price of this Ebook will increase 5…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
Subscribe to Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon to see and hear more of Alabama's history! (continued below) We have been chronicling Alabama history and telling Alabama…
Upcoming countdown sales On July 23, 2020, Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) will be placed on sale for 99 cents countdown sale. The price…
After the Civil War and during Reconstruction citizens of Alabama suffered considerably and many lost their homes and property. Often they pulled up stakes and…
MR. WILLIAM POWERS DEAD Another of Lauderdale's Oldest and Best Citizens Gone (transcribed from Times Daily July 24, 1890, Florence, Alabama) This well-known citizen…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
(Picturesque city of Fairhope, Alabama has a unique story about how it was established) Fairhope, Baldwin County, was established in 1894 on the site…
July 7, 1943– What do you think? Was their censorship or simply shortages which caused rationing of newsprint in WWII? Share your answers and…
From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES : Volume 1
Early on the morning on March 15, 1926, the town of Hartselle in Morgan County, Alabama was held hostage for almost four hours while "thieves…
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