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Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 ( transcriptions) [No. 84.] AN ACT…
These tombstones reveal the unusual way the people died: Albany, New York Henry Edsel Smith Born 1903 – Died 1942 Looked up the elevator…
WILLIAM ALFRED ALTMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 -1923) Elmore and Sumter Counties, Alabama William Alfred Altman, a planter and merchant, was born March 9,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVI continued - Civil War When the drum's first beat called out our…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Great Truths about Life that children have learned.... No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. When your mom is mad at…
In the following transcribed letter, Lucy describes her work to her son in the influenza ward at the Camp Sheridan hospital. Transcribed letter from…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVI By the seventh of October, 1861, Alabama had furnished fully twenty-seven thousand…
Our ancestors found ingenious ways to clean, and renew almost everything as can be seen from these instructions from a 1890s book. To Take…
PIZITZ AD, Montgomery Advertiser September 11, 1921 Do you remember Pizitz Department Stores in Alabama? The Pizitz chain was founded as a family business…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JOEL BARTON LOWERY (b. March 6, 1834 – d.…
SAMUEL ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1829-1864) Conecuh Butler County, Alabama Samuel Adams was a lawyer and colonel in the C. S. Army. He was…
FRANK KEENE BUNKLEY BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1863-1907) Montgomery, Alabama Frank Keene Bunkley was a merchant and planter and became warden of the Alabama State…
Interesting legend about Little River Canyon National Preserve An interesting legend about Little River Canyon National Preserve in Talladega is a local one about…
Alabama Marriage Notices From 1850 Newspaper! This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV- Scroll to bottom…
How to destroy insects and vermin (from 1890s book) Out ancestors could not run out to the store for solutions to problems they faced…
LLEWELLYN JUDSON CARDEN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1842-1910) Shelby County, Alabama Llewellyn Judson Carden was the treasurer of Shelby County, Alabama, with residence at Columbiana.…
WILLIAM HENRY DENSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846-1906) Russell and Jefferson County, Alabama William Henry Denson of Birmingham was prominent in the profession of law…
JOSEPH F. ROPER DIARY (Excerpts from 1846 to 1853) Part 2 "I got home on the 27th day of March 1846. Left home with…
EXCERPT FROM REFLECTIONS OF AN ALABAMA TEACHER, 1875-1950 by Julia L. Willard (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 38, No. 04, Winter…
News from the Times Daily, Florence, Alabama November 17, 1931 In the midst of the Great Depression, with unemployment everywhere, the hope of any…
Donation Parties - Have you ever heard of them? Donation Parties by Maude Dreisbach Editorial Dept. (WPA Alabama Federal Writer's Project) Written in 1930s…
THE ORIGINAL "BOTTLE CORPS" AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN 1886 by Edward C. Crow This "Corps" was organized by several members of the…
Census Taker: "Good morning, madam, I'm taking the census." Old Lady: "The what?" Census Taker: "The c-e-n-s-u-s!" HELP SUPPORT ALABAMA PIONEERS BECOME AN AP…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXV The full measure of heroic achievements by Talladega troops would require volumes,…
Three Epitaphs from Colorado He was young He was fair But the Injuns Raised his hair. Poor Betty Conway She drank lemonade At a…
You've probably heard the story of the robbers, Bonnie and Clyde, but have you ever heard of the Blonde Bandit? This story reminds me…
HOW TO MAKE BLACKBERRY WINE There is no wine equal to blackberry, when it is properly made. In flavor, and for medical purposes, it…
(Continued - Excerpt Transcribed from The Montgomery Advertiser, Feb. 28, 1909) GERONIMO at MT. VERNON, ALABAMA Rev. J. M. Glenn Writes of the…
Geronimo was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache tribe. (continued below) (Excerpt Transcribed from The Montgomery…
