OLD CLAYTON, BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA (Transcribed From Smartt, Eugenia Persons...History of Eufaula, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, printers, 1930, c1933.) The town of…
Excerpt transcribed from The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -August 5, 1865 CANDIDATE From a Correspondence in today's paper, it will be seen that Judge…
Patron – On February 15, 1894 News about the Methodist church, a marriage, visitors, and a serenade PERSONALS (Excerpts from The Courtland Enterprise, Courtland,…
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ALABAMA Transcribed from:History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 2 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) The Progressive Era commences this week, the publication…
Patron – In 1884, citizens had to prove their homestead continuous homestead in Cullman County, Alabama (Excerpt from The Cullman Tribune, Cullman, Alabama, January…
A death and List of Letters remaining in the P. O. at Autaugaville on Tuesday, October 4, 1853 (Transcribed from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama)…
"The Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company dates back to 1836, the year the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance was established." The company…
Transcribed story from the Birmingham Iron Age which was published on March 19, 1874 reveals what a typical farmers' life was like in Pickens…
(Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News May 26, 1937) U. OF A. DEGREES AWARDED 468 IN FINAL EXERCISES 328 Men and 140 Women Are In…
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION HELD AT CENTRE, ALA. SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 1875. (News Extract Transcribed from Cherokee Advertiser, Centre, Alabama, June 10, 1875) Pursuant…
HOMEMADE COTTAGE CHEESE FROM 1924 RECIPE Alabama Extension service Filling cartons with cottage cheese 1939 (Library of Congress) SETTING - Place clean sweet milk in…
This letter from Professor Connerly to the editors of the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper has been transcribed from the Birmingham Iron Age April 16,…
(Excerpts transcribed from Clayton Banner, Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, March 21, 1861) NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS LETTERS of Administration having been granted to…
More funny tombstones Epitaph over wife in Sunbury Churchyard, England: “Oh! Do not weep, my husband dear; I am not dead, but sleeping here;…
Thirty Unionists in Montgomery In the small city of Montgomery, Alabama of some ten thousand people, around 1861, there were approximately thirty who were…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT STRESS If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old. Laughing…
MARINE HOSPITAL (U. S.) AT MOBILE The Marine Hospital at Mobile, Alabama was the oldest building used as a Marine Hospital in 1914. It…
(Excerpts transcribed from Clayton Banner, Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, March 21, 1861) ANNOUNCEMENTS WE are authorized to announce the name of JOHN COX as…
MONTGOMERY ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE The Montgomery Anti-Tuberculosis League was an organization for the prevention and cure of Tuberculosis. Organized in 1908 under the leadership of…
(Excerpts transcribed from Clayton Banner, Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama, March 21, 1861) The Washington correspondence of the Pensacola Observer says the ladies are engaged…
To keep flowers fresh for the cemetery: Mix wet sand in container and place flowers in it. Will keep them fresh for a week.…
On February 15, 1823, Hunter Peel, a civil engineer from England, executed an agreement with the Board of Trustees to furnish water to the…
February 11, 1930 From The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 10 HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS RECEIVE HIGHEST HONORS Students Are Elected Into National Honor Society Of…
How to cure rheumatic gout and using food for ailments instead of medicine (Transcribed from The Iron Age, Birmingham, March 5, 1874) An Englishman…
History of WINSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA Winston County, Alabama was created by an act, February 12, 1850. Its territory was taken almost entirely from Walker…
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) SOCIETY AND PERSONALS Mrs. R. E. LUCKIE, Editor Part II…
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) NOTICE The Commissioners Court will meet at what is known…
Actual Tombstone A brother getting even with widow for poisoning his brother and her husband – Knight's Corner – Pelham, Massachusetts Warren Gibbs Died…
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