I remember the days when my grandmother and mother would make jelly. It was an all day process but there was always wonderful aromas…
(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December12, 1918) CONTRAST RED CROSS OF 1918 AND HORRORS OF CIVIL WAR TIMES Support Alabama Pioneers Become…
This is why people sat with a dead body in a casket for a few days in their homes before burial.This article was published…
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(Hon. E. A. Powell knew many of these early governors of Alabama personally and he didn't mince words when describing them as you can…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) SUPPORT ALABAMA PIONEERS BECOME AN ALABAMA PIONEERS…
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Personal news from some towns in Sumter County, August 31, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) WARD NEWS Mr.…
Fish pudding is thought to be by some as a recipe derived from using left-overs. Farm woman cooking at stove in kitchen ca. 1925…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The following story is an excerpt from Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by E.…
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…
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