Photograph Alex-Bush-Photographer-February-4-1937 Lawler-House-County-Road-11-Talladega-Talladega-County, Alabama PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XVIII The comparative strength of whig and democrat in…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
These suggestions were written in 1880s, but would be useful today. THE WAY TO HEALTH1 The only true way to health is that which…
An amazing news story about postal theft in Montgomery, Alabama May 23, 1825 (This story has been transcribed from The Evening Post (New York,…
(Transcribed from The Monroe Journal, Monroeville, Alabama, January 5, 1867) VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE! Compelled as I am to be absent from Camden, I…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) THE PASSING THRONG Mr. E. W. deGraffenried of Greensboro, is in the…
Return to Alabama of Dissatisfied Emigrants to Brazil Transcribed from the MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA ADVERTISER, Aug. 10, 1867 There arrived at the Central Hotel last…
Washing white lace was very difficult in the 1890s as these directions reveal In the 1890s, young girls often had dresses made of lace…
Photograph of MARKER OF JACKSON TRACE Alex Bush, Photographer, February 4, 1937 - Mardis House, U.S. Highway 231, Talladega PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND…
These newspaper abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V Transcribed From the Florence Times October 6, 1905…
MOON-EYED by J. W. Hand1 written ca. 1938 (Alabama Department of Archives and History) Grandpappy Cook had just finished bragging about selling a five-dollar…
A US Marshall was killed in Etowah County, Alabama in 1875 (Transcribed from the Cherokee Advertiser, Centre, Alabama, June 10, 1875) The Convention for…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Good Old Days' in Anniston - How many stores still exist? Advertisements from the Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama 1940 Would you like to know Thomas…
This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves Our grandparents worked hard on daily chores and were always looking for…
CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA EARLY DIFFICULTIES By Benjamin Franklin Riley (transcribed from History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a detailed record of events...pub. 1881) "The…
Excerpt transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama March 13, 1840) COMMITTED To the Jail of Bibb County, on the 11th October, 1839, a…
POPOVERS One cup flour, one cup sweet milk, one egg, generous pinch salt. Beat all together with an eggbeater five minutes. Bake in Muffin…
NOTE: Coosa County was a large county in 1877. It included the present-day counties of Elmore, The physical features of Coosa differ very much…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
A marble-cutter, inscribing the words, - “Lord she was thine” upon a tombstone, found that he had not figured his spaces correctly and he…
Coosa and Cahaba coal fields (Written in 1910) The discovery and original crude workings of various of the mines in the Coosa and Cahaba…
Excerpt transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama March 13, 1840) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Letters of Administration on the estate of DAVID T. SQUIRE, having…
RANDOM THOUGHTS The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but also to leave unsaid…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) “From 1805 to 1827, five lotteries were held to distribute former Creek lands.…
Alabama Marriage Notices from the 1852 South Western Baptist Newspaper 2-4-1852 Married on the 14th inst., by the REV. A. VANHOOSE of Aberdeen, Mississippi,…
Capt. Jones was a great traveler and fond of telling large stories, some of which he verified by an oath. When he died, the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XVI For thirty-seven years Whig and Democrat had battled for the presidency, with…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) B. F. RODEN ACCEPTS B. F. Roden, who was yesterday elected chairman…
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) COMMITTALS Committed to the Jail of Mobile County, on the 14th day of December…
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