Reader Comment by Bob Anderson: Remind your readers that tombstones can carry a lot more info than just name, birth date and death date. …
Excerpts from The Book of Birmingham by John R. Hornady, Illustrations by W. Paul Pim, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1921 Laying out the early…
Kosaku Sawada was born in Osaka, central Japan Oct. 21, 1882. and pursued an education at Osaka University, graduating with a degree in agriculture. In 1906, he immigrated…
(Excerpt transcribed from Crenshaw County News, Luverne, Alabama January 16, 1908) ANOTHER RAIL HORROR Passenger and Freight Crash Through High Trestle Five People Killed…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) LOCAL SPECS. Mr. W. M. Carney spent Tuesday in Mobile. Dr.…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) By 1836, most of the willing Native-Americans had been removed to the land in the west, and…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) PERRY COUNTY PROBATE NOTICES GUARDIAN'S SALE On Tuesday, the 3d day of…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) MARRIED On the 21st inst., at the residence of Wm. S. Hanna,…
PATRON + The story from ex-slave & preacher, 94-year-old J. B. Watson, who lived in a shack in Mobile 1939 (WARNING! This WPA interviewer…
Did you know that you can make a custard from potatoes? This recipe is from 1887. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE STORY POTATO CUSTARD 1887…
Excerpt from a 1946 Canning cookbook Corn is one of the largest packs put up by the commercial canners. It is canned cream style,…
A man standing in front of a school bus in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama ca. 1920. On back "Bus #1 is now completing seven…
It is believed that pound cake is a Northern European dish, that dates back to the early 1700s. A traditional American pound cake would contain…
On May 29, 1865, President Johnson issued an amnesty proclamation. Under this proclamation, any former Confederate who had not already taken advantage of President…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND Under, and virtue of an order of the…
This man's trade of watch-making was used in his unusual epitaph on his tombstone. "Here lies in horizontal position The outside case of George…
STORY OF JULIA BAKER EX-SLAVE by Mary A. Poole Written ca 1937 WPA AUTHOR (WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) FOREIGN IMMIGRATION COMPANY FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA The undersigned propose to…
Choctaw Crossing Places on the Tombigbee River By H. S. Halbert (Unedited transcription from Publications of the Alabama Historical Society, Miscellaneous.. Volume 1 by…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) IN CHANCERY Southern Division, Second District, of Alabama BILL FOR DIVORCE Martha…
Excerpt transcribed exactly as published in The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -August 5, 1865 Masonry Rising Into Religion The Masons of Massachusetts have made…
(Transcribed from The Macon Banner, Macon, Clarke County, Alabama April 24, 1845) THE STATE OF ALABAMA CLARKE COUNTY Orphans Court, holden on the first…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Treaty commissioners were sent to the Cherokee country in the fall of 1823…
Excerpt transcribed from The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -August 5, 1865 MARRIED At the residence of the bride's Father, on the 19th ult., by…
(Excerpt transcribed from The Livingston Journal, July 15, 1865) The undertaking (of) the publication of a newspaper at this time, we are fully aware…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from Chambers County Democrat, LaFayette, Alabama, December 7, 1887) PERSONAL WHEREABOUTS Willis Henderson is in the employ of…
Brunswick stew is a traditional dish that is popular in the South. The origin of the dish is uncertain, but it is believed to…
The town of Elberta in Baldwin County, Alabama was settled in 1904 by German pioneers. Today, the small town is also known for DINOSAURS…
