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Indians were to be removed voluntarily By the terms of the treaty (Fort Jackson 1814 - Creek Indian War) the Indians were not to…
Some tips and links to help in Alabama family research Study birth certificates carefully There is a considerable amount of information on birth certificates. …
Ghost town of Blakeley, Alabama On April 9, 1865, at 5:30 p.m, following an eight-day siege, the Battle of Blakeley was fought near Mobile,…
This biography is included in the E-Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I BOLLING CLARK BURNETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1797-1862) Lawrence County, Alabama…
CHILDERSBURG, ALABAMA Childersburg, Alabama is an incorporated town, and was a station at junction of Central of Georgia Railroad and the Southern Railway, in…
In 1937, the United States Government Resettlement Program purchased the old Pettway plantation and two adjacent farms in Wilcox County, Alabama and divided the land, then…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Wellington Vandiver Chapter 3 Seventy-six years since Law came to the wilderness, and the county started merrily…
(There is an orb in the photograph. How can it be explained?) Third great grandfather was James Taylor Ross Ross Bridge, in Hoover, Alabama…
Geneva State Park dates back to prehistoric man Geneva is a very historic county in Alabama. Some archaeologists date the area back to prehistoric…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
Steamboats Changed The Lives Of Early Settlers Difficult as it was to get cotton to market, it was more difficult to bring supplies back in…
In 1878, the South was still recuperating from the effects of the Civil War. Newspapers often shared advice on how to cope with the…
Here are some interesting photographs at the Alabama Department of Archives and History of some baseball player, probably from around Alabama. Do you know…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XIII Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) JOSEPH GLOVER BALDWIN GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY (1815…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format DAVID…
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 03, Fall Issue 1946) CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By …
THE HISTORY OF THE GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY By Emory Peebles Hildreth (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 04, Winter Issue 1943)…
The Fort Mims massacre was a battle that occurred on 30 August 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging…
ELDRED BURDER TEAGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820-1902) Shelby, Montgomery, Greene, Sumter County, Macon, Jefferson Counties & Georgia Eldred Burder Teague, the son of John…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HAILS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-aft. 1910)…
CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA The first settler of Calera was John R. Gamble from Ireland. He was a soldier of the American Revolution and…
How do you like your grits served? Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits Thou shalt not eat thy Grits with a spoon…
Andrew Jackson Beard An Inventor (1849-1921) "Andrew Jackson Beard was born a slave on a plantation near Mt. Pinson in Jefferson County, Alabama about…
TWO DESSERT RECIPES FROM 1870S (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) GRAHAM BREAD Take…
Established in 1821 when still a part of Pike County, Louisville is one of the oldest towns in Alabama and was the county seat…
Photographs of women attending college at the beginning of the 20th century in Alabama usually reveal them dressed prim and proper in long dresses.…
The bridge was reopened March 24, 2015 Clarkson Covered Bridge Cullman County, Alabama Cullman County’s historic Clarkson Covered Bridge turned 100 last year and is getting…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format WILLIAM…
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