PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVII The winter months of 1863 were not passed before the South began…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume II- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
Two misers were forever immortalized on their tombstones The wretched man who moulders here Cared not for soul or body lost, — But only…
The following article is an excerpt from The Birmingham News May 18, 1924, written by Frank Willis Barnett a staff Correspondent to The Birmingham…
Benton County, Alabama is no longer in existence. These are records from 1855! (continued below) (Excerpts transcribed from THE AMERICAN EAGLE, Jacksonville, Alabama, Nov.…
MURPHY'S LAWS OF FAMILY RESEARCH Your great-grandfather's obituary states that he died, leaving no issue of record The town clerk you wrote to in…
We need a good life and this one from 1920 should do it! (Excerpt from The Starkville News, Starkville, Mississippi – April 16, 1920)…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Did you know.....????? April 23, 1957 - "An earthquake with its epicenter near Guntersville affected parts of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, but caused little…
Washing clothes was a major task in the past and there were techniques to getting the clothes really clean as can be seen by…
One of America's most quoted poets died in Alabama. Lines from his famous poem The Bivouac of the Dead are found on tombstones throughout…
GREEN UNDERWOOD (1799-1852) Dallas County, Alabama Green Underwood (Apr. 22, 1799 Spartanburg, SC – d. Oct. 6, 1852 Dallas Co., AL) was a pioneer…
(Transcribed from Union Springs Herald, Union Springs, Alabama October 7, 1885) GUERRYTON, ALABAMA One of the best business points in the county (Barbour County)…
These newspaper abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The…
REV. JOHN ALLAN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1788-1843) By Lavone Johnson Anglen Reverend John Allan wrote an autobiography of his life which was found at…
(This was transcribed From the Franklin County Times, Alabama many years ago) Editor Franklin County Times: What is there about the name "Dickson"…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI Postcard…
MILES HENRY AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1914) Tallapoosa, Butler and Montgomery County, Alabama Miles Henry Amerine was a merchant and mineral land salesman. He…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM TOBIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827-1865)…
Photograph of Cajun girl and boy in Mobile County, Alabama (Alabama Department of Archives and History) (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part III) Unemployed…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL…
Castor and tea seemed to solve many problems in olden days.... Afternoon of Tea ca. 1901 (Library of Congress) A good complexion never…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) On May 29, 1834, Ross received word that a new delegation from the…
In England: This world's a City full of crooked streets, And death the Market-place where all men meets; If Life was Merchandise that men…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Thompson, Alabama citizens had high hopes for the newly incorporated town in 1883, but today it is only an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama. The charter was…
DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA VARIOUS COURT RECORDS From Minutes of Probate Court of Dallas Co., Alabama: Book A p. 5: JOHN B. BATES was administrator…
Family reunions are coming up this spring and summer... so remember.... to take tape recorders and ask questions! A family reunion is an effective…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) When Napoleon was conquering nations in Europe, a rumor of a possible transfer…
PATRON - Pig clubs organize in schools, Lima Cola plant installed & Adams barn burned in April 1920 Abbeville, Alabama (Transcribed from Abbeville Herald,…
