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From an 1881 newspaper: Father's Rules for Governing children: Cultivate a love of giving fair play. Everyone, of course, likes to receive fair play,…
St. John's Episcopal Church Elyton, Jefferson County, Alabama St John's Episcopal Church was founded in Elyton, Jefferson County, Alabama in 1850. In the decade…
Completed in 1940 with Works ProgressAdministration Funds (WPA), Alabama's World War Memorial Building houses the Alabama Department of Archives and History today. The dedication…
(Transcribed from Union Springs Herald, Union Springs, Alabama October 7, 1885) JAMES ALABAMA This prosperous town has had a phenomenal growth, and is still…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I AND FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME I -…
Looking for a simple old-fashioned recipe for a cold day? How about a bowl of corn soup? Recipe From the Past – 1890s This is…
Education was important to early pioneers of Alabama. One-room schoolhouses, log houses in communities, private homes, schoolhouses on large plantations, private academies, and mission schools…
Transcribed stories From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama NEW MANUFACTURE FOR FLORENCE Railway Supply and Manufacturing Company Organized The…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
There is nothing more traditional in the South than serving a cold glass of sweet ice tea on a hot sultry day. Even poems have been…
Epitaph of a noted politician: "Here reader, turn your weeping eyes, My fate a useful moral teaches; The hole in which my body lies…
On October 5, 1853, Autaugaville citizens were planning to elect Officers for their town (Transcribed extracts from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5,…
Excerpt from REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK (Written in 1958) Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi "Although a Baptist Church was erected in 1857 (in Perote,…
The Stay-Aways (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) Plenty of them everywhere, little and big, old and young. Here are some…
The city of Bay Minette is in Baldwin County, Alabama and it is the County seat. Located in the central part of the county,…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME…
Robbins Crossroads is located about 23 miles northeast of Birmingham, AL On Highway 78 near the Jefferson and Walker county line. It is one…
MEXICAN WAR and ALABAMA MILITARY The war between Mexico and the United States, 1846-1848, brought on by a series of attacks on American citizens,…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II WILLIAM WYATT BIBB FIRST GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA (1781-1820)…
It doesn't matter if you're a baseball fanatic who has their favorite players scorecard memorized or someone who has only watched a few games…
[When conducting research for my historical fiction series, Tapestry of Love, I sometimes run across historical trivia that is very funny. I thought I'd share this one.]…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V Now in EBook, Paperback and Hardback - Great gift!…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? These photographs are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the…
(This has been transcribed from Chapter Two of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) Our mail facilities in the…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD HARSH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Sep. 1860 -…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK! NATHAN…
Do you need a new recipe? How about this one from an old newspaper in 1867 Peterson's Magazine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March, 1867 MARMALADE PUDDING…
Some funny tombstones from Topeka, Kansas: "Here lies Sheriff Tim McGrew who said he would arrest Bill Hennessy or die... He was right." "Here…
The story of the Thompson family and capture of Mrs.Caffrey in early Alabama is mentioned several times by early Alabama Historians. Here is another…
Where the State of Alabama Began Washington County, Alabama was created June 4, 1800 by proclamation of Governor Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi Territory.…
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