Here are some great cooking tips from grandmothers and gr-grandmothers. They knew how to cut corners to make great meals. “If you want to…
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Did you or your parents participate in this program? Share your experiences in the comments below. June 26, 1935 was an important day for…
On the headstone of a noted miser, is the following: Here lies old Father Gripe, who never cried Jamsatis T'would wake him did he…
Names and minutes of the Ladies Memorial Association of Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon)…
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Some thoughts about family history research..... Photo of Genealogy Tree of Lee Family of Virginia and Maryland undocumented 1884 (Library of Congress) Can a first…
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Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Did you know that the Confederate soldier who was the bearer of Robert E. Lee's flag of truce to Grant was from Alabama? He…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JUDGE MITCHELL THOMAS PORTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1825 AL…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII ROBERT J. WARE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1759-1827) Montgomery,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 ALGER MELTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1874-1947) "Alger…
This story and more can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Statehood During the first session of the General Assembly in 1819, General Jackson came…
Some unidentified photographs from the Alabama Department of Archives and History Four unidentified women, wearing suits and hats. The woman on the extreme right…
Firsts in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama1 Ribbon Cane The first genuine ribbon (or sugar) cane ever successfully planted in Hale county was cultivated seven miles…
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…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
Transcribed stories From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama NEW MANUFACTURE FOR FLORENCE Railway Supply and Manufacturing Company Organized The…
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…
