Patron+ member story Our ancestors valued colors in clothes and look for ways to keep them from fading when washed, but using turpentine to…
Governor Israel Pickens appointed General Thomas Farrar to accompany General LaFayette on his visit to Alabama in 1825. General Farrar wrote interesting letters about…
Community Sing and Whist Players passed the time in Birmingham, Alabama March 20, 1920 (Transcribed from The Voice of the People, Birmingham, Alabama, March…
SIMEON R. C. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849 - 1919) Morgan and Jefferson County, Alabama and Georgia Simeon R. C. Adams, a Baptist minister,…
Coffee County farmers supplied food for the Southeastern Air Training Center at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in 1941. When the U.S. officially entered the…
News notes Transcribed From The Alexander Outlook, Alexander City, Alabama, Oct 7, 1892, reveal much about the people NOTICE! NOTICE! I will sell at…
(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) GOOD THING TO HAVE Chute for Lowering Pail Where Pigs…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI Genealogy and Biography (b. 1832 - d. 1922 AL.) Jefferson…
Dr. W. S. Wyman, in 1899, was the senior member of the faculty of the University of Alabama. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times,…
Alabama citizens were mentioned in this transcription of in Columbus Enquirer in 1832-1833 Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia PART I These transcriptions are from a…
TEACAKES (Submitted by Amanda Gallatin) Ask an English baker for teacakes, and you’ll likely get yeasty buns filled with dry fruit. Ask an Australian…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI SUMTER BETHEA BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861- 1931) Jefferson County,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM MARION BETHEA BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857- 1905) Jefferson…
MAJOR HENRY CHURCHILL SEMPLE By Saffold Berney Mobile, Ala, November 24, 1922 At the breaking out of the war between the States, in the…
SOME MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES 1834-1880 Marriage Record for 1834-1880 p. 56. CONNELL, ROBERT O. to MISS MARY ANN EUBANKS on 25 JULY, 1859,…
WILLIAM BROCK CASTLEBERRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1869- 1935) Talladega, St. Clair and Shelby County, Alabama William Brock Castleberry was one of the leading attorneys…
Copied from a tombstone in a Massachusetts Churchyard: John T ______, Schoolmaster. May he be punished as often as he punished us. He was…
JOHN MANSON ALSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1850-1899) Barbour County, Alabama John M. Alston was a farmer. He was born June 16, 1850, in Georgia,…
Coffee County, Alabama farmers supplied food for the Southeastern Air Training Center at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in 1941. When the U.S. officially entered…
DEATH NOTICES FROM THE 1885 BIBB BLADE This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Summer 1985 (It has been copied as it was written…
There is a great quiz on the New York Times site - Dialect Quiz - click here that asks you how you speak to determine…
Click to see how too Become a Patron and read all the Alabama Pioneer stories. The first organized weather service were made by weather…
G. B. Wright was brought up on a farm in Georgia. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) The Grand…
Thompson death, Gough divorce and more occurred in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1824 (Transcribed from The Tuscumbian, Tuscumbia, Alabama, November 26, 1824) The Rev. Daniel…
The Farm Security Administration helped many farmers during The Great Depression by providing loans and assistance to make a new start. The Clark family…
(Transcribed from The Shelby Chronicle October 2, 1884) The following is a list of the jurors drawn for the Fall Term of the Circuit…
THOMAS BENTON NESMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1832-1897) Lamar, Morgan and Marion County, Alabama Thomas Benton Nesmith was attorney-at-law at Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama. He…
WORKING UP A LOG PILE In building the log pile, a little calculation may save considerable time and much hard work. A location should…
LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones Taylor (Judge Taylor's "Early History of Madison County" was concluded in the Spring, 1940, issue of…
Hon. Mr. Heflin, of Alabama, was found almost suffocated to death by gas, in his room at Washington (Personals and ads from The Shelby…
