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THE CAJANS OF SOUTH ALABAMA Occupying the pine and oak woods of Mobile County in southern Alabama are a group of people of mixed…
Good Family Research Tip Have you searched colleges and universities for genealogy information? They maintain historical archives and some contain faculty and student records and admission…
On November 22, 1989, Kathryn Thornton, a native of Montgomery and graduate of Auburn University, became the first woman to fly on a military…
Don't waste precious time and money completing genealogy research others have done! We have many Alabama biography books to download to your computer. Great for…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer ROBERT FINDLEY JOHNSON (1839 - 1909) BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820-1887) Mobile, Alabama. William…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COL. WILLIAM GARRETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (May 6, 1809 - 1910) Tennessee,…
Be careful when you start looking for cemeteries in the deep woods. This is one reason why. A woman in KY, an avid cemetery…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JEREMIAH CLEMENS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 28, 1814 – May 21, 1865)…
A WAR TIME FOUNDRY A Story of a Confederate Foundry at the present Anniston By Kate Quintard Noble Roberts1 My Grandfather, James Noble, left…
Happy Birthday! JOHN HARRIS LESLEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec. 25, 1850- aft. 1904) Talledaga county, Alabama John Harris Lesley, a well-known citizen of Talladega…
Happy Birthday! FRANCIS MARION KING BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec.25, 1832-Nov. 13, 1911) Talladega and Coosa county, Alabama Francis Marion King was one of…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM WICKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (1760-1852) Barbour and Pike County, Alabama William Wicker was born Dec. 22, 1760 in…
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24,…
A Genealogist's Christmas Wish Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes, I don't need a new kind of game. Genealogists have peculiar wishes For…
Happy Birthday! WALTER KENNON McADORY Biography and Genealogy (b. 1868 Alabama d. Oct 19, 1963) Jefferson County, Alabama Walter Kennon McAdory, of Birmingham,…
Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR From Reminiscences by Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming (1851-1934)1 PART II THE OUTBREAK OF…
During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Richard Pearson Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor…
The highest natural point in the State of Alabama, Cheaha Mountain, lies within the bounds of Cleburne County. Cleburne County was created by the…
OLDEST INHABITANTS OF GREENSBORO IN 19081 Part II (published in 1908) Rev. Richard Hooker Cobbs, D. D REV. RICHARD HOOKER COBBS, D. D.…
Long involved in state and national efforts to reform child labor laws, Loraine Bedsole (Bush) Tunstall was largely responsible for the establishment of the…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Men were not the…
THOMAS LEE BAILEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1773-1853) Shelby County, AL Thomas L. Bailey was born in Virginia in 1773, the son of Thomas Lee…
Happy Birthday! JAMES MILES KILLIAN GUINN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (November 5, 1835 - June 8, 1903) Randolph County, Alabama James M. K. Guinn Dec. 20,…
Happy Birthday! CHARLES HOOKS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (1768- 1843) Montgomery County, Alabama Charles Hooks is buried in Montgomery county, about twenty miles from the…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1854-1920) Tuscaloosa, Alabama Note: Follow the linked articles to see all the other connections this…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? Click on the link at the end to inform the Alabama Department of Archives and…
We Needed those jobs by Shannon Hollon My GGrandfather Dunbar Campbell was born 12/1/1899 in Scottsville Ala. (Bibb County).He was the son of Dr.…
Excerpt about early days of Auburn, Alabama transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By…
