Discover genealogical information within these stories, news articles, biographies from the past as well as AP genealogy books.
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Happy Birthday! JAMES JACKSON ABERCROMBIE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1825-1901) Lee County, Alabama James Jackson Abercrombie, lawyer and judge, was born August 28, 1826, near…
Happy Birthday! WATT THOMAS BROWN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-1940) St. Clair, Calhoun, Talladega & Shelby County, Alabama Watt Thomas Brown was president of the…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! ANDERSON ABERCROMBIE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1786-1867) Russell County, Alabama Maj.…
Happy Birthday! LUTHER CLARENCE ABBOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1878-1964) Shelby County, Alabama Luther Clarence Abbott was an enterprising man who held the responsible position…
Happy Birthday! JACOB AMOS ALBRIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-AFT. 1921) LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Jacob Amos Albright, a teacher, was born August 27, 1843, at…
Below are four captains who served in the Civil War for the Confederacy. We are publishing photographs of interest to researchers on Alabama Pioneers. To…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM BURFORD ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-1931) Dallas and Perry County, Alabama William Burford Alexander was born August 26, 1853, at Oak…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM JEFFERSON BARBER, M. D. Biography and Genealogy (1906-1956) Choctaw County, Alabama Mrs. Edward G. Scott, Jr. Meridian, Mississippi (transcribed from: Alokoli…
(Below are some photographs with information I discovered while doing some research that might be beneficial to other researchers. Subscribe to the daily email…
Happy Birthday! COL. CHARLES TEED POLLARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1805 - 1888) Montgomery, Alabama (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 01, No. 04,…
Happy Birthday! DR. THOMAS PERKINS ABERNETHY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1890-1975) Lowndes County, Alabama Thomas Perkins Abernethy was a teacher, born August 25, 1890, at…
Happy Birthday! HON. RUSSELL M. CUNNINGHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1855 AL 1921 AL) Lawrence and Jefferson County, Alabama Dr. Russsell McWhortor Cunningham, of…
More old photographs discovered of Confederate veterans. These have been identified. Sign up for our Daily Email of recent posts at the bottom of this…
Happy Birthday! HON. FELIX EDWARD BLACKBURN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-1937) Perry and Jefferson County, Alabama Hon. Felix Edward Blackburn, attorney-at-law, Birmingham, Alabama was born…
Auburn officially began competing in intercollegiate football in 1892. The first Iron Bowl Game between the University of Alabama and Auburn took place at…
While completing research for stories, I run across many photographs of people, (identified and unidentified) including the Confederate veterans below which may be of interest to…
Happy Birthday! GENERAL JOHN ARCHER ELMORE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1762-1834) Autauga County, Alabama General John Archer Elmore was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia…
Happy Birthday! JOHN FRANKLIN GABLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867 -1946) Montgomery, Alabama John Franklin Gable was a Baptist minister. He was born August 21,…
Happy Birthday! COLONEL JOHN ACTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803-1889) Shelby County, Alabama John Acton was a planter, lieutenant-colonel of militia, justice of the peace,…
Happy Birthday! JOHN HARVEY ALLEN, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1840-1913) Calhoun County, Alabama John Harvey, Allen, Jr. was born August 21, 1846 at Richmond,…
Continued - The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THOMAS PINCKNEY JOHNSTON BIOGRAHPY and GENEALOGY (1869-1926) Coosa, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama Thomas Pinckney Johnston was a popular mayor of the…
Happy Birthday! THOMAS CHALMERS MCCORVEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852 - 1932) Monroe and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Colonel T. C. McCorvey was born in Monroe…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM DAVID LEE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833-aft. 1920) Perry County, Alabama William D. Lee was a lawyer in Perry County, Alabama. He…
Happy Birthday! JOHN JASPER ALTMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1851-1905) Jefferson and Sumter county, Alabama John J. Altman, of Birmingham, Ala., chancellor of the northwestern…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM PRONCY ACKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1928) Cherokee and Calhoun County, Alabama William Proncy Acker was a lawyer, legislator and banker. He…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM M. ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-1923) Jefferson County, Alabama William M. Anderson was a Baptist minister. He was born August 17,…
Do you know the names of any of these African American people from Russell County? These pictures were taken around 1900. Click on the…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! STANLEY HUBERT DENT, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1869-aft. 1938) BARBOUR, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA Hon. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr, attorney at law…
Happy Birthday! JESSE J. ALLDREDGE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831 - 1870) Blount County, Alabama Jesse J. Alldredge was a lieutenant-colonel, Confederate States Army, and…
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