Good Genealogy tip..... Centennial Farm Award Records were active in many states and contains a great deal of information about a family because a…
(This story is about some descendants of my Pratt family. Joab was a son of Richard and Rebecca (Beavers) Pratt. Richard and Rebecca settled in…
Message from a member of the Alabama Pioneers community I wish to thank you for your work and sending me the AP each week.…
Not manicured Mama’s hands were not beautifully manicured or white and soft. They could plant a garden, gather food for canning and make a meal…
DR. J. M. MASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (died February 3, 1909) Lee, Montgomery Counties, Alabama. DEATH OF DR. J. M. MASON An Eminent Methodist…
Are you a genealogy addict? These are the symptoms. You know you are addicted to genealogy when..... "You can answer all the queries on…
Here are the Top Ten Indicators you've become a Geneaholic..... 10. You introduce your daughter as your descendant 9. You've never met any of…
"The Alabama Insane Hospital was established by the legislature on February 6, 1952. Built in Tuscaloosa, it received its first patient in 1861, with…
(Interesting account of daily life in early 1800 Alabama for a pioneer family.) Billy Hutchinson Lived Among Indians Story on Ancestry.com by Donald Brown…
Sneak peak of a Patron Story from the past. Sneak peak Patron story: All Patrons receive rewards, bonus stories, and free books depending on…
(4-H centers were once a central part of many schools. Many young people learned valuable skills for life in 4-H) 4-H Clubs are still…
Old newspapers are good sources of information about family history Did you know on May 23, 1811.... The first newspaper in Alabama, The Mobile…
EXTRA HELP by Nadine Nabors Back in 1983 for my birthday present "to me" was going to the LDS library in Los Angeles Calif.…
JACKSON CONFRONTING THE MUTINEERS The battle of Enitaohopco was a battle fought by Gen. Andrew Jackson with the Creek Indians at the Creek village…
Cullman is the county seat of Cullman County, in the north-central part of the county, on Brindley Mountain, about 2 miles west of Little…
A powerful tornado destroyed the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka in January 2019. The old part of the chapel received "significant" structural damage during…
Did you know that an asteroid which was probably the size of the Auburn University football stadium, traveling at 12 miles per second, hit…
DRIVE-IN DECISIONS by Clifford Dobyns Years ago there was an event, rather new at the time, that required much tact, planning, and decision making.…
For grins & giggles, I simply put my grandmother's maiden name in Google & was astounded to find that there was an astronomical amount…
SCHOOL DAYS POST WORLD WAR II Coming from a fairly new school in Childersburg in 1947 brought some changes when we moved back to…
Memories of my home in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed…
Making hay while the sun shines by Shannon Hollon Growing up on Rural Route 2 Box 49x in McCalla there were not a lot…
AND THEY CALLED IT INDEPENDENT Wilcox County, Alabama PART I by Marvin Malley Champion (submitted by his Jean Champion Butterworth) Many years have gone…
The old Tuscaloosa Highway is one of the oldest roads in Alabama, parts of the remains of the Old Huntsville road one of the…
Nestled in the northeast, Alabama mountains, the beautiful county of DeKalb has a rich and intriguing history filled with sadness, as well as 'boom…
OLD BIGGS SETTLEMENT CEMETERY by Sherry S. Johnston As I walked among the gravestones in the old Biggs Settlement Cemetery, there were many names…
This is one reason why you want to stay off the roads when it snows in Alabama. This was taken Jan. 28, 2014. The…
Good comfort food when you are sick with the flu - cornbread and hot chicken soup. The staple in any Southern home is good…
The Arrest of Vice-President Aaron Burr in Alabama (The following story has been transcribed exactly as written (including spelling errors) from Albert J.…
Search for proof of the parentage, date of birth and or date of death for Virginia Ladner Grelot b 1801-02 to Jean Baptiste Ladner and…
![PATRON – The picturesque, historic town of Cullman, Alabama was hit by EF4 tornado in 2011, but did not let it break them [see photographs]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/historic-house-carol-highsmith-2010-220x146.jpg)
![DeKalb County, Alabama was created on January 9, 1836 – see names of many early citizens [films]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/FortPayneAir-220x148.jpg)
