[Do you love ghost stories and tall tales. This tall tale about Sturdivant Hall is told in a film by the late but great…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer JOHN AMONETTE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Revolutionary War Soldier (ca. 1757-1834) Madison County,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN JAMES HUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-aft. 1904) Dallas, Clarke, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama and Florida John James Hunter, of Sylacauga,…
Interesting photographs from the 1940s - 1950s - 1960s at the Alabama Department of Archives and History Employees at La Bella Beauty Salon at…
Warshing Clothes (I know washing is misspelled but that is the way you say it in some parts of the south) Never thought of…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I JAMES H. McDONALD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1826-1884) Lawrence County,…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996. Georgia…
REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Cotton has always been the…
Working for the telephone company after college by Clifford Dobyns My first job after college was with a telephone company whose home base was…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. The practice of awarding…
This biography is included in the book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I ARTHUR FRANCIS HOPKINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1794-1866) Lawrence County,…
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families…
Job Cannon was born August 5, 1766, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. His parents were believed to be John (February 16, 1727, SC – d.…
TRUMAN HEMINWAY ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1932) SHELBY, JEFFERSON, DALLAS COUNTY Truman Heminway Aldrich was a mining engineer in Alabama. He was born at…
Strange Happenings in Genealogy Research by Patricia Westgate Sayko I had been searching for the parents of a man in my lineage and thought…
Happy Birthday! REV. J. C. CURRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-aft. 1896) Shelby, Marion, and Montgomery County, Alabama Rev. J. C. Curry, of Mount Meigs, Montgomery…
(This is a reprint of HISTORY OF PICKENS COUNTY, ALA. By Nelson F. Smith, written in 1856 - it has many early settlers names.) Alabama…
Bell Factory is located in Madison County, Alabama and is the site of the earliest important textile mill of any consequence in the South.…
Rev. William Lynch Cochran left many descendants in Alabama - here are a few Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia,…
Many Alabama pioneers settled in Perry County including John Frederick Shaeffer who was born Aug. 17, 1774 John Frederick Shaeffer was born Aug…
Excerpt from First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume 1 JAMES GALLAGHER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800- ca. 1843) Lawrence and Mobile County, Alabama…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format HENRY…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOSEPH A. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-1887) Chambers and Dale County, Alabama Joseph A. Adams was an editor and publisher. He was…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM ALEXANDER CURRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-1901) Bullock County, Alabam William Alexander Curry, planter, and merchant was born in Union Springs, Bullock…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II THOMAS HUTCHINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1730-1789) Mississippi Territory…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII KNOX BOOTH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1870-1915) Autauga and…
Have you ever wondered how dirt roads were maintained for cars in the early days? This article provides a glimpse of what was done.…
Excerpt from REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Perote cemetery and school A short distance south of the…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II ANTHONY P. HUTCHINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca.…
Even though it encompasses only 64 acres, Mooresville can boast to being the oldest incorporated town in Alabama and has a connection with two Presidents…
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