PROXY TALKERS Use of the Phonograph for Political Orators is Popular (Excerpt transcribed from The New Era, Double Springs, Alabama, Jan. 4, 1901) The…
Here are the organizers of the Sons of the Revolution in Alabama. Many Alabama citizens can trace their ancestry back to Alabama Revolutionary War…
(Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) LETTER FROM SEALE G. W. Willis, a prominent planter of Loflin, was in town…
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(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…
BOLLING HALL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1767-1836) Autauga and Elmore County, Alabama Bolling HALL was born on 25th of January 1767 in Dinwiddle County, Virginia…
Old newspapers are good sources of information about family history Did you know on May 23, 1811.... The first newspaper in Alabama, The Mobile…
Early Mayors of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Partial transcription of a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was…
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) OUR USUAL WELCOME LETTER FROM "SARY GARY" HURTSBORO, FEB. 3, 1909 DEAR JOURNAL:…
EXTRA HELP by Nadine Nabors Back in 1983 for my birthday present "to me" was going to the LDS library in Los Angeles Calif.…
GENERAL BARTLETT SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792-1843) Henry County, Alabama General Bartlett Smith was born January 23, 1792, and was one of the earliest…
JACKSON CONFRONTING THE MUTINEERS The battle of Enitaohopco was a battle fought by Gen. Andrew Jackson with the Creek Indians at the Creek village…
The Thomas Jefferson is well known for having a rooftop zeppelin mooring mast. Builders of the hotel created a tower for what was believed to…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 11, 1879) POLLARD September 9th, 1879 FRIEND MONROE – Our little town was alarmingly shocked…
This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves DYING CLOTHES We take colors in our clothes for granted today but…
December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan and the United States was brought into WWII. Cities all over the country were turned…
MEMORIES By W. O. Perry (Please Note: This transcribed story was written in 1927 and contains language which is not appropriate to use today)…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 11, 1879) NOTICE – Mr. D. F. Salter takes pleasure in informing his friends of…
The Black Sheep The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family's history. The biographer they hired…
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Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
This story is typical of many immigrants to Alabama in the early days. The Curtis Sisters and ‘On to Alabama’ (public story contributed by…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI Table of Contents…
WILLIAM H. COX BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 - aft. 1904) MACON, BULLOCK COUNTIES, ALABAMA William H. Cox was born in Bullock county, Ala., Jan.…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 2 ANDREW BARNWELL MILEY, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1896)…
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…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 4, 1879) MARRIED – In this county, on the 30th ult., by J. R. Betts,…
A powerful tornado destroyed the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka in January 2019. The old part of the chapel received "significant" structural damage during…
Greenville is a city and the county seat of Butler County, Alabama. The name change from Buttsville to Greenville in 1822 when the county seat…
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