(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900)BEWARE: The following article includes some offensive language. Please consider the time it…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM YANCEY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1925) Blount County, Alabama William Yancey Adams, a teacher, was born at Gum Springs, Blount County…
Happy Birthday! WALLACE REVERDY BISHOP, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1873-1908) Talladega county, Alabama Wallace Reverdy Bishop, M. D., practiced medicine in Talladega. He…
DR. J. M. MASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (died February 3, 1909) Lee, Montgomery Counties, Alabama. DEATH OF DR. J. M. MASON An Eminent Methodist…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
Are you a genealogy addict? These are the symptoms. You know you are addicted to genealogy when..... "You can answer all the queries on…
MOBILE PARK'S IRON DEER IS SURVIVOR OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES By Benjamin D. Baker Alabama Writers' Program Works Project Administration Council Chamber,…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) WALLER AT CENTERVILLE His Speech Well received by the Audience That Heard…
Recipe Wednesday -- from the 1920s Salt-Codfish Salad Soak one pound of salt cod in cold water overnight. Drain water, put more cold water…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format EDMUND…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) William Weatherford – Red Eagle Among the Native Americans, Tecumseh…
Happy Birthday! JOSEPH OSWALT THOMPSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1869-1933) Macon and Jefferson County, Alabama Joseph Oswalt Thompson was a planter, colonizer, and federal office…
These old epitaphs reveal much about how the victim died This death appears to have occurred by a tragic accident Smith ran to catch…
On November 8, 1922, the United States War Department redesignated their aviation repair depot in Montgomery, Alabama in honor of Atmore, Alabama native, Second…
Happy Birthday! JOHN W. TOMLINSON BIOGRAPHY and GENELAOGY (1859-1940) Jefferson County, Alabama John W. Tomlinson of Birmingham, Alabama, was born Feb. 1, 1859, at…
Happy Birthday! EDWARD BUIST ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-aft. 1940) Madison and Marion County, Alabama Edward Buist Anderson was born February 1, 1868, the…
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JOHN HUNT By Robert C. Hunt, Chattanooga, Tenn. The first white man known to have settled in the Huntsville area was an Indian trader…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
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…
MOBILE GIRL SAID PRETTIEST IN UNITED STATES By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers' Progressing Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 21, 1939 Marquis…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone The Athens Post, March 14, 1867. Page 2, Column 3. Part…
PERSONAL AND GENERAL (Transcribed from the Geneva County Citizen, Geneva, Alabama, January 30, 1895) Prof. W. D. Jeter of Clintonville is in our city.…
"The Alabama Insane Hospital was established by the legislature on February 6, 1952. Built in Tuscaloosa, it received its first patient in 1861, with…
A PIONEER ALABAMA DOCTOR'S LEDGER1 edited by Rhoda Coleman Ellison (Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 04, Winter 1981) A ledger…
During the 1930s Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
(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…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY.*1 By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER VI. Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) SUNNY SOUTH Sunny South is an unincorporated community…
