(Transcribed and unedited excerpt from a story that was written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer, Susan Russell. The Cooper coffin and the strange…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) THEODORE NOTES (By P. W. F.) Theodore, Ala., Sept. 28 (Special Correspondence)…
DAVID MARSHALL SCOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 23, 1847 - Tuscaloosa and Dallas County, Alabama David Marshall Scott, merchant and postmaster, was born December…
Here are a few more recipes from an old 1880's cookbook that appear interesting.... PEAR PICKLE Select small, sound ones, remove the blossom end,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XIV - XV The Circuit Courts, in the beginning of the Judicial history…
It Happened at 4:01 P.M. (Transcription from a history of Tuscaloosa written by an older resident, Ben A. Green, in 1931 who was the…
(Personals from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) GIRARD COUNCIL HELD MEETING And Voted to Allow Stock to Continue Running at Large Girard…
WILLIAM WICKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (1760-1852) Barbour and Pike County, Alabama William Wicker was born Dec. 22, 1760 in Hanover, Louisa…
Catholic Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin: To the Memory of Abraham Beaulieu Born 18 September 1822 Accidentally shot 4th April 1844 As a mark of…
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you are having a great one! This video should bring back memories -enjoy! Check out our latest…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I and Alabama Pioneer Tod Robinson (1776-1838) Biography, Genealogy with Notes …
WILLIAM CALVIN WEAVER M. D BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858-aft. 1904) Dallas and Lowndes County, Alabama William Calvin Weaver, M. D., was a physician of…
During the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-1920 the death toll worldwide reached 20 million including 548,000 Americans in 10 months. Compared to 20 million…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXI (Continued) J. T. MAY J. T. MAY was a Methodist preacher who…
IRVINGTON NEWS AND NOTES GATHERED BY CORRESPONDENTS (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) Events Of The Past Few…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM ANTHONY ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-1914) Mobile, Alabama…
While browsing the Alabama State Archives, I have frequently run across some really interesting old photographs of Alabamians with absolutely no information about them.…
BASIL MANLY ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858-1924) Jefferson County, Alabama Basil Manly Allen was born December 20, 1858, in Carolina County, Virginia, the son…
Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1840 – 1935), or Cudjo Lewis, was the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VIII INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA After De Soto had left his trail of…
W. P. Wallace wrote a series of articles in The Centreville Press about Bibb County, Alabama's history. This one of his transcribed articles transcribed…
NOTES FOUND ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA J. Hugh LeBaron 100 South Rosebud Lane Starkville, MS 39759 [email protected] 1 JOHN LOCKHART…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format RAY…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK, & HARDBACK! JAMES FLEMING…
(Many people in Alabama changed their views on slavery as this story reveals)The Alabama County of Calhoun was created by the legislature December 18,…
EARLY LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Lee County was named in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate Armies, and later president of…
The following Business Advertisements were in a Catalog published in 1888 entitled, Florence, Lauderdale County and North Alabama by Leftwich bros. and Curtis, Florence,…
This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves SIMPLE HOME REPAIRS FROM THE PAST Stop floors from squeaking by sprinkling…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) Hopkins Pratt Biography and Genealogy (1791 -…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Greensboro.1 (Published in 1908) The earliest records of this church were lost, and have never been…
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