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Did you know that before the fifteenth century, surnames were not common? Anglo-Saxon names were used 5.000 years ago and were names like Begga,…
BENJAMIN TURNER GIBBONS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1786) Autauga County, Alabama Benjamin Turner Gibbons was born in 1786 in Maryland. He was probably born…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Early Days and People of Marshall County, Alabama One of the first white men to settle in Madison County was a Scotchman named John…
Personal news from some towns in Sumter County, August 31, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) WARD NEWS Mr.…
If you are ever invited to a real country noontime dinner in the South, jump at the chance to see what the fuss about…
HISTORY OF JEFF DAVIS HOUSE (Montgomery Advertiser, October 7th, 1900) The Alabama Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy will convene in the…
Part II of the sensational event that took place in Bibb County 1900. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, June 21, 1900) PRELIMINARY…
CONVICTS OF ALABAMA STATE PENITENTIARY, November 1846 (from Ancestry.com -transcribed by Steven Jackson) As a general rule of the early Alabama frontiersmen, the administration…
Our ancestors did not have access to medical treatment like we have today and came up with many home remedies. This is a very…
WILLIAM ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1802-1872) Madison County, Alabama William Acklen was one of the earliest white settlers of Madison, and of the State.…
