This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of…
The Five Cent Store by Inez McCollum I'm not sure whether I was fourteen or fifteen when I started working on Saturdays at the…
Store closings and social distancing were practiced in October 1918 to help eradicate the Spanish flu which became an epidemic. (Transcribed from The Montgomery…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I “As long as you speak my name, I shall live…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I JOHN C. D. 'MAT' TROTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1809 -…
This biography can be found in Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820 and in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama…
Searcy Hospital served as a mental health facility from 1900 to 2012, when it was abandoned, but the area has a longer history than…
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama was in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were maimed during the War…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXX The religious and social life of the people in 1866 began to…
LIFE IN COAL MINES Tedious Work Combined With Constant Danger Explosions and Falling Walls are Sources of Terror to Miners and Their Families -…
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This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves Our ancestors wanted to be beautiful, so they often came up with…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I and more genealogy information can be found in the book Alabama…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
ELLICOTT'S STONE There is a historical marker East of Hwy 43 and south of Bucks, Alabama, in Mobile County that is the "oldest historical…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XIV Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron (Excerpts transcribed…
“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron This biography…
I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving by Sharon Dean Agte I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving. It was a staid, quiet dinner. We would…
Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME EGGS IN TOMATO CUPS Recipe from 1948 3 medium-sized tomatoes 3 eggs Salt…
Freemasons have contributed to America and the state of Alabama through their patriotic service and philanthropic work since 1811, but little is known about…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII MORGAN SMITH GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 -1914)…
(Excerpt from Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 25 – Flower of the Country in Arms 1861) PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: News from around the State of Alabama (Transcribed…
Over the river and through the wood - Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day! Here is the origin of this old poem. Do you remember driving…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 WILLIAM NEWTON COX (ca 1859 Georgia -)…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 - JOHN V. SMITH ( b.1860 )…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK!…
(Featured photo - Henry-Cox-Jones-Alabama-Department-of-Archives-and-History) “As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME Become an Alabama…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
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