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Marble has been used as a building material for centuries, but sometimes it gets stained. This is how our ancestors dealt with stain removal…
LEMUEL JAMES ALSTON BIOGRAPAHY and GENEALOGY (1760-1836) Washington County, Alabama Lemuel James Alston, Alabama pioneer and Revolutionary War soldier, was born in 1760, in…
ELISHA DAVID ACKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1949) Talladega, Cherokee County, Alabama Elisha David Acker, a lawyer, was born February 14, 1861, at Lincoln, Talladega…
In the story Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War , only the five Native American tribes were mentioned. The Catawba Indians have often…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
A simple mode of keeping butter in warm weather, where ice is not handy: Invert a common flower pot over the butter, with some…
CUTE STORY FROM THE PAST (Excerpt transcribed from The Columbia Breeze, Columbia, Alabama August 25, 1892) KISS ME An amusing incident occurred in a…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPES Buttermilk Cake Two cups of sugar, two of chopped raisins, two of buttermilk, one-half cup of shortening, four cups…
YES, I Remember Those Perms by Dorothy Graham Gast An aunt who was a beautician was prevailed upon during a visit to my grandmother's…
(Local news transcribed from THE MONTGOMERY, ADVERTISER, Montgomery, Ala., February 7, 1900) THE PASSING THRONG Mr. E. W. deGraffenried of Greensboro, is in the…
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North Carolina honored him as Songwriter of the Year in 2005 [In September 2005, 84-year old Curtis L. Stewart, native Alabamian, traveled to North…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853- 1913) Perry County, Alabama William Francis Hogue, lawyer and legislator, was a member of the…
PAINT ROCK VALLEY, ALABAMA PIONEERS (posted to public stories Ancestry.com by genealogygeek) Flanked by steep mountains and threaded by a meandering river, Paint Rock Valley…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I MATTHEW CLAY, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1795-1827) Lawrence County, Alabama…
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REV. HENRY BYNUM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820 – ca. 1896) Rev. Henry Bynum, of Leighton, Ala., was born in Baltimore, Md., January 1820. In 1851, in…
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Blue Mountain in Calhoun County, Alabama was once a supply and training center for Confederate soldiers. Blue Mountain is located in the northern suburbs…
In the 1930s and 1940s, bus travel was the common way to travel to school, around town and to other parts of the country.…
These queries and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV SOME GENEALOGY QUERIES FROM THE 1930s Below are some…
GEORGE WASHINGTON WALLIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841-1921) Shelby and Talladega county, Alabama George Washington Wallis was a leading agriculturist, residing on his farm in…
HOWELL ROSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1791 - 1866) North Carolina, Georgia, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
{These health tips from the Perfect Woman 1903 by K. T. Boland have changed over the years. } EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE Early…
Read this story and more in: ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) When Alabama was first settled by the French, they…
Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into…
The Great Depression brought migrant workers to Birmingham in 1937 [photographs] Scroll down for this Patron+ member story In the years 1935-1941 in the…
More of the story, biography, and genealogy of Thomas Lee Bailey can be found in the books Some Descendants of THOMAS LEE BAILEY (1745-1780…
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