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Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! Some words may be offensive to readers today. We have…
Lieut. Denny Weds Montana Belle (Excerpt transcribed from The Tuscaloosa News July 7, 1943) Tuscaloosa and University friends of Dr. and Mrs. George Denny…
Holiday events were prominent in Boaz in 1915-1916 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) SEMINARY NEWS One of the social…
INCORPORATION OF MONTGOMERY TOWN An Act to Incorporate the Town of Montgomery, in the County of Montgomery. Passed December 3, 1819. Sec. 1. Be…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I JOHN HARRIS RENO/RENEAU BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1764-1848) Lawrence County,…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) LOCAL NEWS FROM LITTLE ROCK Capt. W. T. Caudle, of Durango, Tex. was a welcomed…
The photographs below were made between 1890- 1910 and are probably of young women attending the Alabama Girls' Industrial School in Montevallo, Alabama which is…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
On November 30, 1954, a historic event occurred in Alabama when a meteor appeared in the Alabama sky in the morning and was seen…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
A Genealogist's Christmas Wish Dear Santa: Don't bring me new dishes, I don't need a new kind of game. Genealogists have peculiar wishes For…
ELISHA WILSON HOLLAND BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1844-1929) Shelby County, Alabama A well-known citizen of Shelby County was Elisha Wilson Holland, a member of the mercantile firm…
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA'S REINDEER IS REVEALED According to the Alaskan Department of Fish and game, Both male and female reindeer grow antlers…
An excerpt of a transcription of a history of Autauga County, Alabama written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims. It has been transcribed exactly as written…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue…
FUNNY EPITAPHS When the great judgement day arrives and Joshua Fenton Newton does not emerge from this hole, you will know that someone made…
(This story is even more interesting considering the fact that Tuscumbia had been congratulated in April 30, 1874 for being debt-free in the Birmingham…
BENJAMIN PINCKNEY WORTHINGTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 – 1884) Jefferson County, Alabama Benjamin Pinckney "Pink" Worthington was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on November 19,…
Here are some unusual Home Remedies for common ailments from 1880 cookbook! Nervous spasms are usually relieved by a little salt taken into the…
(Alabama's Daniel Boone settled in Clark county, Ala. in 1810, and was engaged in the Indian wars of his times, being severely wounded at…
(Excerpts from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956 - 1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) The call…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book …
Below is an excerpt of a transcription of a history of Autauga County, Alabama written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims. It has been transcribed exactly…
ALABAMA NOTES Made in 1883-1884 (During 1883 and 1884, Dr. Palmer, an investigator for the Bureau of American Ethnology, did archaeological research in Alabama…
The Iron Bowl rivalry between Auburn University and the University of Alabama "has long been reckoned as one of the most heated, if not…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 01, Spring Issue 1956 GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Montgomery, Alabama 1825 Gerrard Hansford, a free colored…
[Here's an interesting news article from 1910 pleading for the football rivalry between Alabama and Auburn to continue in Birmingham after being suspended.] Alabama…
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