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…
Unlock this story. Click to see how to Become a Patron and read thousands of lost and forgotten Alabama stories CHANCELLOR RICHARD BUSSEY KELLY…
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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…
The area which makes up Bullock County, Alabama belonged to the Creek Indians until the treaty of Fort Jackson ceded the western half of…
"Lurleen Wallace was inaugurated as Alabama's first female governor--and only the third nationwide--as an estimated 150,000 look on. Wallace succeeded her husband George C. Wallace, who…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER EIGHT by By HON. E. A. POWELL (Written before 1886) At the time I first went to Fayette the…
MILTON AMOS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1781- 1875) Escambia County, Alabama Milton Amos was a physician and surgeon. He was born in 1781, in Maryland,…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) CLANTON Mrs. W. H. Phillips left…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to see Table of Contents of book SOME…
The Last Panther In Alabama (Written exactly as told) from Gibbons Family News Letter submitted by Dorothy Clark Way back, sometime around 1902 -1908,…
Drawing shows a military camp at the base of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956-1957,…
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