[This transcription is from a book written ca. 1870 and includes many places of "Indian towns in Coosa County" and names of people who…
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A senator from Alabama was instrumental in enacting the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which became the first federal highway funding legislation. The cross-country…
Buccaneers attacked the first white settlers of Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part V Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
RECOLLECTIONS OF CAROLINE LEADINGHAM (Written June 8, 1895) Our home and the place of my birth was near Mooresville, Limestone county, Ala. In the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES description of Creek Indian ballgame (Transcription includes misspellings from original) By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IX INDIAN OCCUPANCY…
Sometimes our grandmother's cooked main dishes without meat - like this meat substitute loaf Meat-Substitute Loaf 1 cupful of cooked salted rice 1 cupful…
REVIEW: Some ancestors I haven't found elsewhere. By Valerie J. R. Atkinson The Aldrich family of Alabama can trace their family tree back to the…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I THE HODGES PIONEERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY COL. FLEMING HODGES,…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
The Mobile National Cemetery was established as a cemetery in 1865 after the Port of Mobile fell into Union hands under the assault of…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hard cover format…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
Scroll below to see video about the Old Dennis Hotel. On June 30, 1837, Dadeville, Alabama was incorporated with an intendant and five counselors,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IV The first volume of the minutes of the commissioners' court, Talladega county,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HAILS, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-aft.…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JOHN GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1792 -…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Bounty land on western…
The highest natural point in the State of Alabama, Cheaha Mountain, lies within the bounds of Cleburne County. Cleburne County was created by the…
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The Arnold Family has been in Alabama since the early days of statehood. This compilation includes notes, sources and information found on descendants of…
Aftermath by Joyce Ray Wheeler My newest dictionary simply defines "aftermath" as "results or consequences" with the idea being that the consequences are not…
Malachi Hinton was born March 5, 1730, in Chowan Co., North Carolina. He married Sarah Wimberly June 16, 1764, in Edgecombe co., North Carolina.…
There are many photographs of the Confederate military at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Here are a few with direct links back…
Churches were important in Early Alabama. Many different religions were established as citizens moved to the state. (Excerpts below were transcribed precisely (with spelling errors…
The Screech Owl by Roger Brothers I remember sittin on the front porch in the dark with my Daddy when I was four or…
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- This article and more abstracts are also available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume II DUNAWAY FAMILY of Perry, Marengo, Dallas…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I BENJAMIN SYKES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.ca. 1745) Lawrence County,…
When The Indians Came To Visit from Gibbons Family News Letter submitted by Dorothy Clark Years ago when our ancestors first came to…
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