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Jackson Hotel at Blount Springs ca. 1900 Blount Springs - summer resort in rural setting “Blount Springs's mineral springs and rural setting made it…
Marriage & Death Notices in the July – September 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been…
HOW TO DETECT A RIPE WATERMELON (from July 2, 1879, Birmingham Iron Age) Few people know, from an outside inspection, how to determine the…
First Confederate Cannon was made from iron in Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part VIII Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
Office Rules and Regulations By Geiger, 1872 Office employees will daily sweep the floors, dust the furniture, shelves, and showcases. Each day fill lamps,…
Marriage & Death Notices in the April- June 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been copied…
Marriage & Death Notices in the January - March 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has…
ELYTON LAND COMPANY The city of Birmingham was conceived in the mind of engineer, John T. Milner who had surveyed the route of the…
Troubles came to Birmingham shortly after it was founded. An epidemic occurred in the beginning days of Birmingham that threatened its very existence as…
First Deed in the City of Birmingham On the 1st day in June in 1871 lots were sold in the city of Birmingham. "The…
In 1874, Birmingham, Alabama was a new city, only three years old. and when Thanksgiving drew near, the Birmingham Iron Age, published an article…
Childhood fun and my toys in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This…
Marriage & Death Notices in the October – December 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been…
Newspaper clippings found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History NEWTON BRUMMETT MURDER FROM "THE ANNISTON HOT BLAST", Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama Issue…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! GEORGE ELMER CROWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1873-1961) Talladega County, Russell…
Happy Birthday! ROBERT ELBERT BOWDON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1874 - 1959) SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA Robert Elbert Bowdon, superintendent and one of the chief stockholders…
WATERWORKS OF GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA1 (Published in 1908) It is a far cry from “the old oaken bucket that hung in the well”…
The "city" of Birmingham was incorporated by the legislature, December 19, 1871. Birmingham was founded in July 1871, through the merger of three pre-existing…
July 16, 1879, From the Birmingham Iron Age Judge Milton J. Saffold, formerly of this State, died in San Francisco, Cal., on the 5th…
I started something new specifically for those interested in family research and genealogy in Alabama. Collected genealogy information As I conducted research for interesting…
MALCOLM DANIEL GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (July 6, 1827– October 8, 1878) Texas, Coosa, Autauga, Montgomery Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County:…
(This is the actual 1877 newspaper account of a murder that took place between two respected families in Selma, Alabama. What a tragedy over…
PATRON - Amazing! 1887 descriptions of early residents of Jefferson County, Alabama The following excerpt describing early residents of Jefferson County, Alabama is from…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V Now in EBook, Paperback and Hardback - Great gift!…
(Transcribed the from the Birmingham Iron Age April 2, 1874) HINTS TO HOUSE-BUILDERS Avoid such lots as will require your house to face North.…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 – The goat continued eating “It was while I lived…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 Turning Point in my life “The year 1876 marked the…
