Some Dietetic Recipes from 1883 Ladies Guide in Health and Disease RUSK – Bread and crackers may be made into granola by first drying…
Old (1890s) Irish Stew Recipe “Time about two hours. Two and a half pounds of chops, eight potatoes, four turnips, four small onions, nearly…
Oakman Male and Female College The citizens of Oakman in Walker County, Alabama did not let a fire defeat them. In the 1890s, they…
In Alabama on November 14, 1891 the Times Daily, of Florence, Alabama was able to report the following about Alabama. Benjamin Hugh Tucker pulling…
Here are the organizers of the Sons of the Revolution in Alabama. Many Alabama citizens can trace their ancestry back to Alabama Revolutionary War…
MATRIMONIAL MUSSES AT MOBILE A Breezy Elopement and a Hilarious Grass Widow. (Transcribed from The Montgomery Advertiser June 21, 1890) Mr. Ulmer and Mrs.…
BOILED CUSTARD Beat seven eggs very light, omitting the whites of two, mix them gradually with a quart of milk and half a cupful…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) BOYS WHO CARRY "POPS" It…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) PERSONAL MENTION Mr. John Ozley,…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) AN ELEGANT SUPPER One of…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Extracts from Jan. 16, 1890 – Calera news of hanging, a death and Aldrich, Alabama (Transcribed…
MR. WILLIAM POWERS DEAD Another of Lauderdale's Oldest and Best Citizens Gone (transcribed from Times Daily July 24, 1890, Florence, Alabama) This well-known citizen…
Photograph of the Masts from two Spanish-American Warships, installed on the lawn of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama ca. 1901 (Alabama Department of Archives…
Wallpaper was the rage in the 1890s and this is the way our ancestors made the paste to hang the wallpaper from wheat flour.…
A Trip to Texas by train (Written in 1890) (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) EDITOR CHOCTAW ADVOCATE: As you…
Politics grew heated in 1892 during the election for governor. Reuben F. Kolb was a candidate for a coalition of Jeffersonian Democrats, against…
Names of many African-Americans who attended Selma University from 1884 - 1895 This excerpt has been transcribed from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of…
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Removing stains and spots has always been a problem. Here is how they dealt with most stains and spots according to a 1890s…
Do you remember Pizitz Department Stores in Alabama? The Pizitz chain was founded as a family business of its flagship building in downtown Birmingham.…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of…
Brantley was established on 40 acres of property purchased from Thomas H. Wyatt by the Brantley Land Company. It was first called Sasserville, then…
PERSONAL NAMES IN NEWS ABSTACTS FROM TIMES DAILY DEC. 15, 1894 FLORENCE, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Died in Texas The subjoined letter is published by…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) CLANTON Mrs. W. H. Phillips left…
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NAMES FROM MARRIAGE LICENSES AND SOME NAMES OF SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TIMES DAILY DEC. 15, 1894 FLORENCE, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Matrimony The following marriage…
Was there ever a settlement of German farmers in Washington County, Alabama? I discovered the following news articles in an 1891 newspaper about a…
Located in the slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the southern part of the country, northeast of Birmingham. This town was first known…
Jackson Hotel at Blount Springs ca. 1900 Blount Springs - summer resort in rural setting “Blount Springs's mineral springs and rural setting made it…
