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Here are some interesting photographs from the Alabama Department of Archives and History from Bibb County, Alabama. Do you know any of the missing…
(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) LOCAL SPECS. Mr. W. M. Carney spent Tuesday in Mobile. Dr.…
The Ghost of Roupes Valley Ironworks(Tannehill Furnaces) by Shannon Hollon Since the late 1800s, locals have told of ghostly images and presences at Tannehill…
Over the years there has been considerable talk that Birmingham, Alabama sits over a large underground stream. It is reported that early settlers of Birmingham…
Have you ever tried these recipes with onions? Peeling onions Onions and Cottage Cheese 10 medium onions 1 carton cottage cheese ½ pint cream…
(Below are some photographs with information I discovered while doing some research that might be beneficial to other researchers. Subscribe to the daily email…
Do you know the names of any of these African American people from Russell County? These pictures were taken around 1900. Click on the…
MY LIFE VALLIE MAY HARRIS (BICKNER) (born 9/25/1912) 3rd daughter of Oscar Lloyd Harris and Miriam Vivalvie Atkinson (Harris) To all of my family,…
SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the…
Citizens of Florence mentioned in news abstracts From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Chief of police Anderson has been…
Battelle is now a privately owned ghost town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States, but on "Thursday evening, November 25th, 1915, Battelle had on…
The new bustling business district of the city of Birmingham, Alabama was almost destroyed by fire in 1905- Here are some actual news accounts…
{The Downing Industrial School was an early school in Alabama for young ladies - and the life-long passion of one man} Rev. J. M.…
I never know what I'm going to run across when I do research. Sometimes I've found old photographs in strange places and wonder why…
Before 1861, Bear Creek in Marion County, Alabama was known as Allen's Factory. It was named for the first settlers of that name who…
The Dothan Eagle, Houston County, Alabama 1908 Newspaper Abstracts Find your Southeast Alabama ancestor in this great KINDLE Book. Immediate download! Use your SEARCH…
The Decatur Daily is one of only two family-owned daily newspapers remaining in Alabama that is over 100 years old. The Anniston Star is…
Daphne State Normal College ca. 1900 - main building Normal School established to educate teachers Daphne State Normal School was a "Class B" Normal…
Fountain Heights is one of Birmingham's historic neighborhoods, and was home to some of Birmingham's most prominent and wealthy business leaders, but today the…
On Fat Tuesday, February 13, 1866, Confederate veteran Joe Cain paraded through the streets of federal-occupied Mobile dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief he…
Beginning with one employee, a mule, and a foot-powered bottling machine, Crawford Johnson Sr. purchased the exclusive franchise rights, in 1902, to bottle and…
The official residence of the governor of the State, located in the city of Montgomery, at No. 702 South Perry Street was erected in…
Photographs of women attending college at the beginning of the 20th century in Alabama usually reveal them dressed prim and proper in long dresses.…
This KINDLE book includes all the deaths from World War I, listed by the county where they last resided, over 60 pages of names.…
While doing research for stories, I frequently run across many photographs of people, (identified and unidentified) like the ones below which may be of…
(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITIONS People who are born on Christmas Eve have the…
Borden Springs, east of Piedmont, Alabama was part of Calhoun County until 1866, when it became part of Cleburne County, Alabama. The area is…
Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama. It was once part of the territory of the Creek Indian lands and was originally known…
Around the turn of the century, immigrants from many regions of the United States and from other countries began populating Baldwin County: Italians settled…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Have you tried any of these when cooking? 1. Chewing gum while peeling onions helps to…
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