During the Great Depression in America, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935. Over its eight…
JAMES B. SIMPSON Biography and Genealogy (Nov. 23, 1857 - Jan. 1898) Greenville and Montgomery County, Alabama James B. Simpson or "Jim Simpson," as…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I ISAAC NEWTON LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1775, d. aft.…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII THOMAS HAYNES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1770)…
Yellow fever epidemics were particularly difficult in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama during 1853 and 1870s. Recently, a mass burial site was uncovered in Montgomery,…
THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS Find your southeast Alabama ancestor in this great KINDLE Book. Immediate download! Dothan was a…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Pushmataha Offers Assistance “As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever JOIN US…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I OBEDIAH LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1801, d. aft.…
SAMUEL NOBLE A Sketch by His Daughter, Mrs. Kate Q. Roberts1 Samuel Noble, pioneer of the iron industry in the South and prophet of…
On November 22, 1989, Kathryn Thornton, a native of Montgomery and graduate of Auburn University, became the first woman to fly on a military…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Andrew Jackson is often credited with the enforcement of the Native-Americans' removal from…
During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of…
Some Genealogy Humor I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me! I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me?…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of…
Store closings and social distancing were practiced in October 1918 to help eradicate the Spanish flu which became an epidemic. (Transcribed from The Montgomery…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I “As long as you speak my name, I shall live…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I JOHN C. D. 'MAT' TROTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1809 -…
This biography can be found in Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820 and in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama…
Searcy Hospital served as a mental health facility from 1900 to 2012, when it was abandoned, but the area has a longer history than…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXX The religious and social life of the people in 1866 began to…
LIFE IN COAL MINES Tedious Work Combined With Constant Danger Explosions and Falling Walls are Sources of Terror to Miners and Their Families -…
Read this article and more personal notes in the eBook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume IV: MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES Monroe County, Alabama Click here…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I and more genealogy information can be found in the book Alabama…
ELLICOTT'S STONE There is a historical marker East of Hwy 43 and south of Bucks, Alabama, in Mobile County that is the "oldest historical…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XIV Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever JOIN US FOR FREE CANCEL ANYTIME Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron (Excerpts transcribed…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII MORGAN SMITH GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 -1914)…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: News from around the State of Alabama (Transcribed…
Over the river and through the wood - Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day! Here is the origin of this old poem. Do you remember driving…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 WILLIAM NEWTON COX (ca 1859 Georgia -)…
