Mayors Diligent search has failed to disclose a satisfactory list of the names of those who have served as Mayor of Greensboro, but we…
On August 2, 1819 - The first Constitution of Alabama was adopted paving the way to statehood in December. It was considered a model…
"On January 30, 1966, Alabama experienced its coldest ever recorded temperature of -27°F at New Market in Madison County. The average low temperature during…
Christmas was a popular time to get married in 1901 because families often gathered together. (Transcribed from The Southern Star Jan 1, 1901) THE…
Patron- Names of Alabama Legislature and Senate members during the War Between the States year 1864 Patron Member story (Excerpt transcribed from The Claiborne…
REV. G. J BROOKS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1896) Dallas, Madison, County, Alabama, Missouri, Texas Rev. G. J. Brooks of Selma, Ala., son of…
JOSEPH C. BARKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1863-aft. 1896) Hale and Jefferson County, Alabama This patient and cool-headed young man was born December 20, 1863,…
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24,…
JESSE ELBERT ROBBINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862-1832) Jefferson County, Alabama Jesse Elbert Robbins of Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama practiced medicine in Alabama nearly twenty…
Save yourself hours of research and expense on early Ackers who settled in the southern part of the United States. WILLIAM ACKER FAMILY and…
NAMES FROM MARRIAGE LICENSES AND SOME NAMES OF SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TIMES DAILY DEC. 15, 1894 FLORENCE, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Matrimony The following marriage…
Andrew Thomas, Jr. was born around 1759 in South Carolina. It is believed he married Sarah (last name unknown) about 1790. Andrew moved to…
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION IN ALABAMA A temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements started in America…
Alabama celebrated her 200th birthday, December 14th and 15th, 2019. Were your ancestors here on December 14, 1819, when Alabama became a state? Some…
Gumbo Soup As Made in New Orleans in 1850 (Transcribed from The Democrat, Huntsville, Alabama Sept 12, 1850) Take a fowl of good size,…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Georgia was among the first to grow insistent upon obtaining possession of the…
They Made Sure The Knot Was Tied Securely This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1)…
During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) SOCIETY PERSONALS Miss Louise Bell, of Nashville, will arrive Friday to be the guest…
(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) Spanish influenza appeared in many waves across Alabama at the end of WWI and…
In October 1957, Sputnik was launched by the Russians, but the US scientist in the then small town of Huntsville, Alabama were not far…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Christmas Pudding it has a shelf life of 300 years by Shannon Hollon A few years ago back during the "war" a few of…
WILLIAM LEE PITTS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-1910) Perry County, Alabama William Lee Pitts, of Uniontown, was born near that place in Perry county, December…
1856 Recipe to cure cold, cough or croup (From The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer 1960) Receipt…
Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 2, No. 3, Fall Issue 1940 that may be of interest to…
Brigadier Gen. James Deshler (1833-1863) Deshler Female Institute was an educational institution, incorporated as declared in its charter, "for the sole purpose of the…
Transcribed from Weekly Iron Age July 28th, 1887 News - The news of the day included the following transcribed stories. HUNTSVILLE J. M. Garrison…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956 - 1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) THE BUSHWHACKERS…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
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