(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914) IN A PERSONAL VEIN Mat Cardis is in the city for a few days. Sam…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
Selma in Dallas County, Alabama is well-known for it's history as a center for civil-rights struggles, but Dallas County also plays an integral part…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) CHANCERY COURT Chancellor – W. H. Simpson of Decatur COMMISSIONS COURT Jason P. Ford,…
GIRLS' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE ALABAMA The Junior branch of the National League for Woman's Service, Montgomery, the Girls' Patriotic League, was active during 1917-19, organized…
A BUSY DAY'S WORK (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) In many families,…
Barbecued chicken cooked in a pit Recipe for 6 chickens, weighing 1 ½ lbs. each. Sauce 2 c. tomato catsup 1 c. vinegar 4…
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Remember Those Cold Winters? by Dorothy Graham Gast I agree that winters are not as cold as they were in the 40s and 50s.…
Did you see her? Most people who have lived in Jefferson County, Alabama for a while have heard the ghost story about the 'lady of…
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The people of Bullock County, Alabama were very creative when it came to survival as this invention to bring water down from the mountain shows.…
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(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET FOR THE STATE AT LARGE WILLIAM L. YANCEY, of…
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(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) A LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Postoffice at Grove Hill, Clarke…
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