Called the Singing River The Cherokees who lived in the northwestern corner of Alabama called the river that flowed through their territory “Unashay” —…
Skyline Farms was a 'New Deal' Resettlement project in Jackson County, Alabama that was initiated in 1935 to help displaced farmers. Before the projects…
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…
Did you know that we have more previously unknown stories now in soft cover, hardcover, and Ebook form? Thanks to your support, the first…
Note: The following has been transcribed from original text written in the late 1800s. Please make allowances for the harsh language used. The Cherokee…
My Childhood Part in Social Security Carolyn Kracke Beyer One day, when I was in the first grade in 1946, Daddy said, “If you’ll…
Henry County was first proposed to be named Choctawhatchee for the river in that section of the State, but the name finally given on…
Little Tallassee, four miles above Wetumpka, was later on the farm owned by Howell Rose, and not far from where he built his house.…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) LOCAL AND PERSONAL Our fellow townsman, J. A. Shaw moved to Hamilton Monday. Rev. D.…
(Transcribed from The Gazette-Appeal, Guin, Alabama, April 2, 1897) HAMILTON J. W. Howell and his better half, paid a visit to Burleson this week.…
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…
[Have you ever heard of this romantic Indian legend of Cheaha State Park? Scroll down to watch the film below of Cheaha from 1937]…
In early frontier Eufaula, Alabama, there were but few stores in the town, and not many dwellings, all of them were constructed of rough…
Tuscaloosa had three other names before finally being called Tuscaloosa. Falls of the Black Warrior In the first and oldest deed book in the…
Decatur is a large well-known city in North Alabama, but did you know there was once a county named Decatur in Alabama. It only…
TWIN OAKS PLANTATION "Now called Everhope" (between Clinton and Eutaw on Alabama State Route 14, Greene County, Alabama) Spread over 8 acres, with the…
JOHN T. 'SQUIRE' BOYD, an early pioneer of Perry County, Alabama is believed to have been the son of Robert and Rosannah (Stewart) Boyd…
My Dad was a member of a church in a rural area of Alabama. The church and others throughout the state would have singings…
The extermination of an Alabama Indian Town by De Soto (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) The People Of…
In the early 1830's the eyes of the country were turned upon the eastern frontier of Alabama where the long occupancy of the Creek…
Life on Shades Mountain in 1940 was very different from today. Shades Mountain is part of Hoover, Alabama. My Grandparents on Shades Mountain by…
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NOTES HAYDEN – New High School building at this place completed and…
Genealogy tip: Do you have an elusive ancestor that may have been mentioned once or twice in a census and then disappears? This can…
Buttermilk is the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cream. "Before cream could be skimmed from whole milk, the milk was left…
(Alabama was a busy place in the early 1800s and a simple horse path through the state turned into a major road for early…
Amos Elliott, Sr. was born in 1760-1770 in Edgefield, South Carolina. He died in 1844 in Shelby County, Alabama. Some Descendants of Amos "Stump"…
(This is a great story about John Hunt, founder of Huntsville, Alabama. It is sad that his gravesite was ignored for many years.) The…
This is probably one of the earliest videos of Auburn University. The famous Toomer's Corner, at the intersection of College Street and Magnolia Avenue,…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
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