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Our mothers and grandmothers did not have all the kitchen tools we have today. This is how they made Potato Straws. How to Make…
(Includes many early residents of Coffee County, Alabama) Click to see how to Become a Patron of Alabama Pioneers and read thousands of lost…
Too Many McKnights (submitted by Joe McKnight) My Paternal grandfather, William Charles McKnight, was born in Calhoun County, GA. in 1864 and migrated to…
HOLY GROUND CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE The principal campaign and engagement between the Creeks and the whites in South Alabama, continuing for several weeks and…
Did you know.......? "On April 12, 1887, Henry DeBardeleben and his partners sold the first lots for the new city of Bessemer, Alabama located…
Dale County, Alabama was originally inhabited by members of the Creek Indian nation, who occupied all of southeastern Alabama during this period. Between the years of…
NOTE: Dexter Roberts was one of three Alabama finalists of American Idol for 2014. He is from the town of Fayette which is the county…
(The following has been transcribed from Chapter Two of Jefferson County and Birmingham History 1887 by Teeple & Smith Publishers) JEFFERSON COUNTY AS IT WAS…
Have you heard all the episodes of our Alabama Grist Mill PODCASTS? Click on the links below next to the words Alabama Grist Mill, ITunes, Spotify,…
The "city" of Birmingham was incorporated by the legislature, December 19, 1871. Birmingham was founded in July 1871, through the merger of three pre-existing…
Elyton in Jefferson County, Alabama was the location of many early settlers of Jefferson County. This story reveals some of the earliest residents. (Please note…
OLD GREENSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY1 Published 1908 In December, 1839, a meeting was held in the Greensboro Lyceum (in Hale County, Alabama) by the subscribers…
Journalistic Warfare: The Atlanta Constitution, the Birmingham Age-Herald and the Rube Burrow Interview by William Warren Rogers, Jr A sensational headline, "Rube Talks Constitution…
ARRESTED A Probate Judge Arrested Under Requisition from the Governor of Texas, Charged with Stealing a Horse1 (From the Troy Enquirer 1880) Yesterday Mr.…
July 16, 1879, From the Birmingham Iron Age Judge Milton J. Saffold, formerly of this State, died in San Francisco, Cal., on the 5th…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I and First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I …
THE BUFORD EXPEDITION TO KANSASi By Walter Lynwood Fleming Written ca. 1901 West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Part I By the Kansas-Nebraska…
The Late Evening Stroll to Meet the Cows by Jean Butterworth When I was just a little girl I use to tag along behind…
I started something new specifically for those interested in family research and genealogy in Alabama. Collected genealogy information As I conducted research for interesting…
Thomas Simpson Woodward - Brig. Gen. of the Alabama Militia - died in 1861 Letter from General Thomas Simpson Woodard to Col. Albert J.…
HOW TO KEEP ICE IN THE SICK ROOM (from July 2, 1879 edition of the Birmingham Iron Age) For those who have an…
Early Migration Trails To the "Natchez Country" (Transcribed story posted as Public Story by gnerdtude on Ancestry.com) There were several different routes that the…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 LEOPOLD STRAUSS (1864 - aft. 1928) BIOGRAPHY…
This news article reveals how far we have come...... About Woman's Suffrage - Only Loose Women Would Vote From: July 14, 1894 Florence Times…
JOHN LELAND BARTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1877-1972) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama John Leland Barton was born July 13, 1877 at Ralph, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and…
When we were kids growing up in Munford, AL, there was a group of us neighborhood boys that rode bikes everywhere. Mine had a…
(Do you remember mail and chickens being delivered by train? This is a cute story that will bring back memories. Enjoy the song at the end.)…
PATRON- News of June 16, 1900- An explosion and a shooting by an ex-Gov of Alabama News around Alabama on June 16, 1900 From…
Some people believe in showing or engraving their trades on their tombstones... Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see…
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