This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VI- Scroll to bottom to see the Table of Contents…
THE OLD SOUTH – ITS MEMORIES ARE WANING (WRITTEN IN 1922) by John D. Mell in Baptist Standard, Dallas, Texas1 The Old South has…
During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The…
Continued from Part I (This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) On March 28, 1814, General Jackson buried his dead…
SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the…
Alabama barns over the years take on a character of their own. These photos by Carol Highsmith bring back memories of olden days. The barn below,…
Citizens of Florence mentioned in news abstracts From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Chief of police Anderson has been…
Cats playing with their tails means that bad weather isn't far off See a cardinal, made a wish, and pinch someone to make it…
Yeildings of Blount County, Alabama Bible of Richard Yeilding Page Ia Richard Yeilding born April the 26th one thousand seventeen hundred & sixty eight…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants First Wave Of Great Migration to the Mississippi Territory and future Alabama…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 WINSTON 'SAMMY' WRITES LETTER Camp Wheeler, Ga. Jun 6th Editor Haleyville Journal Haleyville, Ala. Dear…
(Scroll to the bottom to see a film of Wetumpka from around the 1930s) The county seat of Elmore County, Alabama is Wetumpka. Located…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 LOCAL NEWS Mrs. J. C. Johnson was in Birmingham Sunday. Rev. C. N. James was…
Auburn opened doors to girls and challenged the University of Alabama to do the same On June 14, in 1892 the A. & M…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) LOCAL NEWS W. B. Crane, of near Bexar, was here Monday. Rev. J. M.…
EUFAULA, ALABAMA The First Store (from:History of Eufaula, Alabama: the bluff city of the Chattahoochee By J. A. B. Besson - 1875) The First…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) NEWS FROM BEAR CREEK There is some sickness, and death has visited some homes…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914) PREACHER-CHURCH WORKER SCHOOL Beginning Monday, Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. and continuing for six days,…
Lawn Jockeys and the Underground Railroad by Shannon Hollon Please read before passing judgement...Many folks have thought of these lawn jockey statues as racist…
(Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) HARTSELLE LOCALS The oil well is a favorite resort for the…
Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a…
(Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) NOTICE! NOTICE! The State of Alabama} Montgomery Revenue Department} June the…
First Confederate Cannon was made from iron in Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part VIII Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote…
(Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) ALABAMA NEWS Boiled Down—Clipped and Skimmed for the Busy Readers Burglars…
Happy Birthday! JOHN LELAND BARTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1877-1972) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama John Leland Barton was born July 13, 1877 at Ralph, Tuscaloosa County,…
GLENNVILLE PLANTATION Glennville, Russell County, Alabama Glennville Plantation was built 1842-44 by Col. Americus Mitchell who came to the town of Glennville, just…
(Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION The Morgan County Sunday School Convention will meet…
Old York USA Heritage & Music Park C. J. Harris, one of three finalists from Alabama on American Idol, in 2014, brought considerable attention…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) LOCAL PERSONAL NEWS Mr. James Bostic, of Goldmine, was in town last Tuesday. Deputy…
AND THEY CALLED IT INDEPENDENT Wilcox County, Alabama PART I by Marvin Malley Champion (submitted by his Jean Champion Butterworth) Many years have gone…
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