Click here to see the paperback version of Alabama Footprints Confrontation is on sale for $5.49 (List price $12.97) just in time for Christmas…
This tips date back to the early 1800s in America. Some of them may not be safe. Artificial Mahogany1 The following method of giving…
Our ancestors had many homemade ways to clean items in the 1890s, including this one for cleaning jewelry. It may have been good for diamonds,…
Sewing, mending, and patching clothing was a constant chore for women in the 1890s, especially considering the size of most families. Clothes had to…
On July 2, 1937 - these newspaper articles were published From The Tuscaloosa News July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart Sydney, Australia, July 2 -…
This is a recipe from an vintage 1890s book. for cleaning black silk dresses. I haven't tried this methods. If you attempt it, proceed…
Gardening hints from 1852 Take any flower you choose, place a stratum in a clean earthen pot, and over them a stratum of fine…
News From the Birmingham Iron Age - July 4, 1877 A new post-office has been established at Holme's Gap, Cullman county, J. H. Oden,…
Silverplate is always a time-consuming task and it wasn't any different for our ancestors. This is a way they usually had success in the…
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA'S REINDEER IS REVEALED According to the Alaskan Department of Fish and game, Both male and female reindeer grow antlers…
Kid gloves are gloves made from the skin of a young goat. They were first fashioned in the 18th century and were often made…
In the 1890s, women were constantly around fires either by cooking or maintaining fires to keep the home warm. Danger from fire was a…
Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition -presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters…
It seems like such a short time ago when...... A computer was something on TV from a science fiction show of note.... A window was…
This was a letter written to the Editor of the Columbus (Georgia) Sun on June 16, 1858, from General, Thomas S. Woodward about the recapture…
A few years ago, with many genealogical facts in hand, I made a research trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in search of…
[NOTE: This old film is long but a true historic treasure that will bring tears to your eyes. It will make you proud to…
From an 1881 newspaper: Rules for Governing children: Never give in to disobedience, and never threaten what you are not prepared to carry out.…
[T.S. Woodward settled was in Alabama at a very early date. In this letter to a newspaper editor in Alabama written in 1858, he…
The following is an abridged excerpt from an article that was originally published in a New York newspaper and republished in the Jacksonville Republican…
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…
{I've often wondered why people seemed to be so serious and not smiling in old photographs, then one day I realized that it may…
WE ARE THE STORYTELLERS (AUTHOR UNKNOWN) submitted by Jesse Suttles of Arkansas We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone The Athens Post, March 7, 1867. Page 2, Column 3. Part…
Office Rules and Regulations By Geiger, 1872 Office employees will daily sweep the floors, dust the furniture, shelves, and showcases. Each day fill lamps,…
Inspired by true events, Col. John Washington (ancestor of President George Washington), Randall Revell, Tom Cottingham, and Edmund Beauchamp ward off Indian attacks and…
The oldest surviving court records in America were used to write this historical fiction series about a family whose descendants migrated to Alabama before…
During my research for my latest historical fiction novel in this series, I was excited to discover a photograph (below) of a Cottingham house…
Read about this sad period of American history in the three-book historical series, Tapestry of Love. Inspired by true events, these three novels take you back…
How to cure rheumatic gout and using food for ailments instead of medicine (Transcribed from The Iron Age, Birmingham, March 5, 1874) An Englishman…
Patron+ MONDAY MUSINGS: This is so true. I'm still the same Patron+ Member story "The great secret that all old people share is that…
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