(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 11, 1879) POLLARD September 9th, 1879 FRIEND MONROE – Our little town was alarmingly shocked…
The Black Sheep The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family's history. The biographer they hired…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI Table of Contents…
JUDGE JULIUS EUGENE ALFORD BIOGRAHY and GENEALOGY (1872 – 1910) Wilcox County, Alabama Julius Eugene Alford was born at Canton Bend, Wilcox County, Ala.,…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 4, 1879) MARRIED – In this county, on the 30th ult., by J. R. Betts,…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, August 28, 1879) Our friend, Harry Stoarns, a whole-souled, noble-hearted boy, who will ever be held…
Some old epitaphs reflect the hard life of women and childbirth in olden days 70 years a maiden 1 year a wife 2 months…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI Table of ContentsIntroductionCORDOVA…
These are some actual letters to the LDS Family History Department requesting genealogy information "Our 2nd great grandfather was found dead crossing the plains…
(Transcribed from the Geneva County Citizen, Geneva, Alabama, January 30, 1895) NOTICE NO. 5213 LAND OFFICE MONTGOMERY, ALA. MAY 4, 1895 Notice is hereby…
(Copied exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume…
(All Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS Find your southeast Alabama ancestor…
A Genealogy Nightmare My daughter never married but she's lived with Joe, so long,And they and the kids are so happy that somehow, it…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) NEW HOME Mr. Ed Tillman, of Opp, visited his aunt, Mrs. J.…
For grins & giggles, I simply put my grandmother's maiden name in Google & was astounded to find that there was an astronomical amount…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 01, No. 04, Winter Issue 1930) RECORDS IN OLD BIBLES Hopping Front and back pages gone, no…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) CONTINUED BELOW..... Traveling within Alabama before…
(Transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) CHAPMAN Stewart Foshee, James McGowin, and Elbert Sowell left Monday for Tuscaloosa where…
Wars and rumors of war in Cherokee County, Alabama CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By By Rev.…
Patron – Deaths, and illness occurred in Gainesville, Alabama Apr. 11, 1907 (Transcribed excerpts from The Sumter Enterprise, Epes, Sumter County, Alabama, April 11,…
Census records are one of the most important resources for anyone researching family history or genealogy and they are free. (Story continued below) Released…
Ads provide family research clues - Transcribed advertisements are from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5, 1853 – Note: This paper is very…
Patron – April 11, 1866, Personal news in Demopolis after Civil War ended (Excerpts from The Demopolis New Era, Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, April…
Frequently, I run across interesting unidentified photographic treasures. Here are a few I found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. If you…
Are you relying on family stories in your research? Sometimes family stories may be incorrect and may actually hinder further progress on your family…
Patron – Personal Notes from the Shelby County Iron Works, Alabama - 1883 (Excerpt from The Shelby Chronicle, Columbiana, Alabama, Nov. 22, 1883) DOTS…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By Rev. J. D. Anthony Part VIII A clipping from the Gadsden Times (Transcribed with misspelled…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition The Trackless Wilderness Of South Alabama "White settlers…
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