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The origins of Alabama Power Company can be traced to Attalla. The first electric generator operated by water was built in September 1882, at…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Excerpt transcribed from The Claiborne Southerner, Claiborne, Alabama, September 16, 1864) RELIGIOUS NOTICE The Rev. Mr.…
(The following is an excerpt from The History of the Elyton Land Company and Birmingham, Ala. 1892 by H. M. Caldwell, President Elyton Land…
(Excerpt transcribed from The Claiborne Southerner (Claiborne, Alabama) September 16, 1864) LADIES' HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION MEETING HELD AT MASONIC HALL, CLAIBORNE, ALA. AUG. 24TH 1864…
RHEA - BURLESON - HINDS - McENTIRE HOME Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama The Burleson-Hinds-McEntire Home in Decatur belonged to Dr. Aaron Adair Burleson and…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
(Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) FIRE! FIRE! The handsome residence of Mrs. E. P. Alford lies in ashes. It…
(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) W. M. CARNEY & CO. Mr. W. M. Carney, head of…
(Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jan 3, 1855) PROBATE COURT NOTICES State of Alabama} Court of Probate Pickens County}…
Notices for lost slaves were posted like this in early newspapers of Cahaba, Alabama (Transcribed from Alabama State Gazette, Cahaba, Alabama April 3, 1825)…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume IV SOME ALABAMA MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM 1850 SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER…
ROBERT WESTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER (b. 1763-d. 1845) Sumter County, Alabama Robert Weston, a Revolutionary War soldier from North Carolina, is…
Patron member story This article and more abstracts are also available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume III- Scroll to bottom to see Table…
People were suffering from LaGrippe around Boaz, Alabama in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) ROUTE 7 Health of…
Health was bad in surrounding communities of Boaz in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) LIBERTY NEWS Health of…
From a cemetery near Cincinnati, Ohio: Here lies ------ Who came to this city and died for the benefit of his health. From Belturbet…
JOYNER CEMETERY Written in Stone by Sherry S. Johnston Researching the Joyner Cemetery located between Owassa and Wilcox communities recently made me aware once…
Deaths, Injuries, and Illness of citizens in Boaz, January 6, 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Cuts Hand of…
Steward’s 10 Cent Store A Childhood Memory By Thelma Ann Smelser I was riding through Piedmont, Alabama, a while back when something caught my…
Yellow fever epidemics were particularly difficult in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama during 1853 and 1870s. Recently, a mass burial site was uncovered in Montgomery,…
(Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) LOCAL AND PERSONAL Rev. T. L. Milligan failed to reach here Saturday and Rev.…
CEMETERY NEAR LAKE LORRAINE AND ROBERTSON CEMETERY IN NORTHPORT, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942)…
News excerpts from neighboring towns (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) FROM OVER THE COUNTY WOMACK HILL Crops look well. Fine…
LOCAL ALABAMA NEWS IN 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) A large pipe works will be built at Thomas, Ala.,…
The New Deal initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt included employment programs for jobless white-collar workers to collect narratives and life histories of former slaves.…
News excerpts from neighboring towns of Butler, Alabama - 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) PELHAM As the ADVOCATE is…
LOCAL PEOPLE AND ITEMS (Transcribed from Brewton Banner, Brewton, Alabama, June 2, 1883) S. J. Foshee, of north Escambia, was the first cash subscriber…
The following is in the Necropolis, Glasgow Here lyes Bessy Bell But whereabouts I cannot tell. From Montrose churchyard Here lies the bodeys of…
A delicate paper revealed the truth by Lawanna McLeod Walthall Throughout our McLeod family history, we were told that our Grandfather that came from…
(Click to read more about what happened to Bellefonte) (Transcribed extract from Bellefonte Courier and Jackson County Republican, April 11, 1839) By virtue of…
