ELLICOTT'S STONE There is a historical marker East of Hwy 43 and south of Bucks, Alabama in Mobile County that is the "oldest historical…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! LOUIS J. ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1922) Perry…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) GRAND BAY NEWS NOTES Mrs. O. C. Fletcher is visiting her brother…
The stories in Alabama Footprints - Exploration - A collection of lost & forgotten stories of Alabama, concerns the discovery of Alabama and the initial settlement era.…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer AUGUSTUS AURELIUS COLEMAN Biography and Genealogy (b. 1826 SC d.1910 AL) Jefferson…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820-1887) Mobile, Alabama. William…
Happy Birthday! Edward Patrick Allen, D. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-1926) Mobile, Alabama Edward Patrick Allen, D. D., Roman Catholic bishop of the…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE MARCUS CRUIKSHANK BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1852 Kentucky, d. 9/15/1936) Talladega, Autauga, Jefferson County, Alabama George M. Cruikshank, the editor of the…
Did you know that Mardi Gras started on Massacre Island? This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten…
SPRING HILL COLLEGE Mobile, Alabama Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama is the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast is also the third oldest…
Did you know? In Montgomery, Alabama it is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses? In Lee…
Happy Birthday! OLIVER STURGIS BEERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1819-1882) Mobile County, Alabama Oliver Sturgis Beers was born January 27, 1819, in Augusta, Georgia to…
When Alabama was first settled by the French, they faced a big problem. There was a shortage of women so France came up with…
Ghost town of Blakeley, Alabama On April 9, 1865, at 5:30 p.m, following an eight-day siege, the Battle of Blakeley was fought near Mobile,…
Happy Birthday! PAUL JEROME MORRIS ACKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1870-1953) Mobile, Alabama Paul Jerome Morris Acker was a physician in Mobile, Alabama. He was…
The Elks Club was originally formed in New York as the Jolly Corks from the theatrical profession. Elks Club house in Mobile ca. 1900…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer DR. WILLIAM THOMAS ABRAHAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834-1898) Marengo County, and Mobile,…
It doesn't matter if you're a baseball fanatic who has their favorite players scorecard memorized or someone who has only watched a few games…
Glider flew in 1893 over Mobile Bay beach The land around Brookley field in Mobile, Alabama has played a part in United States aviation…
This sad story has been transcribed from Greenville Advocate (Greenville, Alabama May 2, 1867 Accidental Poisoning A very unfortunate case of sudden death from…
Transcribed from The Selma Daily Reporter (Selma, Alabama) August 8, 1835 – Volume III FROM THE MOBILE REGISTER Our city, for a couple of…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I JOHN GALLAGHER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1796- 1839) Lawrence…
THE FIRST BRITISH GOVERNOR IN ALABAMA Major Robert Major Over two-hundred and fifty years ago, in 1763, British troops commanded by Major Robert Farmar raised…
On February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine Hunley sunk the Union ship, Housatonic in the harbor of Charleston. A survivor, W. A. Alexander, of…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) JOHN WESLEY STARR, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
MOBILE THE EMPORIUM OF ALABAMA1 (Excerpt written in 1901) Mobile County was formed out of Washington County in 1813 by proclamation of David Holmes,…
(Transcribed From The Evening Post New York, New York-August 21, 1817) Much valuable information to emigrants and others, is contained in the following letter…
Search for proof of the parentage, date of birth and or date of death for Virginia Ladner Grelot b 1801-02 to Jean Baptiste Ladner and…
Happy Birthday! JOEL WALKER WINSTON GOLDSBY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862-1937) Dallas County, Alabama Joel Walker Winston Goldsby was a member of the Mobile bar.…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration - This house at 1256 O'Donnell Street in the historic district of Oakdale, Mobile,…
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