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PATREON NEWS: FREE book for PATRONS is now ready for downloading!

The post with the FREE BOOK attachment ONLY UNLOCKS for $5, $10+, $25 patrons on the Alabama Pioneers Patreon/Patron website. Type the words -…

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PATRONS — DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE BOOK!

PATRONS -- DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE BOOK FROM THE PATREON/PATRON SITE NOW. All $5+, $10+. $25+ Alabama Pioneers PATRON members, (Family Researcher, Family Researcher Plus,…

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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: John Dandridge Bibb born March 10, 1788

This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume  2 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK! JOHN…

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On January 16, 1967, Lurleen Wallace was inaugurated as Alabama’s first female governor

"Lurleen Wallace was inaugurated as Alabama's first female governor--and only the third nationwide--as an estimated 150,000 look on. Wallace succeeded her husband George C. Wallace, who…

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PATRON + In 1918, Schools were closed and public meetings or gatherings were prohibited by the Public Health Department

(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) Spanish influenza appeared in many waves across Alabama at the end of WWI and…

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Simpson Manuscript – Moving details about the State of Alabama’s government move to Montgomery

Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…

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UPDATED WITH PODCAST -Why hasn’t the State of Alabama recognized this wonderful lady for her major accomplishments?

I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing an extraordinary lady who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Ramsey High School, and went on to…

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Early pictures from Bibb County, Alabama includes photograph of courthouse before it was razed in 1890 to build current one

Do you know anything about these photographs?   Brown Bros. Saw Mill No 2 near Randolph Ala ca. 1900 Collection of Duke and Weeks…

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Anne Newport Royall – She was alone in the wilderness with her seven children when she met Andrew Jackson in 1818 – guess what happened next

In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband…

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Simpson Manuscript – There was once a question of rebuilding the capitol building in Montgomery after the disastrous fire.

Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…