After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. No bounty land…
No Spirituous Drinking or Dancing Parties… by Jean Butterworth “No Venomous Spirituous Drinking or Dancing Parties,” I read as I quickly scanned the papers…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1835-1894) Colbert County,…
Now in paperback and hardback for gift giving! Isaac Abercrombie was one of my personal ancestors and this book includes some of my own…
Chasing old bushy-tail by Shannon Hollon This time of year when the weather begins to turn cool the maple leaves turn red and hickories…
This book on Revolutionary War soldier, Charles Abercrombie is now in Ebook, paperback, and hardcover and is filled with 448 pages of the descendants…
One of my favorite places to visit in our state is Mentone, Alabama. There is so much natural beauty in the area that each season…
Great family book for Alabama researchers! Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume III This is the third volume of Notable and Not-so-Notable…
Happy Birthday! RICHARD FORSEY BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1795-1855) Madison County, Alabama by Lavone Johnson Anglen Richard Forsey was born October 01, 1795 in Somerset,…
Have you ever heard of the STAR CHAMBER? Read about how and why it drove many of our founders to America in the “page-turning”,…
(This great story by a contributing author was quite an experience and one to reflect on for a long time. It's amazing he survived.)…
(Saturday was an important day for grocery shopping in Alabama's past.) Curb Market day in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ca. 1935 Allen Jemison building is visible…
Serving God and Community since 1905...Celebrated 110 years in 2015 By Shannon Hollon In September 1819 a beautiful valley in Alabama was settled by…
(Here is another story told to me by my late grandmother Pauline Campbell Bearden(1923-2009) she loved to sit on her front porch and tell…
Alabama Pioneers Patron query: Do you know anything about Thomas McAfee born 1837? Thomas McAfee, born 1837. Have been seeking the name of his…
The Barbecue at Cha-Che’s submitted by Jean Butterworth My mother was Ara Ann Williams Champion and her mother was Ollie Rebecca King Williams. ”Miss…
Small Town USA during World War II The Invasion of Normandy by the Allies occurred more than sixty-three years ago on June 6,1944. As…
DR. ALEXANDER W. AGNEW BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1824-1897) Pickens and Fayette County, Alabama A. W. Agnew was a physician, born September 17, 1824, in…
He should have stayed home by Shannon Hollon My maternal GGGrandfather was Charles Monroe Campbell MD (1867-1939) he graduated from the Tennessee Medical College(…
Opelika, AL - WINSLET - Great Great Grandma, Alice Ophelia Winslet, was born in AL about 1855. She married Asa Jones on Jan 28,…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
The Best Laid Schemes by Paul Hancock I had my life all planned. I had just finished high school and was enrolled at Miss.…
A Tale of Two Churches By Amanda Gallatin On a rural stretch of Russell County Highway 22, one can find two of the oldest…
This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I JOHNSTON M. McCAULEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
Dr. Thomas Owen became Director of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History in 1901. He died in 1921. At his death, this…
Tobacco farming was hard work by Sam Perkins My father grew burley tobacco in Middle Tennessee for forty continuous years. I was a participant…
CEMETERY DOCUMENTATION by SHERRY S. JOHNSTON Years ago, when I first started this journey of researching, documenting and writing about cemeteries, I started off…
OBITUARY OF J. M. TRUITT Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers
OBITUARY OF Mrs. Maud Bell Lewis (April 26, 1884 - July 27, 1921)
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
