Cooking tips from the past... “When icing a cake, the icing will not run off it a little flour is dusted on the surface…
MONTEVALLO Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Columbiana, Alabama May 4, 1868 We paid a visit to this flourishing town last Saturday. It is situated…
PATRON - Amazing! 1887 descriptions of early residents of Jefferson County, Alabama The following excerpt describing early residents of Jefferson County, Alabama is from…
Lumber for the White House in St. Stephens was acquired with a whipsaw. This excerpt was transcribed from Clarke County, Alabama, and Its Surroundings,…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) GUNTERSVILLE LOCAL ITEMS Guntersville will have a big celebration on the 4th of July.…
An excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) SCHOOLS DURING THE WAR Our schools,…
Over fifty years ago the little town of Haleyville, Alabama was in the national spotlight! On February 16, 1968, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system in…
The rise of the African American Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama after Civil War. Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama…
Imagine how much simpler it will be for our descendants to track our lives? We have birth and death certificates, social security numbers, and…
This well-written news article from 1920, tells of a time when railroad travel was flourishing, but it also paints a beautiful picture of life…
Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 – NOTE: This book contains many…
I remember cutting out dresses for my paper dolls too. This story and video will bring back memories. A Paper Doll To Call My…
(Transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1 - 1921 By Thomas McAdory Owen) Under the laws of Alabama in…
Here is the story from the June 27, 1891 Times Daily newspaper in Florence, Alabama. STARTLING CHANGE Alabama Takes the First Place long held…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOSEPH MASON KENNEDY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-aft. 1910)…
Many children had no parents left after the War Between the States ended. There were many orphans in Alabama after the War Between the…
Early CRENSHAW COUNTY ALABAMA Crenshaw County was created by the legislature, November 24, 1866 out of Butler, Coffee, Covington, Pike and Lowndes Counties. It…
UNCLE MARVIN’S FUNERAL A TRUE STORY by Dennis W Smith Bayview, Alabama - also known as “the camps” - was a peaceful little mining…
Anyone who has lived in the south knows about chigger bites. Here are some home remedies from a 1930's cookbook. Rub chigger bites with…
Transcribed From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Doctor Pitt Will Take An Appeal Florence Postmaster Tried and Fined Fifty…
Lachlan McGillivray, a youth of sixteen summers, lured by reports of Indian adventures and wonderful scenery in the New World, ran away from his…
A Legal Gift If a man would, according to law, give to another an orange, instead of saying, "I give you this orange "which one…
HISTORY OF COOSA COUNTY BY REV. GEORGE EVANS BREWER PART II CHAPTER VII CHURCHES (TWO) Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
Can you believe that people were once afraid of bathing in water? The following is from a book published in 1883 Ladies Guide in…
Alabama Power Company's Warrior Reserve Steam in Walker County began operations in 1917 on the Warrior River. Later, it was named Gorgas in honor…
Looking for a solution, should we forget the past? In light of the horrible event in South Carolina, there has been much discussion about…
THE STATE BANK The rapid influx of population into the new State of Alabama increased the demand for articles manufactured at a distance, and…
(Photograph of Barton Hall in Cherokee, Alabama from Alabama Department of Archives and History ca. 1979) Cherokee is a town in west Colbert County,…
Visitors, politics and a rape are included in these news extracts from June 2, 1876, in Blount County, Alabama (Transcribed extracts from The Bangor…
