During the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-1920 the death toll worldwide reached 20 million including 548,000 Americans in 10 months. Compared to 20 million…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXI (Continued) J. T. MAY J. T. MAY was a Methodist preacher who…
IRVINGTON NEWS AND NOTES GATHERED BY CORRESPONDENTS (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) Events Of The Past Few…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WILLIAM ANTHONY ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-1914) Mobile, Alabama…
While browsing the Alabama State Archives, I have frequently run across some really interesting old photographs of Alabamians with absolutely no information about them.…
BASIL MANLY ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858-1924) Jefferson County, Alabama Basil Manly Allen was born December 20, 1858, in Carolina County, Virginia, the son…
Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1840 – 1935), or Cudjo Lewis, was the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VIII INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF TALLADEGA After De Soto had left his trail of…
W. P. Wallace wrote a series of articles in The Centreville Press about Bibb County, Alabama's history. This one of his transcribed articles transcribed…
NOTES FOUND ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA J. Hugh LeBaron 100 South Rosebud Lane Starkville, MS 39759 [email protected] 1 JOHN LOCKHART…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format RAY…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK, & HARDBACK! JAMES FLEMING…
(Many people in Alabama changed their views on slavery as this story reveals)The Alabama County of Calhoun was created by the legislature December 18,…
EARLY LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Lee County was named in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate Armies, and later president of…
The following Business Advertisements were in a Catalog published in 1888 entitled, Florence, Lauderdale County and North Alabama by Leftwich bros. and Curtis, Florence,…
This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves SIMPLE HOME REPAIRS FROM THE PAST Stop floors from squeaking by sprinkling…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) Hopkins Pratt Biography and Genealogy (1791 -…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Greensboro.1 (Published in 1908) The earliest records of this church were lost, and have never been…
Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught…
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD George Daniel, the little eighteen-months-old son of Mr.…
(Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Oct 1, 1868) How to check a bank run O'Connell is said to have checked a panic on the…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII ALBERT TAYLOR GOODWYN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-1931) Elmore…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) RICHARD HOPKINS PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I AND First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I …
No bacon or grease for the beans and cabbage? This was the solution in early days of Alabama CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS…
MAIL ROBBERY AND MURDER Delivering the mail in 1838 required a lot of skill and courage as these news articles reveal. (Transcribed from North…
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) "MARIE" WRITES FROM HATCHECHUBBEE, ALA . The Knighterian Club met with the Misses…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format WILLIAM…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V WALTER KENNON McADORY Biography and Genealogy (b. 1868 Alabama…
REV. CHARLES STEWART BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Pickens County, Alabama (Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jane 3, 1855) The following…
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