Below are four brigadier-generals who served in the Civil War for the Confederacy. We are publishing photographs of interest to researchers on Alabama Pioneers.…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VII The Indian occupancy of Talladega county began in those primeval ages, "whereof…
Read the whole story about Aaron Burr’s treason in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon…
(Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) SOMETHING FROM A "CITIZEN" EDITOR JOURNAL: In regard to the article in Wednesday's Ledger…
Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Columbiana, Alabama May 7, 1868 PRESERVING PICKLES FROM SCUM A Correspondent of the Rural New Yorker gives the following:…
WILLIAM TEMPLE ALLAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1855-1922) Dallas, Talladega, and Etowah County, Alabama William Temple Allan was an Episcopal clergyman, for a number of…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER VI John Box was appointed the first coroner of the county on Monday,…
(Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
These abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V PERSONALS FROM TIMES DAILY DEC. 15, 1894 FLORENCE, LAUDERDALE…
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Two interesting tombstones New England epitaph of 1872: "My father and mother were both insane I inherited the terrible stain, My grandfather,…
I found this in some old records. Wouldn't it be nice if a letter "bridge of love" could bring our country closer together today…
(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) MONTEVALLO MURDER Walter S. Cary, attorney, was shot and killed Friday…
DR. JAMES W. or H. CRAWFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1822-1844) Bibb County, Alabama This is an excerpt from Compiled Records of BIBB COUNTY ALABAMA…
(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December12, 1918) STATISTICS SHOW INCREASED MORTALITY FROM INFLUENZA Notwithstanding the newspaper quotations from Surgeon General Blue to…
Have you ever wondered if you are reading accurate accounts of events in history books? Can we really believe everything we read and have learned…
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 WASHINGTON P. MELTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 - 1905) Tallapoosa, Tallladega County, Alabama…
It is hard to understand why the driver of this carriage did not stop to assist the women he hit. The Astor House was the…
These inscriptions and more can be found in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV Evergreen Cemetery Inscriptions Before 1942 HISTORIC EVERGREEN CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA,…
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) ANNIE KATE BOOKER BROKE HER ARM Annie Kate, the little daughter of Mr.…
GUSSIE WOODRUFF BIOGRAPHICAL and GENEALOGY (Dec.1844- Dec. 28, 1928) Montgomery County, Alabama During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VII 1 William H. Davis Pickens County William H. Davis was born in York…
INFLUENZA SITUATION GRAVE (Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) The spread of Influenza in our town and county is becoming…
(Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS CONTINUED Mrs. Henderson of Jackson's Gap, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.…
SEWING TIPS FROM THE PAST To sharpen scissors in an emergency, cut aluminum foil several times. Talcum Powder can be used for hem markers.…
When was the last time you saw one of these? Do you remember when we looked forward to the weekend so we could make…
This biography and Paul Jerome's ancestry as well as many descendants can be found in the William Acker Family and Southern Descendants. This biography…
JEHU WELLINGTON VANDIVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY September 17, 1850 – August 16, 1934 Talladega, Alabama Lawyer, editor, lecturer, Mr. Vandiver was born September 17,…
Former Patron story - (WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may…
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Alabama. Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald 1921…
(Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) APPROACHING MARRIAGE The following invitations have been received by the many friends of Miss…
