Store closings and social distancing were practiced in October 1918 to help eradicate the Spanish flu which became an epidemic. (Transcribed from The Montgomery…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I DORANTON PATTON NEWTON LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1812 –…
This biography can be found in Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820 and Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1)…
Recently, there has been talk of restoring and reopening Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama as a mental health facility in Mobile County. Searcy…
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were maimed during the War Between…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXX The religious and social life of the people in 1866 began to…
LIFE IN COAL MINES Tedious Work Combined With Constant Danger Explosions and Falling Walls are Sources of Terror to Miners and Their Families -…
Read this Patron member article and more abstracts in the eBook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume IV: MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES Monroe County, Alabama Click…
This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves Our ancestors wanted to be beautiful so they often came up with…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I and more genealogy information can be found in the book Alabama…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
ELLICOTT'S STONE There is a historical marker East of Hwy 43 and south of Bucks, Alabama in Mobile County that is the "oldest historical…
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF MACON COUNTY By H. M. King Written in 1881 NUMBER XIV Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02,…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) TWO ESCAPE FROM JAIL Prisoners Take Door From Hinges and Walk Out…
Some Genealogy Humor I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me! I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me?…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving by Sharon Dean Agte I don't remember feasting at Thanksgiving. It was a staid, quiet dinner. We would…
(Excerpt from Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 25 – Flower of the Country in Arms 1861) PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES…
Patron member story - This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: News from around the State…
Over the river and through the wood - Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day! Here is the origin of this old poem. Do you remember driving…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 WILLIAM NEWTON COX (ca 1859 Georgia -)…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 JOHN V. SMITH ( b.1860 ) BIOGRAPHY…
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Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part X 1 Robert Jemison Tuscaloosa County A lawyer, businessman, legislator and leader of the…
(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…
(Local news excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) Mr. Mark Carpenter and Miss Bertha Sellers of near McKenzie…
FRENCH ROLLS 1924 recipe ½ cake yeast ½ pt. warm water Flour 2 tbsp. butter 1 tbsp. sugar 3 eggs Dissolve yeast in warm…
This biography is included in the Books Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II and First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I WILLIAM RENEAU…
Schools and Discovery of an inscription on a stone in Cherokee County, Alabama mound land! CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By…
