While researching the story on the University of Alabama 1926 Rose Bowl game, I ran across some great photographs at the Alabama Department of…
Here are some humorous epitaphs from the western part of the United States Some Boothill epitaphs: Carson City, Nevada, epitaph of a horse thief.…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956 - 1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) Old-timers tell…
Christmas and Bon Ami May I explain that I’m not referring to the Bon Ami that we see on our grocery shelves today? That’s…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
JOHN CRAWFORD GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1877 – 1962) Missouri and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by Dorothy Graham Gast John Crawford Graham was born in…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below..... (Indian trading houses were…
In 1838, Arkansas couples married quickly according to this humorous article Discover, Share, and help us Preserve our lost and forgotten stories. Become an…
Discover, Share, and help us Preserve our lost and forgotten stories. Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Join our Alabama Pioneers Patron Community This biography…
News stories from around Alabama on June 11, 1874 Fishing is the amusement now in Greene. The Eutaw Whig says there are 2 fisherman…
Fish pudding is thought to be by some as a recipe derived from using left-overs. Farm woman cooking at stove in kitchen ca. 1925…
This story and many more are available in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) The First Cotton Gin in…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The following story is an excerpt from Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by E.…
Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 ( transcriptions) [No. 84.] AN ACT…
These tombstones reveal the unusual way the people died: Albany, New York Henry Edsel Smith Born 1903 – Died 1942 Looked up the elevator…
WILLIAM ALFRED ALTMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 -1923) Elmore and Sumter Counties, Alabama William Alfred Altman, a planter and merchant, was born March 9,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVI continued - Civil War When the drum's first beat called out our…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Great Truths about Life that children have learned.... No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. When your mom is mad at…
In the following transcribed letter, Lucy describes her work to her son in the influenza ward at the Camp Sheridan hospital. Transcribed letter from…
GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVI By the seventh of October, 1861, Alabama had furnished fully twenty-seven thousand…
Photograph of Chief John Ross - Chief John Ross 1843 Print shows John Ross, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, with right hand on a…
ALONG THE CORDUROY ROAD The old home place stood among large oak trees at the top of a hill, more of a rise…
(From a Brief History of Montgomery, by M, P. Blue, Esq., 1878) TICKNOR'S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT, ALABAMA VOLUNTEERS FOR TEXAS REVOLUTION (From a Brief…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume II- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
Our ancestors found ingenious ways to clean, and renew almost everything as can be seen from these instructions from a 1890s book. To Take…
PIZITZ AD, Montgomery Advertiser September 11, 1921 Do you remember Pizitz Department Stores in Alabama? The Pizitz chain was founded as a family business…
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JOEL BARTON LOWERY (b. March 6, 1834 – d.…
