COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Amazing - names of students in Macon County date back to 1842 TOWNSHIP SCHOOL LIST T. 18, R. 24 State of Alabama) Macon County…
JAMES EBEAR GRIMES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-1938) Tallapoosa and Coosa County, Alabama James Ebear Grimes was a well-known farmer and surveyor of Weogufka, Alabama.…
Petition - From the citizens of the counties of Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin, in the Alabama Territory. OCTOBER 1817. DECEMBER 30, 1817.…
The newspaper was the major means of communication between communities in the past. Letters were written to the major newspapers about the state of…
This is an article and interview from May 21, 1885 with a Well-to-do "Old Residenter"—From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama He knew what it looked…
These newspaper abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VII Transcribed news & personal information from the Birmingham Iron Age…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format FRANK…
These newspaper abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I On March 5, 1874, a man at the Exchange Hotel…
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction "by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the…
A Trip to Texas by train (Written in 1890) (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) EDITOR CHOCTAW ADVOCATE: As you are…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol. III along with several other Abercrombie families in Alabama.…
(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
THOMAS CLANTON CALLOWAY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1879-aft. 1904) MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Thomas Clanton Calloway, musician and composer, of Montgomery, won the right to the title…
TOD ROBINSON, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1812-1870) Judge in California Tod Robinson, lawyer, judge, and legislator, was born on March 1, 1812, in…
“Ice Cream” Sunday By Ben White It was Sunday morning; the sun was just beginning to come over the horizon, the sky was clear…
Bear, Panther, And Wolf Were Common Once Alabama became a territory, in the words of Pickett, "the flood-gates of Virginia, the two Carolinas, Tennessee,…
This is a cute story that many who lived on a farm can relate to. Bitterweed Butter by Dorothy Graham Gast When I was…
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This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: List of Jurors Drawn for the Spring Term 1874…
Patron Member story - This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: . The first edition of…
Marble has been used as a building material for centuries, but sometimes it gets stained. This is how our ancestors dealt with stain removal…
LEMUEL JAMES ALSTON BIOGRAPAHY and GENEALOGY (1760-1836) Washington County, Alabama Lemuel James Alston, Alabama pioneer and Revolutionary War soldier, was born in 1760, in…
ELISHA DAVID ACKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1949) Talladega, Cherokee County, Alabama Elisha David Acker, a lawyer, was born February 14, 1861, at Lincoln, Talladega…
In the story Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War , only the five Native American tribes were mentioned. The Catawba Indians have often…
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced…
A simple mode of keeping butter in warm weather, where ice is not handy: Invert a common flower pot over the butter, with some…
CUTE STORY FROM THE PAST (Excerpt transcribed from The Columbia Breeze, Columbia, Alabama August 25, 1892) KISS ME An amusing incident occurred in a…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPES Buttermilk Cake Two cups of sugar, two of chopped raisins, two of buttermilk, one-half cup of shortening, four cups…
YES, I Remember Those Perms by Dorothy Graham Gast An aunt who was a beautician was prevailed upon during a visit to my grandmother's…
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