(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) The Removal Act Of 1830 With pressure mounting from white settlers to acquire…
GREENWOOD CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcriptions below are from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Greenwood cemetery located in…
PERRY COUNTY PROBATE NOTICES STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court, Regular Term, Dec. 11, 1865 This day came Murrell W. Oliver, administrator…
We've had some very cold days in the southeast the past few years, but I wonder if any can match some of these storms. In…
Mayors Diligent search has failed to disclose a satisfactory list of the names of those who have served as Mayor of Greensboro, but we…
On August 2, 1819 - The first Constitution of Alabama was adopted paving the way to statehood in December. It was considered a model…
"On January 30, 1966, Alabama experienced its coldest ever recorded temperature of -27°F at New Market in Madison County. The average low temperature during…
Christmas was a popular time to get married in 1901 because families often gathered together. (Transcribed from The Southern Star Jan 1, 1901) THE…
JAMES OLIVER BANKS, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1866-1941) EUTAW, ALABAMA James Oliver Banks, Jr, of Eutaw, Alabama was a lineal descendant of Ralph Banks.…
Patron- Names of Alabama Legislature and Senate members during the War Between the States year 1864 Patron Member story (Excerpt transcribed from The Claiborne…
REV. G. J BROOKS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830-aft. 1896) Dallas, Madison, County, Alabama, Missouri, Texas Rev. G. J. Brooks of Selma, Ala., son of…
JOSEPH C. BARKER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1863-aft. 1896) Hale and Jefferson County, Alabama This patient and cool-headed young man was born December 20, 1863,…
Coosa County was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the lands included in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24,…
JESSE ELBERT ROBBINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862-1832) Jefferson County, Alabama Jesse Elbert Robbins of Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama practiced medicine in Alabama nearly twenty…
CLEMENT COMER CLAY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1789-1866) Madison County, Alabama First Justice of Supreme Court of Alabama Judge C. C. Clay was the son…
SOME TERRY FAMILIES OF ALABAMA includes a compilation of documented genealogy records, notes and brief biographies of JAMES TERRY (1727- 1799) Alabama descendants, DAVID…
Save yourself hours of research and expense on early Ackers who settled in the southern part of the United States. WILLIAM ACKER FAMILY and…
NAMES FROM MARRIAGE LICENSES AND SOME NAMES OF SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TIMES DAILY DEC. 15, 1894 FLORENCE, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Matrimony The following marriage…
Andrew Thomas, Jr. was born around 1759 in South Carolina. It is believed he married Sarah (last name unknown) about 1790. Andrew moved to…
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION IN ALABAMA A temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements started in America…
Alabama celebrated her 200th birthday, December 14th and 15th, 2019. Were your ancestors here on December 14, 1819, when Alabama became a state? Some…
Gumbo Soup As Made in New Orleans in 1850 (Transcribed from The Democrat, Huntsville, Alabama Sept 12, 1850) Take a fowl of good size,…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Georgia was among the first to grow insistent upon obtaining possession of the…
In a New York churchyard: We shall miss thee, mother. (Good job printing neatly done) ----- Here lies Jane Smith, Wife of Thomas Smith,…
SAMUEL MERNARY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Dec. 10, 1853 - d. aft. 1900) Dallas, Shelby and Chilton County, Alabama Samuel Mernary Adams, a…
They Made Sure The Knot Was Tied Securely This is an excerpt from the books ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1)…
During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) SOCIETY PERSONALS Miss Louise Bell, of Nashville, will arrive Friday to be the guest…
(Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) Spanish influenza appeared in many waves across Alabama at the end of WWI and…
JOSEPH WARREN HARRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1912) Pike County, Alabama Joseph Warren Harris, of Troy, Alabama, was born Dec. 9, 1847, near Troy, Pike…
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