This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
In history books, John Hunt has been credited with being the first white settler of Huntsville, but there was another white settler in the…
The new bustling business district of the city of Birmingham, Alabama was almost destroyed by fire in 1905- Here are some actual news accounts…
Did you know.....????? April 23, 1957 - "An earthquake with its epicenter near Guntersville affected parts of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, but caused little…
Washing clothes was a major task in the past and there were techniques to getting the clothes really clean as can be seen by…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
One of America's most quoted poets died in Alabama. Lines from his famous poem The Bivouac of the Dead are found on tombstones throughout…
GREEN UNDERWOOD (1799-1852) Dallas County, Alabama Green Underwood (Apr. 22, 1799 Spartanburg, SC – d. Oct. 6, 1852 Dallas Co., AL) was a pioneer…
MEXICAN WAR REMINISCENCES Part I By Judge Zo. S. Cook (These several contributions cover the period of February to April 1897, and were…
A Ruse Saved Immigrants Lives While Traveling Through Indian Territory This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten…
(Transcribed from Union Springs Herald, Union Springs, Alabama October 7, 1885) GUERRYTON, ALABAMA One of the best business points in the county (Barbour County)…
These newspaper abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The…
REV. JOHN ALLAN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1788-1843) By Lavone Johnson Anglen Reverend John Allan wrote an autobiography of his life which was found at…
(This was transcribed From the Franklin County Times, Alabama many years ago) Editor Franklin County Times: What is there about the name "Dickson"…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI Postcard…
MILES HENRY AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-1914) Tallapoosa, Butler and Montgomery County, Alabama Miles Henry Amerine was a merchant and mineral land salesman. He…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM TOBIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827-1865)…
This story is an excerpt from the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Brown's Village is a Cherokee village founded about 1790 located on the west…
Photograph of Cajun girl and boy in Mobile County, Alabama (Alabama Department of Archives and History) (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part III) Unemployed…
All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in the book Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL…
Castor and tea seemed to solve many problems in olden days.... Afternoon of Tea ca. 1901 (Library of Congress) A good complexion never…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) On May 29, 1834, Ross received word that a new delegation from the…
Do you enjoy stories about the State of Alabama? We have been collecting lost and forgotten stories about Alabama for over 15 years. We…
The oldest surviving court records in America were used to write this historical fiction series about a family whose descendants migrated to Alabama before…
In England: This world's a City full of crooked streets, And death the Market-place where all men meets; If Life was Merchandise that men…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
ALABAMA IN MEXICO WAR Letter to DR. W. S. WYMAN From S. F. NUNNELEE (Written June 14, 1906) Mexico War Correspondence, Military Records Division…
Thompson, Alabama citizens had high hopes for the newly incorporated town in 1883, but today it is only an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama. The charter was…
DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA VARIOUS COURT RECORDS From Minutes of Probate Court of Dallas Co., Alabama: Book A p. 5: JOHN B. BATES was administrator…
Family reunions are coming up this spring and summer... so remember.... to take tape recorders and ask questions! A family reunion is an effective…
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