The area of the present town of Midway in Bullock County, Alabama was once known as Feagin's Store Post Office and Five Points. An…
WARNING: This story was transcribed exactly as written in the 1930s. It may include some offensive language. PLEAS AND THE SNAKE FOLKLORE BY WPA…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
Auburn, located in Lee County is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2014 population of 60,258. It is a college town, home…
Gee's Bend in Wilcox County, Alabama was originally a Plantation. "The plantation was started by Joseph Gee and passed to his nephews Sterling and Charles…
Very thought-provoking soliloquy written by a woman about life two years after the War Between the States! This really provides insight into the state of…
When Leland Barton and Mamie Cork were married in the little Wesley Chapel Church in 1897, the father of the groom presented the bride…
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in…
GEE'S BEND, (BOYKIN), WILCOX COUNTY, ALABAMA Gee's Bend was originally named for Joseph Gee, an early large land owner from Halifax County, North Carolina…
John Pool was a Revolutionary War Soldier and early pioneer from South Carolina who first settled in Shelby County, Alabama then later moved to…
These photographs from the past found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History were made by John E. Scott, a photographer who took them…
[This transcription is from a book written ca. 1870 and includes many places of "Indian towns in Coosa County" and names of people who…
Do you have someone in your family who is interested in genealogy? Give them Where Do I Start?: Hints and Tips for Beginning Genealogists with…
A senator from Alabama was instrumental in enacting the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which became the first federal highway funding legislation. The cross-country…
Buccaneers attacked the first white settlers of Cherokee County, Alabama HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part V Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
RECOLLECTIONS OF CAROLINE LEADINGHAM (Written June 8, 1895) Our home and the place of my birth was near Mooresville, Limestone county, Ala. In the…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES description of Creek Indian ballgame (Transcription includes misspellings from original) By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IX INDIAN OCCUPANCY…
Sometimes our grandmother's cooked main dishes without meat - like this meat substitute loaf Meat-Substitute Loaf 1 cupful of cooked salted rice 1 cupful…
REVIEW: Some ancestors I haven't found elsewhere. By Valerie J. R. Atkinson The Aldrich family of Alabama can trace their family tree back to the…
This biography is included in the Book First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I THE HODGES PIONEERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY COL. FLEMING HODGES,…
(Margaret Eades was the wife of Jeremiah Austill of the Legendary Canoe Fight. She, like her husband was an early pioneers of Alabama. In…
The Mobile National Cemetery was established as a cemetery in 1865 after the Port of Mobile fell into Union hands under the assault of…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hard cover format…
Excerpts from the History of Coosa County, Alabama Chapter One By Rev. George E. Brewer (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No.…
Scroll below to see video about the Old Dennis Hotel. On June 30, 1837, Dadeville, Alabama was incorporated with an intendant and five counselors,…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER IV The first volume of the minutes of the commissioners' court, Talladega county,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HAILS, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-aft.…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JOHN GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1792 -…
After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. Bounty land on western…
The highest natural point in the State of Alabama, Cheaha Mountain, lies within the bounds of Cleburne County. Cleburne County was created by the…
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