(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia…
Glider flew in 1893 over Mobile Bay beach The land around Brookley field in Mobile, Alabama has played a part in United States aviation…
Thought provoking inscriptions found on tombstones In Highgate cemetery, London: "Life's like a Winter's Day: Some only Breakfast and away; Others to Dinner stay,…
WILLIAM HENRY GRAVES: GENTLEMAN SCHOLAR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833-1931) By Robert R. Rea1 (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 01 &…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Mr. Editor:—It was my intention when I wrote No. 8 of Reminiscences…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? These photographs are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the…
THINGS I LEARNED WITH AGE Learned to pick my battles, - “Will this matter one year from now? How about one month: One week? One…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK! DR.…
My Relatives are leaving me very fast (Civil) war-time letters of James Wright to his nephew. Edited by George L. Mahoney1 James Wright of…
The Best Laid Schemes by Paul Hancock I had my life all planned. I had just finished high school and was enrolled at Miss.…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! HENRY MARTYN CALDWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1836 – 1895) Butler…
Below is the Coast Guard cutter "Winona" and steamboat "Minnie Lee" transporting people from Mobile to attend the centennial celebration of the founding of…
GOOD OLD TIPS FROM THE PAST FRUIT STAINS ON HANDS Rinse hands with lemon juice Rinse hands with vinegar Rub stubborn stains with salt…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! EDWARD WARE BARRETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1866-1922) Jefferson County, Alabama…
In Tuscumbia, Alabama there is an unusual cemetery devoted entirely to coon dogs. The cemetery never started out to be a coon dog cemetery.…
The Alabama Cherokee Sequoyah invented the Cherokee alphabet and after 1829, the Cherokee people printed a weekly paper. HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY,…
It was evidently quite uncomfortable for women to be fashionably dressed according to this article from 1875. (Transcribed from The Athens Post – Athens,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOHN KEYES BARTON, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847-…
[This is the transcription of a letter written in 1885 back to a newspaper in Alabama that tells the location and names of some Alabamians who moved to…
ALFRED ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1800-1849) Greene and Lowndes Counties, Alabama Alfred Anderson was born in Rockville, Maryland, September 2, 1800, and died…
COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON WOOD 1796-1860 Worshipful Master Florence Lodge, A.F.& A. M. 1822, Florence, Alabama BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SKETCH BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER MRS. Elizabeth…
THOMAS DUNN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY 1798-1838 Wilcox County, Alabama Thomas Dunn, a son of Benjamin and Susannah Dunn, was born in Georgia around 1798.…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! 1851 ALABAMA DEATH NOTICES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER (These records were recorded in Marion and Perry…
JOHN WESLEY ALSTORK, D. D., LL. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-1920) Talladega and Montgomery County, Alabama John Wesley Alstork was a bishop…
Excerpt transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue EARLY HISTORY OF AUBURN By Mrs. Mary Reese Frazer (Through the…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. Anne traveled Alabama…
Famous people sometimes leave thought provoking epitaphs about their life like these: “I may be gone but Rock and Roll lives on” John Belushi “Here…
This is the 4th part of seven in the Skyline Farms photographs series. Skyline Farms was a farm resettlement community in Jackson County, Alabama…
In 2007, Hackleburg was named the “Best Small Town in America” by Country Music Television and it is probably for good reason. The citizens…
(Transcribed from The Southern Democrat, Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama September 1, 1898)
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