HISTORIC TORNADO OUTBREAK ALABAMA March 21-22, 1932 (FROM: DARKEST HOURS by Jay Robert Nash) On March 21, 1932, Marion, Alabama was the first…
Noccalula Falls near Gadsden ca. 1930s (Continued – from Alabama Folklore Part I) Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to…
Evidently, there was a problem with personal clothing and garments being lost in the 1890s just as there is today. They seem to have…
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The trials of a sensational event that took place in Bibb County, Alabama in 1900. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, March 14,…
"In the early 1800's, Andrew Jackson's soldiers became the area's first settlers after their victory at Horseshoe Bend. In 1861, residents from the community…
Court Records of Washington County, Mississippi Territory includes many early Alabama names: “Mississippi Territory. At a superior court held for the District of Washington…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Unemployed authors were employed through the Works Project Administration WPA to record the life and culture of Americans during the Great Depression era. Many…
[The Lou Wooster Public Health Award at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Public Health is presented annually by the University of…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVIII The story of the desperate struggle of the people of this county…
Local news about people from around Sumter County, August 3, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) Only Patrons can…
Dr. Joseph Dill Alison, the author of this diary was born December 23, 1828, at Charleston, S. C., and died at Carlowville, June 3,…
Unusual Monument and Epitaph In the Magnolia Cemetery in the lot of W. S. Metcalf is a monument to a FAITHFUL FRIEND. This is…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Dr. Joseph Dill Alison, the author of this diary was born December 23, 1828, at Charleston, S. C., and died at Carlowville, June 3,…
Evidently, there were trees being cut down and building items taken at the site where it was being built to invoke this Act. Steps…
The first substantial white settlement in what is now Gadsden was a village called "Double Springs".This was begun by a mixed American Indian and…
Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co.,…
Early Days and People of Marshall County, Alabama One of the first white men to settle in Madison County was a Scotchman named John…
WILLIAM BOYD, JR. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1783-1855) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen William Boyd was a Junior he was born March 22,…
Personal news from some towns in Sumter County, August 31, 1923 (Transcribed from Sumter County Journal, York, Alabama, August 31, 1923) WARD NEWS Mr.…
Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo…
HISTORY OF JEFF DAVIS HOUSE (Montgomery Advertiser, October 7th, 1900) The Alabama Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy will convene in the city…
CONVICTS OF ALABAMA STATE PENITENTIARY, November 1846 (from Ancestry.com -transcribed by Steven Jackson) As a general rule of the early Alabama frontiersmen, the administration…
If you are ever invited to a real country noontime dinner in the South, jump at the chance to see what the fuss about…
Part II of the sensational event that took place in Bibb County 1900. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, June 21, 1900) PRELIMINARY…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
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