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…
This is the final story of what happened to Lilly Gardner and Festus Caddell. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, April 25, 1901)…
Dr. Joseph Dill Alison, the author of this diary was born December 23, 1828, at Charleston, S. C., and died at Carlowville, June 3,…
SAMUEL BAINS LETTER Fort Deposit* November 25th 1813 Dear Christiana I wrote to you about the 12th Since, then I have heard that all…
While researching the story on the University of Alabama 1926 Rose Bowl game, I ran across some great photographs at the Alabama Department of…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1 The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November 1956 - 1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) Old-timers tell…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
JOHN CRAWFORD GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1877 – 1962) Missouri and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by Dorothy Graham Gast John Crawford Graham was born in…
This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) continued below..... (Indian trading houses were…
In 1838, Arkansas couples married quickly according to this humorous article Discover, Share, and help us Preserve our lost and forgotten stories. Become an…
Discover, Share, and help us Preserve our lost and forgotten stories. Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron Join our Alabama Pioneers Patron Community This biography…
News stories from around Alabama on June 11, 1874 Fishing is the amusement now in Greene. The Eutaw Whig says there are 2 fisherman…
This story and many more are available in the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) The First Cotton Gin in…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The following story is an excerpt from Reminiscences of the Early Days in Chambers County, by E.…
Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 ( transcriptions) [No. 84.] AN ACT…
PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXVI continued - Civil War When the drum's first beat called out our…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
In the following transcribed letter, Lucy describes her work to her son in the influenza ward at the Camp Sheridan hospital. Transcribed letter from…
GERRARD HANSFORD, BARBER Gerrard Hansford, a free colored person, well remembered in Montgomery, was married on the 15th of December, 1825, by William Maxey,…
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