Transcribed from The Selma Daily Reporter (Selma, Alabama) August 8, 1835 – Volume III FROM THE MOBILE REGISTER Our city, for a couple of…
(Transcribed from THE GREENVILLE ADVOCATE, Greenville, Alabama, Jan 3, 1878) THE FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT J. T. Perry's Grocery Store, H. Dohrmeier's Bakery and Confectionery,…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOSEPH A. GABOURY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852 -1915)…
REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY By E. G. Richards1 Part II A short time before the organization of Chambers County, a…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII BENJAMIN HARRISON SCREWS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-1905) BARBOUR…
True genealogy is more than a just documenting facts. The facts we discover tell a family story which breathes life into all who have…
In the spring of 1798, the Congress of the United States formed into a territory a part of what had been West Florida. By…
Alexander McGillivray1 A noted descendant of one of these traders having spent most of the winter in the settlement on Little River went to…
Some deaths that were reported in Alabama on March 24, 1817 (Transcribed from the Tuscaloosa News March 24, 1817) The Tuscaloosa News March 24,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4 HON. JAMES THOMAS HEFLIN (1869- 1951) BIOGRAPHY…
CENTRE, CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Centre is the county seat of Cherokee County, on the northeastern bank of the Coosa River, near the center of…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October, 1915) The political pot is beginning to boil in Mobile county. The Mobile Item…
From Tuscaloosa News, Aug 2, 1937 Three Men Arrested In Bangor Cave raid Birmingham, August 2- (AP) Three men arrested after a raid on…
From the Florence Times September 1, 1905 – Salvation Army opened a shelter A Very Creditable Institution Is To Be Opened In Florence…
BRUNDIDGE PIKE COUNTY, ALABAMA BRUNDIDGE is a town in the southeastern part of Pike County. The population was 2,076 at the 2010 census, down…
Summerfield had many grand houses and a beautiful college in pre-Civil War, Alabama. Denominational college for boys and girls in pre-Civil War, Alabama The…
On June 25, 1874 - a lead and silver mine was discovered in Walker County, Alabama. Here are the News headlines From Birmingham Iron…
This unedited story has been transcribed from WPA (Works Project Administration) stories on Lowndes County from 1935. THE WAYSIDE COTTAGE Mr. & Mrs. C.…
QUILTING AND CORN-SHUCKING By WPA Writer Maude Dreisbach written ca. 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people…
Chambers CO. AL - Bible of Charlie Claude Terry From: Joyce McTavish Subject: Bible of Charlie Claude Terry, son of John T. Terry and…
During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The program…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Treaties Formed With The Indians For Roads In…
Some epitaphs provide warnings to readers: Fear God Keep the Commandments and Do not attempt to climb a tree, For that's what caused the…
The Red Horse by WPA writer Demps A. Oden 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around…
William Garrett (born 1809), the author of this excerpt, was appointed Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, in November 1837 and continued to serve…
While researching in the Alabama Department of Archives and History, I occasionally find some intriguing pictures that are not completely identified. These are some I found of…
If you have a brickwall in your genealogy research, you might try studying history of an area. Many Texas and western states will find…
EVERGREEN CEMETERY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA (Transcribed from - The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 04, No. 04, Winter Issue 1942) Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (photograph by…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
CHURCHING by Maude Dreisbach Writer for Works Projects Administration (WPA) written ca. 1936 During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to…
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