Below is an excerpt of a transcription of a history of Autauga County, Alabama written around 1886 by Shadrack Mims. It has been transcribed exactly…
ALABAMA NOTES Made in 1883-1884 (During 1883 and 1884, Dr. Palmer, an investigator for the Bureau of American Ethnology, did archaeological research in Alabama…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
UPDATED WITH NEWSREEL! William Christopher Handy was born November 16, 1873 in Florence, Alabama to parents Elizabeth Brewer and Charles Barnard Handy. His father…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) The roundup of the remaining Native-Americans began in Georgia on May 26, 1838; and continued for over…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! This may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed…
These inscriptions and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV GREENWOOD CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS Before 1942 In memory of Captain…
NEEDHAM LEE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1770-1821) Shelby County, Alabama & Tennessee Needham H. Lee, Sr. was born November 14, 1770, in Prince Edward, Virginia.…
PATRONS, Remember to go to patren.com/alabamapioneers and download your FREE book from the PATREON website before JULY 31, 2023 Did you know that for…
On December 17, 1819, only three days after the state of Alabama was admitted to the United States of America, an Act of the…
(Transcribed from The Marion Commonwealth, Marion, Perry Co., Ala., December 28, 1865) PERRY COUNTY PROBATE NOTICES STATE OF ALABAMA – PERRY COUNTY Probate Court,…
(Excerpt from HISTORY OF ROANOKE1The Roanoke Leader, Roanoke, Alabama November, 1956 - 1957, presented as a Public Service, THE COMMERCIAL BANK) In 1846, fifteen…
The early days of Birmingham, Alabama Up to the spring of 1873 the town (Birmingham) grew rapidly and had fairly won the title of…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! Some words may be offensive to readers today. We have…
It is amazing what can be found at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Here are some Baldwin Junior High cheerleader pictures from…
Madison County, Alabama settlers believed in education from its earliest days SOME SETTLERS OF EARLY MADISON COUNTY by Thomas Jones Taylor i (1829-1894) I…
TUSKEGEE LAID OFF-NEW MAIL ROUTE-EARLY SETTLERS, AC. AC. Early stories of Macon County The East-half of section 30, township 14, range 24 was conveyed…
Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 04 Winter Issue 1960 (WARNING! This may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed…
(Transcribed from the Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, Mississippi – September 10, 1818) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS, by an act of…
Bellefonte is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, near the site of the Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. It is located roughly…
Elyton Land Company was once in a building at 20th and Morris Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama In the year 1870 several gentlemen, most of…
YELLOW FEVER (Transcribed from: History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 2 Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen) Alabama was first visited by this…
EARLY HISTORY OF TUSKEGEE1 Messrs. Darby and Price, of Tuskegee, the proprietors of Darby's Prophylactic Fluid, have published a small pamphlet, or business circular…
AN INDUSTRIAL PIONEER JAMES MITCHELL (1866-1920) by WILLIAM E. MITCHELL "Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, employees of the Alabama Power Company, many of you…
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING A NEWSPAPER, TO BE ENTITLED THE MONTGOMERY REPUBLICAN Aware, that my new and difficult employment, will subject me to…
(Continued M – W counties) ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants Vine And Olive Colony - Fact & Fiction In 1817, a romantic…
Was there ever a settlement of German farmers in Washington County, Alabama? I discovered the following news articles in an 1891 newspaper about a…
(Continued from A- C counties) ARTIFICIAL LIMBS The first relief Act by the State of Alabama in aid of former Confederate soldiers who were…
The land beneath homes and shopping centers in the community of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, Alabama includes many historic sites, including a Revolutionary…
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