(After the Civil War, many residents of the south were faced with bankruptcy after losing most of the land and property in the war…
(Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION The Morgan County Sunday School Convention will meet…
From Jamestown to Birmingham The Hollon's journey in the American South The Hollon's/Holland's have thrived and survived for 394 years here in North America,…
Find your southeast Alabama ancestor in THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS Dothan was a railroad hub for Southeast Florida and…
(Excerpt transcriptions- Published in THE TIMES, August 4, 1894) CAUGHT THE THIEF Last Saturday morning Mr. S. P. Merrill took charge of the city…
(Excerpt transcribed form The Daily Huntsville Confederate Democrat Huntsville, Alabama Feb 19, 1862) PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA President JEFFERSON DAVIS of Mississippi Vice President…
Top Ten Indicators You've Become a Geneaholic 10. You introduce your daughter as your descendent 9. You've never met any of the people you…
(Transcribed from Cleburne New Era, Heflin, Alabama, March 26, 1891) PERSONALS Mrs. J. H. Spivey has moved in --- the house with her Jesse,…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VI 1 John Martin Crook Calhoun County John Martin Crook was born about 1810…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) First Edition AND and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume…
In 1844, there was a disagreement about the center of Cherokee County [see film] HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA1 Part VII In…
The hyphen is a little sign used in the English language. It unites or joins two or more words, and their respective meanings to…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) PERSONAL NEWS Mrs. Arthur Rains spent a day in Gadsden last week. Miss Berta…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VIII1 Henry Mitchell Gay Randolph County A son of Gilbert Gay, he was born…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) PERSONAL NEWS Mr. Allan Todd went to Huntsville today. Prof. Creel of the High…
(Transcribed from The Guntersville Advertiser, Guntersville, Alabama June 9, 1914) Mr. J. W. Hunnicut, merchant, capitalist, banker and farmer, proposes to experiment in the…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 LOCAL NEWS Mrs. J. C. Johnson was in Birmingham Sunday. Rev. C. N. James was…
Patron+ member story (Transcribed excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA by John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935: Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on…
Grange and Masonic meetings around Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama June 10, 1875, with names of officers. Organizations and meetings were often included in newspapers…
Continued from Part I (This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) On March 28, 1814, General Jackson buried his dead…
SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the…
Yeildings of Blount County, Alabama Bible of Richard Yeilding Page Ia Richard Yeilding born April the 26th one thousand seventeen hundred & sixty eight…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants First Wave Of Great Migration to the Mississippi Territory and future Alabama…
THE HISTORY OF THE GREENE COUNTY LIBRARY By Emory Peebles Hildreth (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 04, Winter Issue 1943)…
(Transcribed from The Haleyville Journal Alabama June 9, 1914 WINSTON 'SAMMY' WRITES A LETTER Camp Wheeler, Ga. Jun 6th Editor Haleyville Journal Haleyville, Ala.…
(Scroll to the bottom to see a film of Wetumpka from around the 1930s) The county seat of Elmore County, Alabama is Wetumpka. Located…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part IV- 1 Michael Jefferson Bulger Tallapoosa County Michael Jefferson Bulger (Alabama Department of Archives…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) LOCAL NEWS W. B. Crane, of near Bexar, was here Monday. Rev. J. M.…
(Transcribed from The Hamilton Appeal, Hamilton, Alabama January 17, 1896) NEWS FROM BEAR CREEK There is some sickness, and death has visited some homes…
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