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…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October, 1915) The political pot is beginning to boil in Mobile county. The Mobile Item…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) In 1790, when North Carolina ceded…
This poor woman must have had a difficult marriage. . . Here lies the body of Bridget Applewhaite Once Bridget Nelson. After the fatigues…
Serendipity Moment by Frances M. Meservy My cousin was having a hard time finding information on her Father, Andy Seaburg. We had a census…
Below are some Genealogy Queries published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol 1, No. 4, Winter Issue 1930 that may be of interest to…
Sometimes the relations of the deceased use the tombstone as a medium for advertising the wares sold by the deceased, as note the following…
Excerpt from REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) Churches and School…
Are you looking for your British ancestry? Here are some tips on how to research them. (Continue story below ad) Help us save more…
Some State of Alabama News in 1880 (Transcribed from The Bibb Blade (Six Mile, Alabama) April 1, 1880) Florence is to be lit with…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
DANIEL NELSON COOPER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1911) LAWRENCE and MADISON and MARION COUNTIES, ALABAMA Daniel Nelson Cooper was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio,…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone This excerpt has been transcribed from The Athens Post, April 11,…
JOHN G. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800 – aft. 1852) (ca. 1800 – aft. 1852) Texas, 1North Carolina, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from…
RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone Excerpt Transcribed from The Athens Post, April 4, 1867 Page 2, Column…
Dr Jack Shackelford, a pioneer of Alabama, moved to Shelby County, Alabama in 1818 after he served in the War of 1812 on Andrew Jackson's…
"SCRAPS" RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY By Thomas Smith Malone The Athens Post, March 7, 1867. Page 2, Column 3. Part…
FRONTIER EVANGELIST THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BRYSON (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 42, Nos. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer 1980) PART…
AN ALABAMA CONTEST The United States presidential election of 1896 was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. It was…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
Several mills were built on the many creeks in Coosa County On Hatchett Creek (in Coosa County) were a number of mills. There was…
DR. NATHAN BOZEMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (March 26, 1825 - 1861) Louisiana, New York, Georgia, Butler, Montgomery, and Coosa Counties, Alabama. (Excerpt from History…
SELWOOD PLANTATION OLD HOMES OF TALLADEGA COUNTY1 (KINGSTON, MT. IDA, SELWOOD, THORNHILL, ALPINE) BY MARY WELCH LEE (MRS. SCEARS LEE) Far off the beaten…
