(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) SUNNY SOUTH Sunny South is an unincorporated community…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 2 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK!
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LaPLACE METHODIST CHURCH*1 By Mary DeBardeleben Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 (Mary…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
Below is the monument about Lafayette's visit at Claiborne, Alabama in 1825 (Carol Highsmith 2010 Library of Congress) Words on the monument state: Piache, an Indian…
Epitaphs in cemeteries are sometimes funny like this one obviously written on the tombstone of a miser His heirs, that he might safely rest, Have…
PROXY TALKERS Use of the Phonograph for Political Orators is Popular (Excerpt transcribed from The New Era, Double Springs, Alabama, Jan. 4, 1901) The…
(Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) LETTER FROM SEALE G. W. Willis, a prominent planter of Loflin, was in town…
BOLLING HALL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1767-1836) Autauga and Elmore County, Alabama Bolling HALL was born on 25th of January 1767 in Dinwiddle County, Virginia…
Old newspapers are good sources of information about family history Did you know on May 23, 1811.... The first newspaper in Alabama, The Mobile…
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) OUR USUAL WELCOME LETTER FROM "SARY GARY" HURTSBORO, FEB. 3, 1909 DEAR JOURNAL:…
EXTRA HELP by Nadine Nabors Back in 1983 for my birthday present "to me" was going to the LDS library in Los Angeles Calif.…
GENERAL BARTLETT SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792-1843) Henry County, Alabama General Bartlett Smith was born January 23, 1792, and was one of the earliest…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 11, 1879) POLLARD September 9th, 1879 FRIEND MONROE – Our little town was alarmingly shocked…
The Black Sheep The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family's history. The biographer they hired…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI Table of Contents…
WILLIAM H. COX BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1846 - aft. 1904) MACON, BULLOCK COUNTIES, ALABAMA William H. Cox was born in Bullock county, Ala., Jan.…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 2 ANDREW BARNWELL MILEY, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1896)…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, September 4, 1879) MARRIED – In this county, on the 30th ult., by J. R. Betts,…
A powerful tornado destroyed the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka in January 2019. The old part of the chapel received "significant" structural damage during…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition Become an Alabama Pioneers Patron/Patreon and unlock even…
(Transcribed from Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, August 28, 1879) Our friend, Harry Stoarns, a whole-souled, noble-hearted boy, who will ever be held…
(Transcribed exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume XI Table of ContentsIntroductionCORDOVA…
These are some actual letters to the LDS Family History Department requesting genealogy information "Our 2nd great grandfather was found dead crossing the plains…
(Transcribed from the Geneva County Citizen, Geneva, Alabama, January 30, 1895) NOTICE NO. 5213 LAND OFFICE MONTGOMERY, ALA. MAY 4, 1895 Notice is hereby…
(Copied exactly as published from the Wilcox Progressive Era, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, June 2, 1910) ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume…
(All Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS Find your southeast Alabama ancestor…
A Genealogy Nightmare My daughter never married but she's lived with Joe, so long,And they and the kids are so happy that somehow, it…
(Excerpts transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) NEW HOME Mr. Ed Tillman, of Opp, visited his aunt, Mrs. J.…
ANDREW W. BEVERLY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833- 1912) BARBOUR, MACON, BULLOCK CO., ALABAMA Andrew W. Beverly was born in Upton county, Georgia on Jan…
![PATRON + [film & old pictures] Can you believe the Masonic building where the Marquis de Lafayette was hosted in 1825 is still standing?](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Monument-about-Lafayette-220x147.jpg)
