For grins & giggles, I simply put my grandmother's maiden name in Google & was astounded to find that there was an astronomical amount…
(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 01, No. 04, Winter Issue 1930) RECORDS IN OLD BIBLES Hopping Front and back pages gone, no…
SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 07, No. 03, Fall Issue…
This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) CONTINUED BELOW..... Traveling within Alabama before…
(Transcribed from The Butler County News, Georgiana, Alabama September 10, 1914) CHAPMAN Stewart Foshee, James McGowin, and Elbert Sowell left Monday for Tuscaloosa where…
Memories of my home in old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed…
Patron – Deaths, and illness occurred in Gainesville, Alabama Apr. 11, 1907 (Transcribed excerpts from The Sumter Enterprise, Epes, Sumter County, Alabama, April 11,…
Census records are one of the most important resources for anyone researching family history or genealogy and they are free. (Story continued below) Released…
Ads provide family research clues - Transcribed advertisements are from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5, 1853 – Note: This paper is very…
Patron – April 11, 1866, Personal news in Demopolis after Civil War ended (Excerpts from The Demopolis New Era, Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, April…
Are you relying on family stories in your research? Sometimes family stories may be incorrect and may actually hinder further progress on your family…
Patron – Personal Notes from the Shelby County Iron Works, Alabama - 1883 (Excerpt from The Shelby Chronicle, Columbiana, Alabama, Nov. 22, 1883) DOTS…
(Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jan 3, 1855) LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office at Carrollton, which, if…
DUTTON STEEL LIGHTCAP BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1942) Talladega and Shelby County, Alabama Dutton Steel Lightcap was one of Talladega's leading dentists. He was born…
OLD BIGGS SETTLEMENT CEMETERY by Sherry S. Johnston As I walked among the gravestones in the old Biggs Settlement Cemetery, there were many names…
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT By Rev. J. D. Anthony Part VIII A clipping from the Gadsden Times (Transcribed with misspelled…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Pioneers: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 3) First Edition The Trackless Wilderness Of South Alabama "White settlers…
PERSONALS (Excerpt from The Tallapoosa New Era, Dadeville, Alabama, January 6, 1887) Judge J. M. Chilton, of Opelika, was in Dadeville Monday. Messrs. William…
HISTORY OF BUTLER COUNTY, ALABAMA Butler County was created by the first session of the state legislature, December 13, 1819. Its territory was taken…
News about local people in Butler, Choctaw County, Alabama June 11, 1890 (Transcribed from Choctaw Advocate, Butler, Alabama, June 11, 1890) Mr. Robert Edwards,…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IX Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
It is December 31, 1852, and Henry Hydenwell sits at his desk. He dips his pen in ink and begins to write his New…
Mobile, Decr. 29th, 1816 To His Excellency Governor Bibb Sir, Having held two commissions since during the war, and my last promotion as…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V ROBERT BARBER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1840 – aft.…
EARLY GREENSBORO, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Settled by the Russell family The locality of Greensboro was settled in 1816 by a large family connection named Russell,…
(Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) STATE NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Reports from all parts of the State of…
STELLA HOUGHTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 29, 1802 – April 25, 1844) Tuscaloosa/Tuskaloosa County, Alabama Miss Stella Houghton, who was born in Lynden, Vermont,…
Some Funny Tombstones for Animals Epitaph on wooden cross over grave of a cow in North Carolina "Here lies Bossy, a cow who gave…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II THOMAS MILES BRAGG BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1793…
This interesting bit of trivia about Madison County was published on August 13, 1932, edition of the Times Daily (Florence, Alabama) FURNISHES PROBATE JUDGES…
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