One-room schoolhouses were common in rural communities before the 1940s, but they often meant that more advanced courses were not offered to many students.…
In 1898 the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, based in Lowell, Massachusetts, began to look for a location to build a cotton spinning mill in the…
The following is an Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation - (Excerpt continued below) The Breaking Point The hunting grounds of the Creeks once stretched…
Most Essential Part of Keeping House in Summer Miniature Iceless Refrigerator is Made by Inverting an Unglazed Earthenware Flowerpot in a Dish or Pan…
FUNNY FRIDAY A MUSICAL BED (From Abbeville Advertiser, Abbeville, Alabama, March 17, 1859) The last novelty from Germany is a musical bed, which receives…
We take colors in our clothes for granted today but our ancestors had to dye their clothes for colors. It was a rather lengthy…
APPLE CUSTARD RECIPE FROM 1890s Pare, core & quarter a dozen large juicy pippins. Stew among them the yellow peel of a large lemon…
MURPHY'S LAWS OF FAMILY RESEARCH Your great-grandfather's obituary states that he died, leaving no issue of record The town clerk you wrote to in…
We need a good life and this one from 1920 should do it! (Excerpt from The Starkville News, Starkville, Mississippi – April 16, 1920)…
Washing clothes was a major task in the past and there were techniques to getting the clothes really clean as can be seen by…
SPRING IN THE COUNTRY by Becki McAnnally Being raised in the country in Helena, Alabama during the forties was in many ways an idyllic…
"There is no child so bad that he/she can't be used as an income tax deduction." "It's tax time. I know this because I'm…
More details of this massacre can be found in ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation KIMBALL/KIMBELL-JAMES MASSACRE in Clarke County, Alabama A brutal massacre occurred on September…
The Dothan Eagle, Houston County, Alabama 1908 Newspaper Abstracts Find your Southeast Alabama ancestor in this great KINDLE Book. Immediate download! Use your SEARCH…
PEAR PICKLE Select small, sound ones, remove the blossom end, stick them with a fork, allow to each quart of pears one pint of…
The extermination of an Alabama Indian Town by De Soto (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) The People Of…
SOME OLD KITCHEN MEASUREMENTS (Excerpt from The Courtland Enterprise, Courtland, Alabama, February 15, 1894) (continued below) One quart of wheat flour is one pound.…
As a savings to our readers, we now have the first eight books of the ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Lost and Forgotten Stories series in…
RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Stuffed Eggs from 1875 recipe Cut some hard-boiled eggs in half, mince the yolks with capers, anchovies and truffles in due proportions, and…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE STORY (Transcribed from The Leighton News, Leighton, Alabama, Feb. 9, 1894) Personal News from Leighton, Alabama Mr. G. T. McGregor,…
Baldwin County celebrated 100 year Courthouse with Masonic Cornerstone Reenactment in 2001 This is a great film of the tremendous crowd, parade, and events…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE CHICKEN PIE 1886 RECIPE Stew chicken till tender, season with one-quarter of a pound of butter, salt, and pepper;…
The 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by head coach…
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE RECIPE GREEN CORN FRITTERS 1886 RECIPE Cut through the centre of each row of kernels, then press out the centre…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) Ortiz, De Soto's Interpreter Respected By The Indians Jean Ortiz was a mere…
TWO DESSERT RECIPES FROM 1870S (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) GRAHAM BREAD Take…
TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, Every creature was hurting -- even the mouse. The…
SOUTHERN BATTER BREAD Scald 1 quart of milk in double boiler and stir in 1 quart of water-ground corn meal, a little at a…
GLENNVILLE, ALABAMA (Transcribed From Smartt, Eugenia Persons..History of Eufaula, Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, printers, 1930, c1933. - Some of the homes mentioned…
ALABAMA FRUIT CAKE 1924 recipe from Alabama Extension Service 1 lb. butter ¾ lb. sugar 9 eggs 1 lb. flour 2 tbsp. baking powder…
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