REV. WH. T. BIBB BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853 – aft. 1903) Montgomery County, Alabama Rev. Wh. T. Bibb, son of Linzy and Caroline Bibb,…
I grew up in Alabama and on hot summer days we had to find ways to entertain ourselves and endure the heat without air-conditioning.…
SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY (1860 – 1921) Jefferson County, Alabama BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY, of the Birmingham bar, has gained an eminence in…
MAJOR SAMUEL M. TATE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1817 – 1892) Jefferson County, Alabama Major Samuel M. Tate was born in Middle Tennessee in 1817.…
A. H. WOODWARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1876 - 1950) Jefferson County, Alabama A. H. "Rick" Woodward was owner of the Birmingham Barons from 1909…
Did you know? Names suggested for Birmingham, Alabama were Powellton after Colonel Powell of Elyton Land Company, Milnerville, or Morrisville afterh Josiah Morris…
More of his biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII COL. JAMES NICHOLAS GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
JOE CUNNINGHAM HAIL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALAOGY (1865 – aft. 1904) Calhoun and Jefferson County, Alabama Joe Cunningham Hail was an attorney at law in…
Hueytown Debate Team April 4, 1939 (from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama April 4, 1939) Members of the Hueytown high school debating team, shown above,…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V FRANK YARBOROUGH ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1851 MD.…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V JOHN ASA ROUNTREE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1867 AL…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V SAMUEL EARLE GREENE Biography and Genealogy (b. 1853 d.…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JAMES BASS COBBS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1925) Jefferson and…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V GEORGE MARCUS CRUIKSHANK BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1852 Kentucky,…
This is an article and interview from May 21, 1885 with a Well-to-do "Old Residenter"—From The Weekly Iron Age, Birmingham, Alabama He knew what it looked…
These newspaper abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I On March 5, 1874, a man at the Exchange Hotel…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume I: List of Jurors Drawn for the Spring Term 1874…
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The Great Depression brought migrant workers to Birmingham in 1937 [photographs] Scroll down for this Patron+ member story In the years 1935-1941 in the…
Happy Birthday! ROBERT BLATCHER CAUDLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-1913) Jefferson and Talladega County, Alabama Robert Blatcher Caudle was an agriculturist in the southern part…
JESSE ELBERT ROBBINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862-1832) Jefferson County, Alabama Jesse Elbert Robbins of Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama practiced medicine in Alabama nearly twenty…
(Transcribed from December 27, 1923, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama) SOCIETY PERSONALS Miss Louise Bell, of Nashville, will arrive Friday to be the guest…
BENJAMIN PINCKNEY WORTHINGTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 – 1884) Jefferson County, Alabama Benjamin Pinckney "Pink" Worthington was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on November 19,…
These coal miners from Birmingham and Walker County, Alabama had no idea that when they went to work one cold morning in February of…
The early days of Birmingham, Alabama Up to the spring of 1873 the town (Birmingham) grew rapidly and had fairly won the title of…
Elyton Land Company was once in a building at 20th and Morris Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama In the year 1870 several gentlemen, most of…
The land beneath homes and shopping centers in the community of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, Alabama includes many historic sites, including a Revolutionary…
Founded in 1871, Birmingham was a model city at this time – railroads, blast furnaces and steel mills marked its landscape. It was a…
Most of the downtown Birmingham, Alabama was once William F. Nabers' farm (Excerpt transcribed from Downtown Birmingham Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide, 2nd…
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