Part 3 Alabama in Mexico War – personal letter about capture of Vera Cruz and more...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Part 3 Alabama in Mexico War – personal letter about capture of Vera Cruz and more Posted by Donna R Causey on 31 March, 2020   ALABAMA IN MEXICO WAR Letter to DR. W. S. WYMAN From S. F. NUNNELEE (Written June 14, 1906) Mexico War Correspondence, Military Records Division Department Archives and History) Part 3 About the Middle of March Gen. Scott’s army began to assemble in transports near Vera Cruz, and about the first of April we boarded ship, […] Read more → PATRON+ Missionaries Fought For Native American Rights Posted by Donna R Causey on 31 March, 2020 (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Prior to 1830, it was the general consensus in the United States Congress that the Native-Americans should not be forced to voluntarily move from their homeland. But with pressure mounting from white settlers to acquire Indian Land, Congress began to change their mind and […] Read more → PATRON – Randolph County, Alabama – (G) – Civil War soldiers with links to gravesites Posted by Donna R Causey on 31 March, 2020 All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA (Surname starting with G – some with links to grave sites) Gamble, William died between 1915-1919, member of the 9th Mississippi Company I, filed for pension in […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: These are some pretty sad epitaphs on tombstones, especially the last Posted by Donna R Causey on 31 March, 2020 Here lies one Box within another; The one of wood Was very good; We cannot say so much for t’other.   Here lies the body of Mary Ann Ford We trust her sould is with the Lord, But if she’s missed of eternal life, It’s better than being John Ford’s wife   Susan Tomkins, here […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Part 2 – Alabama in the Mexican War – personal letter about Wm. T. Sherman and chicken raid...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Part 2 – Alabama in the Mexican War – personal letter about Wm. T. Sherman and chicken raid Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 March, 2020 ALABAMA IN MEXICO WAR Letter to DR. W. S. WYMAN From S. F. NUNNELEE (Written June 14, 1906) Mexico War Correspondence, Military Records Division Department Archives and History) Part 2 A few days after the Regiment got settled down to work, Maj, Fenner, “Brigade Merchant” arrived with a huge tent and several thousand dollars worth of […] Read more → PATRON+ Trail of Tears – Congress acts Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 March, 2020 (Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Banished Volume 8) Tom Hendrix, the gr-gr-grandson of a young teenage Yuchi girl who was forced to travel on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma, built a memorial for his great-great-grandmother’s journey to Oklahoma in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tom’s great-great-grandmother was a member of the Yuchi, a small Alabama tribe. […] Read more → PATRON – Legal notices & robbery in news of 1867 Greenville, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 March, 2020 This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book Personal genealogy notes transcribed from GREENVILLE ADVOCATE (Greenville, Alabama May 2, 1867 with original spelling errors) TAX COLLECTOR’S SALE The following described land will be sold in front […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Good health advice from a woman's health book from 1852 Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 March, 2020 ADVICE FOR WOMEN From a Health book 1852 Necessity Of Change Of Air An occasional change of air may be said to be almost necessary to the perfect well-being of every man. The workman must leave his workshop, the student his library, and the lawyer his office, or sooner or later his health will pay […] Read more → Combat negative news with positive stories. Encourage your children by sharing ancestor stories like this Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 March, 2020 There seems to be nothing but negative news today about this Pandemic and there is not much we can do to change the news, but it’s not good for us as a nation to focus on the negative. Share some encouraging personal stories We’ll probably never have this much free time on our hands again […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Anne Newport Royall – Reports of General Jackson’s kindness...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Anne Newport Royall – Reports of General Jackson's kindness Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 March, 2020 In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […] Read more → PATRON + A precious gift was given to me by my grandmother and other women before her . . . Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 March, 2020 September 19, 1953 was a historic day in Alabama: More than thirty years after it became law, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified by the Alabama legislature. Although Alabama complied with the provisions of the amendment as soon as it went into effect in 1920, the 1953 legislature […] Read more → PATRON – Greenville, Alabama – weddings, & death took place in May 1867 Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 March, 2020 This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume X Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents of the book Personal genealogy notes transcribed from GREENVILLE ADVOCATE (Greenville, Alabama May 2, 1867, with original spelling errors) A New York dispatch of the 19th, to the Western press says: […] Read more → AUTHOR SUNDAY – The old corduroy road still runs quietly through the woods of Alabama but is not recognized for what it is Posted by Arthur Art E. Green on 29 March, 2020 ALONG THE CORDUROY ROAD The old home place stood among large oak trees at the top of a hill, more of a rise actually, in the black belt just east of Camp Creek. It was a good place for a ten-year-old boy to live. It had a good well of water, and the old corduroy […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Part 1 – Alabama in the Mexican War – a personal letter describing the experience...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Part 1 – Alabama in the Mexican War – a personal letter describing the experience Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 March, 2020 Part 1 ALABAMA IN MEXICO WAR Letter to DR. W. S. WYMAN From S. F. NUNNELEE (Written June 14, 1906) Mexico War Correspondence, Military Records Division Department Archives and History) Dr. W. S. Wyman, Tuskaloosa, Ala. Knowing that you take a deep interest in whatever pertains to the History of Alabama, I though you might […] Read more → UPDATED WITH PODCAST PATRON + Fifty-five elk were brought to Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 March, 2020 FIFTY-FIVE ELK FROM YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BROUGHT TO ALABAMA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH Here is what happened to them afterward In Alabama’s early years, elk roamed the forests as much as deer. Due to over-hunting and disease, they disappeared. Around, 1910, the State Game and Fish Commissioner of Alabama made an attempt to […] Read more → PATRON – Randolph County, Alabama – (E & F) – Civil War soldiers with links to gravesites Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 March, 2020 All the names of the Civil War Soldiers buried in Randolph County can be found in Alabama Genealogy Notes Volume XI CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA (Surname starting with E & F- some with links to gravesites) Earnest, George L. born Sep 28, 1828, died Mar 9, 1909, member of the 6th Georgia […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – Place the bosom board under the bosom Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 March, 2020   These instructions for properly searching, folding and ironing shirts make me tired just reading them. I’m glad I live in this century! How To Starch, Fold And Iron Shirts To three tablespoonfuls of dry, fine starch allow a quart of water. First wet the starch smooth in a little cold water in a tin […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe