Simpson Manuscript – On Feb. 4, 1861, these delegates met at the Confederate Conference held in Montgomery, Alabama....

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Simpson Manuscript – On Feb. 4, 1861, these delegates met at the Confederate Conference held in Montgomery, Alabama. Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 May, 2020   Excerpt from ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, Brochure by JAMES B. SIMPSON, Late Recording Secretary to the Governor JANUARY 1898 Roemer Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala, Printers CONFEDERATE CONFERENCE On the 4th day of February, 1861, in pursuance of the invitation extended by the Alabama convention, representatives from the following Southern States, assembled in […] Read more → PATRON + 1899 News clipping about Tuscaloosa, Alabama citizen Washington Moody Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 May, 2020 Washington Moody was born 1807 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia and came with his parents to Tuscaloosa at the age of thirteen. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) The Grand Masters of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of Alabama 1811-2011 Many early photographs of the Grand Masters are included […] Read more → PATRON – Greene County, Alabama – Various Court Records Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 May, 2020 GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA VARIOUS COURT RECORDS From Greene County, Alabama, Tract Book: p. 251. CALEB EUBANKS patented land in Township 20, Range 4, East, Sec. 6, on May 13, 1834. Patents Nos. 1644 and 1645 p. 264. JOHN DARDEN patented land in Township 21, Range 4, Sec. 7, in 1825 JAMES DARDEN in same township […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – 1900 directions for ebonizing furniture Posted by Donna R Causey on 30 May, 2020 How to Ebonize If you would like to convert a plain deal table, or any other similar article into a thing of beauty, try what ebonizing it will do. First of all, you must clean the wood and rub it down with sandpaper. Then sponge it with a pint of water to which you have […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

“Pretty soon there won’t be nothin’ left ter take”...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward "Pretty soon there won't be nothin' left ter take" Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 May, 2020 Have you mailed in your census form yet? Did you know that the Federal Census taken every ten years is part of our Constitution and essential for our democracy to continue? America’s founding fathers believed a national census was essential for democracy to exist. They believed an accurate census would prevent the federal government from […] Read more → PATRON + Pioneer Birmingham, Alabama nurse died in 1961 Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 May, 2020 Mary Yarbrough, from Bibb County, Alabama, was a pioneer nurse in Alabama. She was married to Jesse G. Cottingham, and Robert Jackson Yarbrough, a Civil War veteran. Compiled Records of BIBB COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME III Bibb County, Alabama was settled around the time that Alabama became a state.The biographies in this book are some […] Read more → PATRON – November 1819 Term of County of Cahawba Minutes Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 May, 2020 November 1819 Term of County of Cahawba Minutes This was published in 1st edition of THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL (It has been copied as it was written in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL) County Court November Term 1819 On the third Monday in November in the year of our Lord 1819 the honorable the County Court for the […] Read more → PATRON+ FUNNY FRIDAY – Miscellaneous items from 1872 newspaper reveal humor of the day Posted by Donna R Causey on 29 May, 2020 Miscellaneous items from 1872 newspaper reveal humor of the day A GENTLEMAN In London lately, in making a return of his income to the Tax Commissioners, wrote on the paper: “For the last three years my income has been somewhat under ₤150;  in the future, it will be more precarious, as the man is dead of […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Capt. Tennent Lomax second letter to his sister Eliza, 1848...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Capt. Tennent Lomax second letter to his sister Eliza, 1848 Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 May, 2020 CAPT. TENNENT LOMAX LETTERS TO HIS SISTER, ELIZA, 18481 Orizaba Mexico March 27th 1848 Dear Sister I have been astonished with no letter either from you or Dr. G. has reached me since my arrival in Mexico—but the reception of your message through Mr. Baker has removed in part this state of feeling—I deeply sympathise […] Read more → PATRON + 1899 News clipping about Tuscaloosa, Alabama citizen Col. Newton N. Clements Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 May, 2020 Col. Newton N. Clements was a popular public servant from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) Read more → PATRON – Some Sumter County, Alabama Probate Records Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 May, 2020 SOME SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE RECORDS From Will Book B, Sumter Co., Alabama: Will of LUCY A. ADAMS. p. 292. All property to my husband BENJAMIN H. ADAMS, for his lifetime; at his death, a family of negroes to my brother, HARDY C. FLUKER. Executor, BENJAMIN H. ADAMS. Dated 19, Dec. 1855.Witnessed by JAMES L. […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Which received the best dinners? Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 May, 2020 This man evidently loved food according to his epitaph: On a tombstone from 1690, are these lines: “Here lies the bones Of Joseph Jones, Who eat while he was able; But once o’erfed, He dropped down dead, And fell beneath the table. When from the tomb, To met his doom, He rises amidst sinners; Since […] Read more → PATRON – Classical school in Wilcox County, Alabama and sale of valuable property in Monroe 1867 Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 May, 2020 (Some legal notices transcribed from The Monroe Journal Monroeville, Alabama January 5, 1867) SOME ALABAMA DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABNEY (b. 1692-d. 1766) Check the GEDCOM of GEORGE ABNEY in the Sample at the beginning of this book to see if this is your family line. Many transcribed deeds, church minutes, cemetery records, endnotes, anecdotal stories […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Part IV Joel D. Murphree – Civil War letters...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Part IV Joel D. Murphree – Civil War letters Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 May, 2020 AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction “by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the history faculty, Troy State Teachers College) Part IV JOEL DYER MURPHREE TO WIFE, Near Atlanta, Ga., June 5, 1864 My dear Ursula Have you quit writing. The last letter I received […] Read more → PATRON + Part I Alabama Great Southern Railroad – Southern Railway brought settlers, industrialists & farmers to the South Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 May, 2020 (Excerpts transcribed from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) Southern Railway and Alabama Great Southern Railroad REACH EVERY PRINCIPAL CITY AND PORT In the South —The Fastest Passenger and Freight Schedules — The Road Bending Every Energy Toward Developing Resources of the Country Lying Adjacent to Its Rights of Way. The Southern and […] Read more → PATRON – List of Names of the Sons of Tuscaloosa County Alabama who represented and occupied the Gubernatorial prior to 1899. Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 May, 2020 (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) A list of the names of the Sons of Tuscaloosa County who have occupied the Gubernatorial chair – who represented the Sixth Alabama District in the Nation’s Congress and in the Confederate Congress. Governors of the State from Tuscaloosa County – Jushua L. Martin, 1845, […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Who is a genealogist? Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 May, 2020 Where Do I Start?: HINTS and TIPS for BEGINNING GENEALOGISTS with ONLINE RESOURCE Do you need some guidance in your genealogy search? Save time and avoid pitfalls in your research. This book provides simple, no-nonsense instructions to help you get started. Many FREE research links included. Tips include: WHERE TO FIND – on-line resources, experienced genealogists […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe