Thursday, July 16, 2020

Anne Newport Royall – relates a humorous incident from July 1821 in Florence, Alabama...

 
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Anne Newport Royall – relates a humorous incident from July 1821 in Florence, Alabama

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 […]

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PATRON + 1899 News clipping about Tuscaloosa, Alabama citizen T. H. Wildman

T. H. Wildman was the cemetery monument maker in Tuscaloosa in 1899 according to this news article. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa, Alabama May 12, 1899) 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 […]

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PATRON – Shirleys on bail, baby drowned and school starts in Escambia County, September 1903

(Transcribed Extract from The Atmore Record Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama, September 18, 1903) The Shirleys Admitted to Bail The preliminary trial of Messrs. Joseph, Isaac and Jesse Shirley, charged with the shooting of James E. Smith on the night of August 8th, began before Judge Stallworth last Thursday and was concluded Saturday night at a […]

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PATRON + Good Ole Days – Dress for dolls converted to dress for children.

Click to learn how to Become a Patron! DRESS FOR CHILDREN It is Easily Made and Produces a Very Good Effect (Excerpt from The Courtland Enterprise, Courtland, Alabama, February 15, 1894) Miss Minnie Bollermann, who has been an operator and saleswoman in New York for the past six years, has designed a simple dress for […]

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