The Territory of Alabama was created by a division of Mississippi Territory in 1817, with St. Stephens as its capital city. The first and second Territorial Legislature met there — the first on the 18th of January, 1818, and the second in November of the same year. Marker of the first capital of Alabama Met […]
BROOKLYN, CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA Brooklyn is a town that was large enough to have a post office and in 2010 was one of only 2 remaining independent post offices in Alabama located inside a country/general store. The other one was at Perdue Hill. The post office closed in 2011 but the town still has its own Zip […]
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VI– Scroll to bottom to see the Table of Contents of this book Death And Marriage Notices From Missing Issues of Autauga County NewspapersTranscribed by Jane Klinner & Larry E. Caver, Jr. Autauga Citizen August 18, 1853: Died near Centreville, Bibb […]
We take colors in our clothes for granted today but our ancestors had to dye their clothes for colors. Here are a few of their dye recipes for silk from an old 1880’s cookbook. DYEING OR COLORING – GENERAL REMARKS Everything should be clean. The goods should be scoured in soap and the soap rinsed out. […]
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