Friday, July 16, 2021

New genealogy book includes names from the early days of Birmingham, Alabama...

 
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New genealogy book includes names from the early days of Birmingham, Alabama

I started something new specifically for those interested in family research and genealogy in Alabama. Collected genealogy information As I conducted research for interesting stories to publish and/or post on my www.alabamapioneers.com website, I continually found buried genealogy information, such as marriages, deaths, etc. that I knew would be of great benefit to family researchers, […]

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Gen. Thomas S. Woodward writes Col. Albert J. Pickett in August 1858 about errors in DeSoto story

Thomas Simpson Woodward – Brig. Gen. of the Alabama Militia – died in 1861 Letter from General Thomas Simpson Woodard to Col. Albert J. Picket Correcting Mistakes in History General Woodward was a brigadier general of the Alabama militia. He died in 1861. WHEELING, WINN PARISH, LA., August 12th, 1858. COL. ALBERT J. PICKETT. Dear Sir: — In my letter to you of the 21st […]

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Biography: John White, Sr. born 1778, Lawrence, Talladega Counties, Alabama

This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) JOHN WHITE, SR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1778-1842) Lawrence, Talladega Counties, Alabama John White, Sr., was born in Jefferson County, Virginia in 1778. He was a nephew of the Hon. Alexander White, who served Virginia in the first and second […]

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PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS – Ice was precious to southerners, here is a way they kept it in 1879 before refrigeration

  HOW TO KEEP ICE IN THE SICK ROOM (from July 2, 1879 edition of the Birmingham Iron Age) For those who have an abundant supply of ice this may not be a matter of much moment, but for poor people who may rarely use it except in sickness, and to whom the expense is […]

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PATRON + There were many early migration trails that led people to Alabama – here are a few

Early Migration Trails To the “Natchez Country” (Transcribed story posted as Public Story by gnerdtude on Ancestry.com)  There were several different routes that the early pioneers used to move their families to the “Natchez Country” which would become the Southwest Mississippi Territory and at statehood the counties of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Claiborne, Amite, and Wilkinson. […]

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