AUTHOR SUNDAY – Have you ever lost your billfold? This is a heartwarming story

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – Have you ever lost your billfold? This is a heartwarming story Posted by Jean Butterworth on 28 November, 2021   Have you ever lost a purse or billfold? If you have you know the sinking feeling in the bottom of your stomach. Of course you immediate begin to think of the places where you might have lost it. And what about all those credit card cards to cancel and the driver's license to replace […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

UPDATED WITH PODCAST- On November 24, 1941 – Fire Department in Tuscumbia asks for old toys to repair for needy childr...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward UPDATED WITH PODCAST- On November 24, 1941 – Fire Department in Tuscumbia asks for old toys to repair for needy childr Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 November, 2021 SECOND APPEAL FOR TOYS MADE BY FIRE CHIEF (Transcribed from 1941 news clipping) Contributions Will Be Given To Poor Families During Christmas Season With Christmas Eve but a month away, and much work to be done in this charitable enterprise before that time, Chief F. A. McCorkle, of the Tuscumbia fire department, today issued a […] Read more → Looking for Trott ancestors? This may help. . . Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 November, 2021 Don’t waste time and money completing genealogy research others have done! Take advantage of what other genealogy researchers have discovered and download this E-book in minutes to your computer or E-reader today.  Some Descendants of BENJAMIN TROTT (1774- 1835) Check to see if this is your family line by downloading the FREE Sample on Amazon […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

RECIPE WEDNESDAY: hints from an old cookbook – Have you tried any of these?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward RECIPE WEDNESDAY: hints from an old cookbook – Have you tried any of these? Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 November, 2021 Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Have you tried any of these when cooking? 1. Chewing gum while peeling onions helps to prevent tears. 2. Cooked onions will stay perfectly whole if you poke a hole through the center of each one with a metal skewer before cooking. 3. Soak potatoes in salt […] Read more → PATRON + Scottsboro, Alabama- Robert Thomas Scott the founder convinced a railroad…. Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 November, 2021  Click to Become a Patron and see stories like this  Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, uniquely situated about 30 miles from both the state Tennessee and Georgia and 45 miles from west from Huntsville, Alabama. There was a Cherokee Indian town named "Crow Town" where Scottsboro is located today.It was named for […] Read more → The people of Skyline Farms were seeking a better life in Jackson County [film & old photographs] some people considered it socialism Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 November, 2021 Skyline Farms was one of 43 similar projects to assist and relocate farmers devastated by the Great Depression in a new home with a more secure future. Before and after photographs were taken of the federal experiment in 1934. The projects were stopped after many people, particularly politicians in Washington D. C. considered them socialist […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: It’s almost Christmas – Don’t forget the important things...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: It's almost Christmas – Don't forget the important things Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 November, 2021 It’s almost Christmas. I hope life isn’t too frantic for you. When I look back on life, there is one thing I will always regret and wish I could do over, it’s that I worried too much about shopping, decorating and all the myriad of things to do while planning for Christmas and the holidays […] Read more → PATRON + Presbyterian Church moved south to Alabama {old pics of the church built in 1853} Posted by Donna R Causey on 22 November, 2021 Continued – The following has been transcribed from Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society: New series, Volume 4 By Alabama Historical Society 1904 THE HISTORY OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ALABAMA PRIOR TO 1826 By The Rev. James H. B. Hall, Birmingham Part III The Tide Of Settlers Continued South Southward the tide of […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Hon. Littleberry James Haley, Jr. born November 22, 1865 – photograph Posted by Donna R Causey on 22 November, 2021 This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI  HON. LITTLEBERRY JAMES HALEY, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-1927) Jefferson County, Alabama Hon. Littleberry James Haley Jr., attorney-at- law, Birmingham, Alabama was born near Elk Creek in Louisa county, Virginia, Nov. 22, 1865,the son of Rev. L. J. and Mary […] Read more → What is your favorite memory of living in Birmingham, Alabama? Posted by Jean Butterworth on 22 November, 2021 RECALLING BIRMINGHAM MEMORIES by Jean Butterworth Most people enjoy sharing their stories. I was in a group of Hoover Historical Society members and guests at the Hoover Historical membership tea and in this group the conversation turned to memories of Central Park in western Birmingham. Joyce Strickland recalled going to West End High School and […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

FEATURE BOOK- Great Alabama history book for genealogist and historian...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward FEATURE BOOK- Great Alabama history book for genealogist and historian Posted by Donna R Causey on 22 November, 2021 Great book for genealogists as a reference book as well—from Alabama’s first historian! Pickett’s History of Alabama: And Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the Earliest Period This is a must-read for any student of Alabama history and was the first real history book written in the state by Albert J. Pickett,  a man who knew […] Read more → AUTHOR SUNDAY – Deer season starts in November – I now hunt the Bear Creek land in memories Posted by Randal Champion on 21 November, 2021 The Roads Home by Randal Champion The Bear Creek Clubhouse was about two miles from my home in Tuscaloosa County.  Deer season started in mid November and closed January 31st.  The limit was one buck per day.  Our hunting area was eight miles south.  Drive on down Bear Creek Road and turn right into the […] Read more → Anne Newport Royall -General Coffee – a description from 1817 by one who met him in Huntsville! Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 November, 2021 Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) traveler and author, was one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She married Captain William Royall, a gentleman farmer who served in the American Revolution. When he died in 1813, she traveled Alabama for the next four years and wrote letters to her friends about the […] Read more → UPDATE: Found – a Picture of Cottingham house built ca. 1707 in Maryland – an ancestor of Bibb County, Alabama Cottinghams Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 November, 2021 During my research for my historical fiction novel in this series, I was excited to discover a photograph (below) of a Cottingham house built ca. 1707 in Worcester County, Maryland. This Cottingham family is related to my Cottingham family of Bibb County, Alabama. I am not sure the house still exists as the photograph was […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe