AUTHOR SUNDAY – Make sure she’s dead – I wonder how many times this happened during epidemics

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – Make sure she's dead – I wonder how many times this happened during epidemics Posted by Peg Crum on 29 May, 2022 (This true story is hard to think about today, but it probably happened many times–particularly during epidemics.) Make sure she’s dead by Peg Crum My grandparents lived in Mount Creek, Alabama. There had been a malaria outbreak, which was very common during this time frame, and my Grandmother Leloa came down with the disease. After a […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Valley Creek Presbyterian Church – the founders built the first church building before their homes were built

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Valley Creek Presbyterian Church – the founders built the first church building before their homes were built Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 May, 2022 "Valley Creek Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church in Valley Grande, Alabama, United States. The two-story red brick church building was built in the Greek Revival-style from 1857–1859. The sanctuary and a mezzanine level, formerly a slave gallery, are located on the upper floor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Do you have an ancestor who served in the War of 1812?

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Do you have an ancestor who served in the War of 1812? Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 May, 2022 ALABAMA DIVISION OF UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812 The United States Daughters of 1812 is a patriotic society founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1892, whose object is to perpetuate the memory of the founders of America, with their records of service in the French War, the Revolution, and the War of 1812. It was incorporated […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Old-fashioned, Southern Banana Pudding

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Old-fashioned, Southern Banana Pudding Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 May, 2022 What is more southern than banana pudding. This is an old recipe which pays attention to details. Colored photography of Banana-cart 1902  (Detroit publishing company Library of Congress) Old-fashioned, Southern Banana Pudding 3/4 cup sugar 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 Teaspoon salt 2 cup milk (warmed) 3 eggs, separated 1 Teaspoon vanilla 1 box vanilla wafers […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

“Bowman, a lawyer, indicted for forgery and murder”...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward "Bowman, a lawyer, indicted for forgery and murder" Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 May, 2022 From the (Florence) Times Daily July 14, 1894 BOWMAN IN TEXAS = He Was Indicted There For Forgery. From the (Florence) Times Daily July 14, 1894 To the Wetumpka Times-Democrat: I have just noted a dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., to the St. Louis Republic detailing the circumstances of the killing of the nineteen-year-old son of […] Read more → Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part III Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 May, 2022 Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part III- 1 John S. Brasher Blount County Although little is known of his family, John S. Brasher was the grandson of a soldier of the American Revolution. He was born near Yellow Leaf Creek in Shelby County, Alabama, on December 29, 1820, but the identity […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

“Have you ever heard of Captain John Linder from Switzerland”who settled in the Alabama wilderness...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward "Have you ever heard of Captain John Linder from Switzerland"who settled in the Alabama wilderness Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 May, 2022 Prior to becoming the Alabama Territory on August 15, 1817, the whole area of Alabama was an immense wilderness, with American trading-posts on the east upon the Oconee, and those of Spain upon the south and west, while it was uninhabited by whites as far as the distant Cumberland settlements on the north. Captain John […] Read more → Do you know which school [click to see films & pics] in Alabama still exists after four moves, two fires, the Civil War, and a name change? Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 May, 2022 Founded in 1833, on a farm near Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. The College was first opened in 1833 as a manual labor institution as a result of the feeling of the Baptists that they needed an institution for the training of indigent young men who felt called to the ministry. Hale County, Alabama Six dormitories were […] Read more → PATRON – Tax sale of real estate and Wilder estate sale in Morgan County, June 30, 1887 Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 May, 2022 (Transcribed excerpts from THE ALABAMA ENQUIRER (Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama June 30, 1887) NOTICE! NOTICE! The State of Alabama} Montgomery Revenue Department} June the 7, 1887 You are hereby notified that Chas. A. Castle, of Somerville, Alabama, has this day made application of purchase the following described Lands assessed to John Brown, and sold as […] Read more → PATRON + The ghosts of Dauphin Island – have you seen them? Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 May, 2022 The Ghosts of Dauphin Island When French explorers arrived in Mobile Bay and found sun-bleached bones stacked on an island, they didn’t realize that they had “disturbed a sacred Native American burial ground that is rumored to be watched over by supernatural specters at night. (See story: Have you ever heard of Massacre Island in Mobile, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe