PATRON+ Top Ten Indicators You’ve Become a Geneaholic...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward PATRON+ Top Ten Indicators You've Become a Geneaholic Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 June, 2022 Top Ten Indicators You’ve Become a Geneaholic 10. You introduce your daughter as your descendent 9. You’ve never met any of the people you send e-mail to, even though you’re related 8. You can recite your lineage back eight generations, but can’t remember your nephew’s name 7. You have more photographs of dead people than […] Read more → Old Houses, Old Pioneers; New Problems Posted by Alabama Pioneers on 23 June, 2022 Nestled away in West Jefferson County, Alabama are three historical houses. The Owen House, the McAdory House, and the Sadler House are three restored pioneer plantations in this area, on the outskirts of Bessemer. Maintained by the West Jefferson County Historical Society (WJCHS), these houses are all on the National Register of Historic Places, and […] Read more → The life story of Vallie May Harris Bickner of Dothan, Alabama born 1912 Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 June, 2022 MY LIFE VALLIE MAY HARRIS (BICKNER) (born 9/25/1912) 3rd daughter of Oscar Lloyd Harris and Miriam Vivalvie Atkinson (Harris) To all of my family, this is the story of my life as I lived it, and remember it. I am the oldest living member of the Harris family of Dothan, Alabama. I am the third […] Read more → PATRON – A bear club sent to town, sickness, visitors and policeman from Birmingham are in the news in Cleburne County 1891 Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 June, 2022 (Transcribed from Cleburne New Era, Heflin, Alabama, March 26, 1891) PERSONALS Mrs. J. H. Spivey has moved in — the house with her Jesse, —e is left in a sad condition, since the death of Mr. Spivey last week, she has five children to take care of and all of them too small to ren– […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

AUTHOR SUNDAY – A duel in Germany sent the Moebes family to Morgan County, Alabama

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – A duel in Germany sent the Moebes family to Morgan County, Alabama Posted by Mrs. Donald H. Peterson on 19 June, 2022 DR. OTTO MOEBES LED GERMAN GROUP TO MORGAN COUNTY Submitted by Mrs. Donald H. Petersen 1614 Banbury Ln., Carrollton, TX 75006 Nelsipete@aol.com Progenitor of all the Moebes family members in North Alabama, Herman Otto Werner Möbes was forced to leave his native Germany because of his participation in a duel with his best friend. (continued […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

AUTHOR SUNDAY – Sometimes simple objects have stories of their own like this one

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – Sometimes simple objects have stories of their own like this one Posted by Jean Butterworth on 17 June, 2022 A Certain Straw Hat Stories to Tell By Jean Butterworth As I reflected on the Alabama stories that Clarke Stallworth told in a recent meeting, I recalled a certain straw hat laying dusty on the top shelf of my basement storage, (my friends say I never throw anything away). What tales it could tell. Wore […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part IX...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part IX Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 June, 2022 Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part IX 1 J. G. Hawkins Washington County No information for sketch is available. Jeremiah Augustus Henderson Pike County Jeremiah Augustus Henderson (Alabama Department of Archives and History) Born June 12, 1831, near Troy, Pike County, Alabama, and dying in the same county on April 6, […] Read more → PATRON – Roosters for sale and names of Boaz citizens sick from Flu epidemic Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 June, 2022 Roosters for sale and names of Boza citizens sick from Flu epidemic (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Death rates from influenza and pneumonia in the United States had risen sharply in 1915 and 1916 because of a major respiratory disease epidemic beginning in December 1915 LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Mr. Tom Pearson was in Albertville Saturday on business. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Legend of Blue Pond or Woodstock Spring in Calhoun County, Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Legend of Blue Pond or Woodstock Spring in Calhoun County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 June, 2022 During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The program was named the U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers’ Project and it gave employment to historians, teachers, writers, librarians, and other white-collar workers.  This is a transcribed, unedited, handwritten story […] Read more → PATRON – April 26, 1872 – the Confederate Monument was dedicated in Greensboro for soldiers lost in Civil War Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 June, 2022 The History of the Confederate Monuments in Greensboro1 (Published in 1908) After several years of agitation and earnest work, the citizens of Greensboro raised a sufficient amount to purchase a modest monument and erected it in the Greensboro cemetery to the memory of the Confederate soldiers. The work was completed in March 1872. and the […] Read more → PATRON+ Battle of Horseshoe Bend Part II Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 June, 2022 Continued from Part I (This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) On March 28, 1814, General Jackson buried his dead by sinking them in the river, thereby preventing their mutilation by the Creeks. He had litters made for the transportation of his wounded; then began his return march to Fort Williams, […] Read more → PATRON – Society notes and weddings mentioned in news abstracts From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 June, 2022 SOCIETY NOTES From the Florence Times October 6, 1905 – Lauderdale County, Alabama Lauderdale County, Alabama Miss Sadie Martin of Nashville arrived in the city last Saturday on a visit of ten days to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno.H. Martin. The Literary Circle meets on next Monday night with Miss Sarah Martin for the […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe