Saturday, June 14, 2025

Did you know the first breaking news event covered by helicopter was in Baldwin Hills, Ca....

 
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Did you know the first breaking news event covered by helicopter was in Baldwin Hills, Ca.

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People and news transcribed from the April 2, 1874 edition of The Birmingham Iron Age newspaper

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Strange duel included encasing his leg in a hollow tree stump

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Letter from a WWI soldier in France, December 5, 1918

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

See the BIOGRAPHY: Robert Patton McDavid born 1867

 
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Thursday, June 5, 2025

FUNNY FRIDAY: I can identify with everything on this list, can you?...

 
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FUNNY FRIDAY: I can identify with everything on this list, can you?

Top Ten List developed by a Frustrated Genealogist 1. Go Forth and Multiply 2. Pack up and move to a different location many times 3. Use names other than those given to you 4. Refuse to talk about your family or ancestors 5. Make up interesting stories that can’t be verified 6. Make spelling changes […]

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BIOGRAPHY: William J. McGee was born December 3, 1872

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

See more BIOGRAPHY: John Finley Gillespie born 1858

 
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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI  JOHN FINLEY GILLESPIE BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1858-aft. 1930) Morgan and Madison County, Alabama John Finley Gillespie, a prominent attorney of Birmingham, Alabama, was born near Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. He was the son of Campbell Milton Gillespie and Narcissa Larinda […]

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