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Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Become a Patron and have access to all the videos and stories for less than a cup of coffee! Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 November, 2021 Become a Patron and have access to all the videos and stories for less than a cup of coffee! UPDATE – We recently updated the PATRON LEVEL on the Alabama Pioneers website to make it better than ever! (See how to Become a Patron)  We have two Levels on the Alabama Pioneers website — a […] Read more → Great gift for a Freemason or Masonic Lodge in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 November, 2021   Great gift for a Freemason or Masonic Lodge! Freemasons contributed to America and the state of Alabama through their patriotic service and philanthropic work since 1811, but little is known about their backgrounds. Utilizing the bonds of their fraternity, but without fanfare, the freemasons built schools, orphanages, nursing homes, provided for the sick and […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY Joel C. Lowery born Nov. 6, 1790 Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 November, 2021 This biography is included in the Book Some Alabama Descendants of SAMUEL LOWERY Revolutionary War Soldier  AND Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JOEL C. LOWERY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1790-1881) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Joel C. Lowery was born Nov. 6, 1790 in Rhea, Tennessee to Samuel Lowery and Hanna (Jeffers)Lowery. Samuel Lowery […] Read more → Did you know this about black-eye peas? Posted by Shannon Hollon on 6 November, 2021 Good luck from Vicksburg by Shannon Hollon On New Year’s Day me my wife and my parents ate lunch at Cracker Barrel, when our waitress came for our orders she informed us that today and only today everyone would be given complementary bowl of black-eye peas to wish their  patrons good luck in the New […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Did you know that the ancestor of Ball residents in Alabama lived near President George Washington?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Did you know that the ancestor of Ball residents in Alabama lived near President George Washington? Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 November, 2021 John Ball was born 1675 in Stafford Co., Virginia and died 1722 in Stafford County, Virginia. He married Winnifred Williams on Mary 9, 1713 in Charles Co., Maryland. He and his wife had descendants in Alabama. His son, Moses Ball, the ancestor of Alabama descendants, received a grant from Lord Fairfax and lived near General […] Read more → RECIPE WEDNESDAY: A Thanksgiving menu from 1931 took lots of work Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 November, 2021 Thanksgiving Menu from November 25, 1931 (Transcribed from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama) Clear Tomato Soup Cheese Crackers Assorted Relishes Roast Turkey Bread Stuffing Cranberry Jelly Mashed Potatoes Giblet Gravy Squash Croquettes Creamed Turnips Thanksgiving Salad Boston Brown Bread Pumpkin Pie or Indian Pudding Nuts Fruit Coffee If your dinner is to be a success, every […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: James Hiram Earp, M.D. born Nov. 3, 1863 Posted by Donna R Causey on 3 November, 2021 This biography can also be found in the Books FIRST FAMILIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALABAMA VOLUME I and Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II JAMES HIRAM EARP, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1863 TX -aft. 1910) Lawrence County, Alabama  & Texas Though a physician of high standing and many years’ experience, Doctor […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Andrew Thomas (1759-1832) was an early pioneer of Shelby and Perry Counties in Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Andrew Thomas (1759-1832) was an early pioneer of Shelby and Perry Counties in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 November, 2021 Is Andrew Thomas your ancestor? Browse the FREE SAMPLE pages at Amazon on Some Descendants of Andrew Thomas (1759-1832): With Genealogy Notes & Sources (which includes a brief descendant outline in the first pages) on Amazon to see if this is your family line. Andrew Thomas, Jr. was born around 1759 in South Carolina. It is believed […] Read more → PATREON – BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Carson McDonald born November 2, 1854 – photograph Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 November, 2021 This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V THOMAS CARSON McDONALD GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY (b. 1854 AL d. 1923) Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama Thomas Carson McDonald is in the real estate and laundry business at Birmingham. He was born in Greensboro, Ala., November 2, 1854. His father was […] Read more → PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Henley Graham Snead (1814-1906) Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 November, 2021 This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 1 Now in Ebook, Paperback and Hardback! HENLEY GRAHAM SNEAD Biography and Genealogy (1814-1906) Bibb County, Alabama Captain Henley Graham Snead was born October 27, 1814, in Richmond County, North Carolina. He traveled to Bibb County, Alabama, with his parents Daniel […] Read more → James Acton (1746-1819) had many descendants in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 November, 2021 James Acton, Sr. was born 1746, Longnor, Shropshire, England and died Elizabeth McCraft (b. 1750 Scotland – d. 1823 Garrard, Kentucky, USA). James died 1764 in Henry County, Virginia. Some Alabama Descendants of JAMES ACTON (1746-1819) is a compilation of the Alabama descendants of James Acton, Sr.(1746-1819) follows his son, John James Acton descendants who moved […] Read more → Alabama folklore from the old South with recipes for Syllabub Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 November, 2021 WARNING: This story has been transcribed from unedited handwritten notes from 1930s and may contain some offensive language OTHER FOLKLORE WPA Writer’s Project Written in the 1930s BY WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM Many of the practices of the colored people, and many white people especially of the remote rural sections come in the domain of folklore. They […] Read more → Find clues about your family on Alabama Pioneers Posted by Donna R Causey on 2 November, 2021 Each day we (Alabama Pioneers) discover new information about Alabama citizens buried deep in old newspapers and books. Typical search engines do not find this data because the type on the paper is severely faded and/or smeared. It takes the human eye to find it. Continued below…… For example, local newspapers were often filled with […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

AUTHOR SUNDAY – Are creeks still used for baptism today?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward AUTHOR SUNDAY – Are creeks still used for baptism today? Posted by Shannon Hollon on 31 October, 2021 The spirit is willing but the creek was cold by Shannon Hollon I remember a few years ago me and my 2 boys(Justin and Jake) were baptized in Roupes creek down below the old Tannehill ironworks. Jake(6 years old at the time) asked if he could get baptized, I told him he could if he […] Read more → Bibb County, Alabama had many early pioneers who served with General Jackson Posted by Donna R Causey on 31 October, 2021 During the “Alabama Fever” period of United States history, early settlers migrated to Alabama from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee in search of more land to grow tobacco and/or distance themselves from the Revolutionary War. Compiled records of BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME I: Biographies Genealogy Reports, Notes & Records […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe