Can you guess how many times the capital of Alabama moved? Here’s the answer [vintage pictures]...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Can you guess how many times the capital of Alabama moved? Here's the answer [vintage pictures] Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2020 The Territory of Alabama was created by a division of Mississippi Territory in 1817, with St. Stephens as its capital city. The first and second Territorial Legislature met there — the first on the 18th of January, 1818, and the second in November of the same year. Marker of the first capital of Alabama  Met […] Read more → PATRON + Brooklyn, Alabama had one of the last remaining post offices inside a general store Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2020  BROOKLYN, CONECUH COUNTY, ALABAMA Brooklyn is a town that was large enough to have a post office and in 2010 was one of only 2 remaining independent post offices in Alabama located inside a country/general store. The other one was at Perdue Hill. The post office closed in 2011 but the town still has its own Zip […] Read more → Patron – Death And Marriage Notices From Missing Issues of Autauga County Newspapers Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2020 This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VI– Scroll to bottom to see the Table of Contents of this book   Death And Marriage Notices From Missing Issues of Autauga County NewspapersTranscribed by Jane Klinner & Larry E. Caver, Jr. Autauga Citizen August 18, 1853: Died near Centreville, Bibb […] Read more → PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS – Imagine having to dye all your clothes as our ancestors did – Here are some of their recipes Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 August, 2020 We take colors in our clothes for granted today but our ancestors had to dye their clothes for colors.  Here are a few of their dye recipes for silk from an old 1880’s cookbook. DYEING OR COLORING – GENERAL REMARKS Everything should be clean. The goods should be scoured in soap and the soap rinsed out. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Don’t ignore that feeling of being drawn to a cemetery, these ladies didn’t and look what happened...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Don't ignore that feeling of being drawn to a cemetery, these ladies didn't and look what happened Posted by Ruth Pickle on 26 August, 2020 Serendipity Moments by Ruth Pickle Three years ago, my daughter-in-law, Gail, and myself, from Iowa and my sister, Teddie, and cousin, JoAnn, from NM, decided to meet in Oklahoma and go "cemetery hopping". We searched from Washington, of central Oklahoma, down into southeastern Oklahoma. Our main goal was to find Chism where my Mom, a […] Read more → Patron + Oh, the memories! Do you remember your prom days? (vintage film) Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 August, 2020 First highways in Alabama were only beaten trails and sometimes travelers became entangled in vegetation as the two men did. Read more → PATRON – People were suffering from LaGrippe around Boaz, Alabama in 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 August, 2020 People were suffering from LaGrippe around Boaz, Alabama in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) ROUTE 7 Health of this community is not very good. Several people are sick with LaGrippe. Mr. Lee Smith, is very sick with Pneumonia. Messers. J. C. Rollins, of Atlanta, Ga. and E. M. Rutledge, […] Read more → PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Beef Salad from 1934 Posted by Donna R Causey on 26 August, 2020 BEEF SALAD Recipe from Hotel Roosevelt, New York, NY 1934 Put two cups of minced boiled beef one-half cup minced onions, one pimento, cut in small pieces, one-half cup diced boiled potato, two chopped green peppers, two sliced tomatoes, one chopped clove of garlic and a bit of chopped parsley in a salad bowl. Hotel […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Mobile, Alabama, a colony of France, Britain and Spain – this {film and old photographs} reveals its mixed heritage...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Mobile, Alabama, a colony of France, Britain and Spain – this {film and old photographs} reveals its mixed heritage Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020  First Capital of Colonial French Louisiana “On January 20, 1702, French colonists, led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, establish Fort Louis de la Mobile on a bluff twenty-seven miles up the Mobile River from Mobile Bay. The settlement, soon known simply as “Mobile,” moved to its permanent site at the mouth of the Mobile River in 1711. It served […] Read more → PATRON + First highways in Alabama were only beaten trails and sometimes travelers were entangled in vegetation Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020 First highways in Alabama were only beaten trails and sometimes travelers became entangled in vegetation as the two men did. Read more → PATRON – Health was bad in surrounding communities of Boaz in 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020 Health was bad in surrounding communities of Boaz in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) LIBERTY NEWS Health of this community is not very good at present people are not injoying (sic) the new year on account of sickness. We are sorry to hear of Uncle Bennie Camps being on […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Strange epitaphs on two tombstones Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020 From a cemetery near Cincinnati, Ohio: Here lies —— Who came to this city and died for the benefit of his health. From Belturbet churchyard, Ireland: Here lies JOHN HIGLEY, whose mother and father were drowned in their passage from America. Had they both lived they would have been buried here. HELP SUPPORT ALABAMA PIONEERS […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Do you know anything about the Joyner Cemetery in South Alabama?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Do you know anything about the Joyner Cemetery in South Alabama? Posted by Sherry Johnstone on 24 August, 2020 JOYNER CEMETERY Written in Stone by Sherry S. Johnston Researching the Joyner Cemetery located between Owassa and Wilcox communities recently made me aware once again how cemeteries are known as other names by different generations. In rural settlements, a cemetery is so named usually by the number of surnames common to it. For instance, if […] Read more → PATRON + Some cotton mill children went to school if you can call them schools [old photographs] Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 August, 2020 Vintage photographs from Alabama Cotton mills of children and schools. Read more → PATRON – Deaths, Injuries, and Illness of citizens in Boaz, January 6, 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 August, 2020 Deaths, Injuries, and Illness of citizens in Boaz, January 6, 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Cuts Hand of Circular Saw Mr. Walter Brooks, of Union, happened to a very painful accident at that place last Saturday afternoon when his hand got caught on a circular saw. Mr. Brooks was […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS – April 1900 news articles about origin of the word blanket, and Alaskan mustaches Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 August, 2020 Blankets In the reign of Edward III, there were eminent clothiers and woolen weavers, whose family name was Blanket. They were the first persons who manufactured that comfortable material which has ever since been called by their name, and which was then used for peasants’ clothing. Mustaches Men exposed to the rigors of the Alaskan […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe