Over the past two decades, in workshops and personal consultations, thousands of persons have have received the expertise and knowledge of author Frazine Taylor about Alabama genealogical research. Now in her book, Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama: A Resource Guide, Frazine provides the information and guidance to help locate the resources available for researching African ...

Manufacturer: NewSouth Books
Written By: Frazine Taylor

Searching for your Alabama ancestors? Looking for historical facts? Dates? Events? This book will lead you to the places where you'll find answers. Here are hundreds of direct sources--governmental, archival, agency, online--that will help you access information vital to your investigation. Tracing Your Alabama Past sets out to identify the means and the methods for finding ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi
Written By: Robert Scott Davis

"Jackson weaves a seamless tale stretching from the Native-American river settlements ... to the paper mills and hydroelectric plants of the late twentieth century". -- Southern Historian

Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
Written By: Harvey H. Jackson

Anniston, Alabama, was the the result of the collaborative efforts of an Englishman and a Connecticut Yankee to develop the iron resources of northeast Alabama at a time when the area was struggling to recover from the Civil War. This work covers Anniston's early development from 1872 to 1900.

Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
Written By: Grace Hooten Gates

Like a photo album, "Back Home" presents close-up portraits of everyday places and ordinary people. There are meditations on downtown Mobile, where Roy Hoffman's grandparents arrived as immigrants a century ago; the waterfront where lonshoremen labor and shrimpers work their nets; the back roads leading to obscure but intriguing destinations. Hoffman records local people telling their own tales of ...

Manufacturer: Fire Ant Books
Written By: Roy Hoffman

Manufacturer: Southern Historical Pr
Written By: Helen S. Foley

Manufacturer: Univ of Georgia Pr
Written By: Pamela Grundy

Flying high above us and waving in the wind, flags are reminders of what we stand for. They stir the most patriotic emotions within the human heart, and the battle flag often evokes those as strong today as during the War for Southern Independence. Every flag has a unique story. Those that survived the war are featured in this book with colour illustrations and a brief history of their units. They ...

Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
Written By: Glenn Dedmondt

In the illuminating language of memory, Deborah McDowell tells the story of her family, living a segregated life in Bessemer, Alabama, where her father worked at U.S. Foundry and Pipe, nicknamed Pipe Shop. Through the intimate details of their daily lives, she shows us how civil rights affected a working-class town, among three generations of women and men. McDowell movingly uncovers a ...

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Written By: Deborah E. McDowell

Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
Written By: Gregory A. Thomas