The Heritage of DeKalb County, Alabama
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Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781891647024
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DeKalb County, Alabama, Marriage Index, 1836-1916
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Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0806351934
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new publication, which is extracted almost entirely from newspapers and archival sources in Scotland, follows the settlement of Scots west of the Mississippi River during the first hundred years after American Independence. Mr. Dobson's latest book identifies about 2,000 individuals who ventured to the West. While the entries vary considerably, virtually every one provides the name of the immigrant, a date (birth, arrival, marriage, death), the state or territory of his/her residence, and the source of the information. Some of the listings give the individual's occupation, the name of a parent(s) and/or spouse, place of residence in Scotland, or more.
The Vagabond Dreamer
Author: Elizabeth S. Howard
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHoward was a doer as well as a dreamer. He achieved many great things during his lifetime including debating with Clarence Darrow, nominated for president of the United States, and attempted to impeach President Grover Cleveland.
Heritage of Dekalb County, Alabama -
Author: DeKalb County Heritage Book Committee (Ala.)
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Published: 2008-11
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780979653766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamily Maps of Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Author: Gregory Alan Boyd
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 244
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlabama Quilts
Author: Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2020-11-03
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1496831438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the 2022 James F. Sulzby Book Award from the Alabama Historical Association Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682–1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory through the Second World War—a period of 268 years. The quilts are examined for their cultural context—that is, within the community and time in which they were made, the lives of the makers, and the events for which they were made. Starting as far back as 1682, with a fragment that research indicates could possibly be the oldest quilt in America, the volume covers quilting in Alabama up through 1950. There are seven sections in the book to represent each time period of quilting in Alabama, and each section discusses the particular factors that influenced the appearance of the quilts, such as migration and population patterns, socioeconomic conditions, political climate, lifestyle paradigms, and historic events. Interwoven in this narrative are the stories of individuals associated with certain quilts, as recorded on quilt documentation forms. The book also includes over 265 beautiful photographs of the quilts and their intricate details. To make this book possible, authors Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff and Carole Ann King worked with libraries, historic homes, museums, and quilt guilds around the state of Alabama, spending days on formal quilt documentation, while also holding lectures across the state and informal “quilt sharings.” The efforts of the authors involved so many community people—from historians, preservationists, librarians, textile historians, local historians, museum curators, and genealogists to quilt guild members, quilt shop owners, and quilt owners—making Alabama Quilts not only a celebration of the quilting culture within the state but also the many enthusiasts who have played a role in creating and sustaining this important art.
Historic Dekalb County
Author: Vivian Price
Publisher: HPN Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1893619893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of DeKalb County, Georgia, paired with histories of the local companies.
African-American Life in DeKalb County, 1823-1970
Author: Herman Mason
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738500348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeKalb County, Georgia, is much more than just another of the suburban areas around the city of Atlanta. African Americans have long lived, worked, played, and worshiped in the area. In African-American Life in DeKalb County: 1823-1970, Herman "Skip" Mason Jr., author, professor, and historian, has compiled a lovingly crafted look at the county's rich African-American heritage. With images from the Georgia Department of Archives and History, the DeKalb Historical Society, and his own extensive archives, Mason couples fascinating images with illuminating text to create a unique look at the area and its people. Within these pages, discover little-known facts about the county's past residents, including Bukumbo, the young girl who was brought from Africa to Decatur to serve as a nurse, who quickly became a beloved member of the family and died only a short while later. Learn about the great impact that the Clark and Oliver families had on Decatur, and view famous sections and landmarks of the county, including Lithonia, Ellenwood, Stone Mountain, Doraville, Tucker, Chamblee, Clarkston, Lynwood Park, Scottdale, and South DeKalb.
History of Clarke County
Author: John Simpson Graham
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Published: 2020-02-08
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA written history devoted almost exclusively to Clarke County Alabama and its people. Quoting from books published before this (1923) and recording his own personal accounts, the author, a resident of Clarke County since 1875, gives his personal observation of Clarke County places and events.In the introduction, the author states, " This book will doubtless be read with much interest by the present generation living in Clarke, as well as by the generations to follow. If it should be preserved and handed down through the coming years, it may, in the far distant future, fall under the eye of some descendent of some Clarke countian and enable him or her to look back through the avenue of time and get a mental picture of Clarke County in the nineteenth and twentieh centuries."
Rediscovering the South's Celtic Heritage
Author: Barry Vann
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781570722691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFabled in American history, the Scotch-Irish played a principal role in settling the Southern Appalachian Mountains. From the original settlers sprang a culture based on their Old World ways; along with their daily habits, they brought with them a reverence for the King James Bible and the land providing their sustenance. Isolated in mountain pockets, the culture existed on the periphery of mainstream America until the late 20th century. In Rediscovering the South's Celtic Heritage, author Barry Vann explores the roots and branches of America's pioneering Celts, following their influence through the ages to the present day, setting forth the bold theory that the Celts in America form a distinct ethnic group separate from the dominant Anglo-Saxon culture. -- from back cover.
