Death Notice - Edward Martin Horst from Birmingham Age-Herald , Nov. 5, 1916        "The remains of Edward M. Horst, who died at...

The Birmingham News ; Feb. 5, 1932 Fall Proves Fatal Jacob Fermier, Prominent in Mobile Carnival, Succumbs to Injuries "Jacob...

On June 29, 1904, Eliza Loy Dilworth married Charles Frederick Horst in Birmingham, Alabama. She was 19. He was 23. Here is their story. ...

The oldest section of Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham, Alabama Elmwood Cemetery is located on 412 acres on Martin Luther King Drive in Bir...

New Orleans' "Kid Doe" - ever heard of him? If you were around the Big Easy in the early 1900's he was quite the "c...

Last week my 1st cousin (once removed) George Flemming sent me some great photos that he had taken over 30 years ago at a family reunion of...

[This past weekend I was contacted by a docent at the United States Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. He had read my post regardi...

St. Paul's Catholic Church early postcard One hundred-and-nine years ago this coming Monday, on February 11th, my great-grandparent...

 This is the story of the death of Francois Gabriel Valcour Aime (1797-1867), my 2nd cousin, 5x removed. [See previous articles on Valcou...