This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Christmas Letters From Decatur Area Children
A collection of Christmas wish notes from Alabama children in 1956 requests include bicycles, dolls, games, books, and other toys. Names such as James Orville Collins Linda Gail Collins Deborah Teague Loretta Livingston Nancy Long Bobby Abercrombie Patricia Douglas and Grady Long appear with home towns throughout Decatur Danville Athens Priceville Piney Chapel union Hill and Sardis Spring churches. The notes also mention family members and a historical aside about British railways and Theodore Roosevelt.