March 28, 2024

How to Find an Old Friend

Posted on July 1, 2016 by in Discover Your Past, Features

By Bev Beckham (Editor’s note: Bev Beckham set out to track down her high school buddy, and came up with a practical guide for anyone looking for a friend, relative or just someone you’re curious about from your past.) Where do you begin to look for someone you haven’t seen in 10, 20, maybe 50 […]

History Mystery

Posted on July 1, 2016 by in Discover Your Past, History Mystery

Do you know these people? Another trio of photos from the Alabama Department of Archives and History gives you another opportunity to help solve a mystery. The identities of the people in these photographs are unknown. If you know any of them, contact Archives & History, or Prime magazine. Archives & History — Meredith McDonough, 334-353-5442, meredith.mcdonough@archives.alabama.gov […]

July 16, 1945: The Day Everything Changed

Posted on July 1, 2016 by in Discover Your Past, Features

by Willie G. Moseley Baby Boomers got their demographic designation from the proliferation of births over several years following the end of World War II. Most historians would likely agree the “boom” that occurred in the middle of the New Mexico desert 71 years ago, on July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time, […]

History Mystery: Do you know these people?

Posted on June 1, 2016 by in ALHistory, Discover Your Past, Features, History Mystery

Help Prime magazine and the Alabama Department of Archives and History solve this mystery. The identities of the people in these three photos are unknown, but we hope you can help correct that. During the last 18 months Prime and Archives have been successful in identifying dozen of previously unknown individuals. If you were part […]

DNA and Family Genealogy

Posted on June 1, 2016 by in Discover Your Past, DiscoverYou, Features

Have a family genealogy puzzle? DNA tests might help solve it.

Find Family Tree Branches On-line

Posted on May 2, 2016 by in Discover Your Past

Online genealogy services are more than just a means to build a digital family tree that you can share with your relatives. These services can also help you find new family members, connect with existing ones and discover things you may have not previously known about your family history. Because these services also search through […]

History Mystery: Who ARE these people?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by in ALHistory, Discover Your Past, DiscoverYou

You can help the Alabama Department of Archives and History and Prime magazine identify unknown people in photos from three Montgomery-area photographers who worked in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Our successful first year in 2015 prompted us to renew the History Mystery series this year. Your assistance is critical in determining who these mystery […]

History Mysteries Solved + New January Photos!

Posted on December 1, 2015 by in Discover Your Past, Features

Here are three new photos that need identifying. If you know anyone in these photos contact Meredith McDonough at the AL Dept of Archives and History or Bob Corley at Prime magazine. Meredith McDonough, 334-353-5442, meredith.mcdonough@archives.alabama.gov Bob Corley, 334-202-0114, primemontgomery@gmail.com   by Sandra Polizos; photos by Bob Corley With the help of Prime readers, our partnership with the Alabama […]

History Mystery: Who Are They?

Posted on July 31, 2015 by in Discover Your Past

Here are three additional photos in our partnership series with the Alabama Department of Archive and History.  Can you help us identify the individuals in the photos? If so, please contact Meredith McDonough at 334-353-5442, or meredith.mcdonough@archives.alabama.gov, or e-mail Prime magazine at primemontgomery@gmail.com.

Alabama History: December 2014/January 2015

Posted on November 30, 2014 by in Discover Your Past

(Information courtesy Alabama Department of Archives and History, http://archives.state.al.us/). Dec. 6, 1847 — The Alabama legislature begins its first session in the new capital of Montgomery. The capitol building cost $75,000 to build and was paid for by the citizens of Montgomery. It was destroyed by fire two years later. Dec. 11, 1919 — The […]