Bob the Blogger is retired engineer in Huntsville AL with time to pursue the branches, limbs and ultimately the roots of his family history. Thank you, Alex Haley, for opening my eyes! As the tree took shape, a branch came into view in East Alabama from around the time of statehood in 1819. That branch led him to travel down more Alabama roads and trails of time than he ever anticipated. One lane led to the year 1901 when a form of social and political concrete was poured over Alabama; the defining activities of the year 1901 explained much about Alabama family stories heard by the blogger while growing up. Thus the title of the blog, "1901 Alabama Lane", is an address of place and time.