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Prestonia Elementary School Class Photo an unlabeled mystery
This a photo of a third grade class at Prestonia Elementary School, just outside Louisville, Kentucky ca. 1950. The classmates names are not on...
Read moreMemory and Dating Newspaper Articles
Page Forty-One I have two copies of a clipping about my dad, his promotion, and our family’s subsequent move to North Carolina. One was...
Read moreImmigration 300 Years Ago
A Holy Grail of genealogical research is immigration, that first ancestor’s name, date, place, family, proof of immigration. We want to know who that...
Read moreVacation Book Choices Make Good Presents
Local History Vacation Choices When you can immerse yourself while on vacation, in another world, another time, another place, you truly get away. If...
Read moreOklahoma Research 5 Minute Tutorial
Maps Show the History of Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory, and the State of Oklahoma The Digital Collection of the Oklahoma State...
Read moreRailroad Maps
Railroad Maps The local railroad may have played important roles in your ancestors’ lives. It may have been their ticket to a runaway marriage,...
Read moreGenealogists Love Names, Patterns, and Symmetry
A Baby’s First Birthday Party Recently, we attended a first birthday party, Henry’s baseball themed party. The adults had stashes of Oh Henry! and...
Read moreOkolona Fifteenth Year Reunion – Class of 1950
Yet Another Unlabeled Group Photograph hispering Hills Country Club was the site of the 15th Reunion of the Oklolona Class of 1950 held 19...
Read moreLog Cabin Church – Candlelight View
St. James Episcopal Church, Riverton, Fremont Co., Wyoming This unidentified church photograph was floating loose in a photo album. In order for my dad...
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