Yet Another Unlabled Photograph
My grandmother married one of nine brothers. Four of the sisters-in-law had birthdays in September and many years they celebrated at the same time. This photograph is not from one of those joint celebrations as only one guest is...
Read moreDurrett Junior High School, Class Photo, December 1953
This photograph labeled “Nancy’s class, Dec. 53 Durrett Jr. High” is likely a 6th or possibly 7th grade class in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. This school was at the intersection of Preston St. Highway and Durrett Lane, just outside...
Read morePostcards – A Good Source for Street Addresses
I have a multitude of different postcards sent to me by friends and relatives. My favorites are the maps and the old linen postcards. If one of your ancestors left a postcard collection, you have a built-in source of home...
Read morePrestonia 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 the back of photo.
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 in my mom’s papers and the other was in my grandmother’s, probably sent to her...
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 first immigrant was, who rose up one morning somewhere in the world, and said, “I...
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