In one of the earlier posts about the Genealogy Road Trip, I mentioned that I love City Directories. Here’s why.
Census information is great, but it only comes out every 10 years. There’s also an embargo on it — I think it’s 75 years. The 1930 data was just recently released. City directories were the [...]
We’re getting a little punchy here. It was a beautiful day — sunny and a nice temperature — to walk up-and-down the rows in three different cemeteries looking for headstones that matched the names. We got a lot of exercise, but didn’t find too much of immediate use. Still, with views like this how can you complain?
In the 1870s, some time after being discharged from the Union Army, the Lackey family lived along this road.
Or Hirt, or Holzschuh, or Lackey, or Dink. If your last name is one of these, you might be interested in my new genealogy page. Other names that turn up are Anderson (if you have a Butler County, PA, connection) or Miller (on the east side of Cleveland). Take a look around, and if you [...]
C. started her senior year of high school today. There she goes…
Birthday greetings to young Tim McGee, who turned 48 yesterday. Keep this up, and you’ll hit 50 before you know it.
I got back Saturday night from my trip to Ohio for my aunt’s funeral. Nobody likes funerals of course, nor the deaths of loved ones. But one of the things you learn while mourning a relative who has died is how many of them have not.
So after a few days I was happy. Happy [...]
We had a mini-family reunion at the Literary Cafe tonight. Here’s Denise Santa Maria, cousin Shari Bruce and her husband Rey.
And me, Carol Kerslake, and Vern Morrison.
Sad news, my aunt Sarah died this afternoon after a long illness. Sarah was the mother of our regular contributor Shari, and as warm and generous a person as you’d ever want to meet. Please take a moment to post a condolence, thanks.
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