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WEBSITE WEDNESDAY

Image by Scottish Guy from Pixabay DEAD FRED – GENEALOGY PHOTO ARCHIVE Dead Fred is both a website and a Facebook page. This is a free site started by Joe Bott 22 years ago. He named it “Dead Fred” after the German Emperor and King of Prussia Frederick III.  He reigned for 99 days betweenContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”

WEBSITE WEDNESDAY

Earth Point, in conjunction with Google Earth, can give you a bird’s eye view of the land where your ancestors homesteaded or houses in which they lived in public land states (or at least the place where their house used to stand). This website will work with either the downloadable software, Google Earth Pro, orContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”

100 Years Ago

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay I love old newspapers.  I love peeking into people’s ordinary, everyday existence from long ago.  I enjoy the juicy tidbits, the sensationalist stories, the crazy advertisements, the puzzling political cartoons – you name it, I like it.  Of course, the news is not always good, pleasant, and fun.  There isContinue reading “100 Years Ago”

Celebrating the Holidays 100 Years Ago in Champaign County, Illinois

Image by Vincent Ciro from Pixabay This Christmas blog post is two weeks too late! I thought this might make a good article for a quarterly, but here it is instead on my own blog. Try to catch whatever remains of the Christmas spirit in the air and enjoy! Do you ever wonder what theContinue reading “Celebrating the Holidays 100 Years Ago in Champaign County, Illinois”

GOLD DIGGERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO

Picture in the public domain at the Library of Congress (ppmsc 01699 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.01699). #OhioHistory #GoldMining When I began going through census records of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, using the FAN method (Family/Friends, Associates, Neighbors) to find more information about my ancestor George Lewis, I came across three men whose occupation was given asContinue reading “GOLD DIGGERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO”

WEBSITE WEDNESDAY

DAVID RUMSEY AND HIS MAPS I love maps. All kinds of maps. Old maps from the days of “terra incognita” to modern-day Google street view maps. The calendar I used last year showed pictures of medieval and renaissance maps and I have a box (somewhere!) full of old gas station maps of various states withContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”

EISENHOWER, PORK CHOPS, AND GRANDMA

Election Eve on November 4th, 1952, Urbana, Illinois.  My mom’s favorite meal is coming out of the Magic Chef oven – pork chops with dressing.  My mom wasn’t able to be here for this meal so Grandpa snapped a picture of Grandma to send to her.  My grandparents would have been happy with the resultsContinue reading “EISENHOWER, PORK CHOPS, AND GRANDMA”

WEBSITE WEDNESDAY

CYNDI’S LIST You may already know about this wonderful resource for genealogy links online known as “Cyndi’s List” (https://www.cyndislist.com/).  When I first started doing online genealogy in the late 90s, I ran across this website and I loved it.  Searching online was vastly different than it is today and finding a compendium of source linksContinue reading “WEBSITE WEDNESDAY”

Can Anybody Choose Just One?

Do people really have ONE favorite photo?  One and only one?  I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors challenge and this week the challenge is rough – pick ONE favorite photo. Should I pick one of a beautiful landscape from a vacation, the sunrise coming over the foothills as seen from my backContinue reading “Can Anybody Choose Just One?”