Over the last few years, since I “retired” and have more time for reading, I’ve learned that historical nonfiction books are a great way to help fill in the blanks of our ancestor stories.
Let me give you a few examples.
My great great grandmother Eva (Specht) Rumping and her one year old daughter Continue reading
As part of a photo challenge that I’m participating in, I posted these pictures and story to my Instagram feed today. And I thought I’d share the same here.
Today is Day 12 of this month’s #genealogyphotoaday challenge and the word is “neighborhood”.
This is the house my grandfather Jack Blacker built after the 1935 earthquake that destroyed my grandparents’ home. Continue reading
Browsing the newspaper collection at the Library of Congress Chronicling America website, I came across this tongue-in-cheek article Continue reading
From The Butte Daily Post on this day in 1917 comes this article on men called for examination for the “national army”.1
I’ve transcribed some excerpts from the article, which began on page 1 of the paper that day, and continued on page 9.
“Here are some interesting figures gleaned from the
first two days’ examination of men for the national
army, as taken from the figures in the hands of the
county exemption board: Continue reading