A common source of information for family research is newspapers. There are any number of things that can be published in the paper that might provide information about a person. Obituaries, wedding and anniversary announcements are the most common items found. The social pages often had items on travels, jobs, colleges, and reunions. Even the local police reports may have interesting tidbits!
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Posts about family history/genealogy.
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Frances Veronica Link was born December 18, 1926 to William John and Elizabeth Wellman Link in West Point, Iowa. She lived there until she graduated high school.
When you are researching your family history, learning where they lived helps you find out more information about them. It’s even better when you can see who their neighbors were and where that store they owned sat.
We can see on this map that the hotel is in section two, lot ten. The post office is across the square in section five, lot eighteen.
Henry Schippert and Ada Link were married on November 29, 1922 in Edina, Missouri.
Anna Wellman Vonderhaar was born on November 27, 1884 in West Point, Iowa. Her parents were Elizabeth Terborg and Bernard Wellman. She was the first of five children born to the couple. Both of her parents were born in Germany.
Amos Barnes Kellogg was my great-grandfather. He was born November 15, 1889 in Whitewater, Wisconsin to George Olney Kellogg and Margaret Barnes. He attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
A fair number of our relations have served in the military over the years. As we remember on Veteran’s Day, I thought we might take a quick look at some of them.
Clarence Loree Hoel was born August 8, 1908 in Celina, Ohio to William Henry Hoel and Martha Ann Fisher. Doris Olive Harden was born January 18, 1926 in Blairsburg, Iowa to William John Harden and Addie Olive Nicholson.
This week would mark my brother Tony’s 73rd birthday. Sadly, we lost him in 2005. Here are some pictures to remember him by.
