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100 Years Ago In West Plains Missouri
June 2, 2011 By
In the last two days I have thoroughly enjoyed the book “West Plains Missouri…As I Knew It” by Robert Neathery and told to Marideth Sisco (1994). It was the first time I had ever really gotten a “feel” for the town in which so many of my families lived and originated. Robert mostly describes his [...]
Tracing The Tribe – Genealogists Helping Genealogists
July 1, 2010 By
Siddur or Jewish Book of Prayer A few days ago I had a question about the correct terminology for a Hebrew/English book I had, and remembered that Schelly Talalay Dardashti has Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog in my Geneabloggers group. I haven’t met a genealogist yet who isn’t willing to help out anyone, [...]
GYR Carnival: The Interesting, The Odd, The Beautiful
May 23, 2010 By
Interesting? Yes. Odd? Somewhat. Beautiful? In its own way For the last few weeks I’ve been working on some family research for a friend who has a familial connection to Belle Starr. In the course of my reading and gathering facts I found a photo of Belle Starr’s gravestone as it looked when she was [...]
AMERICAN GUERRILLA: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann Book Now Available
May 2, 2010 By
In my article about Russell Volckmann MacArthur Left But Volckmann Remained it was mentioned by Luis Mendoza in the comments that I might want to order the newest book about him and I did just that. The newest book is: AMERICAN GUERRILLA: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann- the Man Who Escaped from Bataan, [...]
