Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Carol
Jim’s home town of Clinton, Iowa has a very nice display of war memorials for the most recent wars: Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam. The Civil War era memorial is for William B. Mayes who enlisted in DeWitt, Iowa and was born in Ohio. He was a Medal of Honor Recipient and was [...]
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Filed under: Genealogy, Tombstone Tuesday
Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Carol
I’m sure I’ve added to this list since I last posted a link to it, but here is my offering of great genealogists I follow on Twitter and elsewhere. Webduck’s Twitter List Of Awesome Genealogists I’d love to add you to this list if you are not already on it! Thank you to all my [...]
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Filed under: Follow Friday, Genealogy, Social Networking
Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Carol
On a recent visit to Iowa my husband Jim found the gravestone of Russell William Volckmann that I have written about several times in this blog. The headstone is located in Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa (FindAGrave location). There are several Volckmanns buried in the same general area around the General’s headstone. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fipentimento.com%2Ftombstone-tuesday-russell-w-volckmann%2F’; addthis_title [...]
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Filed under: Military, Tombstone Tuesday, World War II