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Dad’s WWII Love Letter To Mom

May 26, 2010 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Eighty-nine years ago today my dad was born in West Plains, Missouri to parents Will and Minnie Smith Yates. Although Dad passed away in 1996, his life lives on through letter and photos from his past. This letter was written on the eve of his 24th birthday and he was feeling “pretty old”. He and [...]

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Are You In Someone’s Photo?

March 24, 2010 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Have you seen this new site Are You In My Photo? I found it in an article in Ancestry magazine’s January/February 2009 issue, and I am really, really happy someone created this site. How many of you have photos in your collections that have other people in them that you can’t identify? As the site [...]

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A Seattle Adventure With Mom

April 22, 2009 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Adventures With Mom To be honest, I can’t remember for sure what year it was, but sometime between 1983 and 1987 my mom and I embarked on a special trip to Seattle. In my school years we had gone there many times on the Greyhound bus (you know, back when it was more safe and [...]