This is Encouraging
Posted by David | Filed under Heaton, cemetery, genealogy
On a brief trip to the library the other night, I took a quick glance at a few films — one which will be written about soon for what I didn’t find — and pulled a few books.
I have been wanting to revisit an issue that came up regarding the Odd Fellows Cemetery near Granite [...]
Trip to Nebraska: Day 4
Posted by David | Filed under Nebraska, cemetery, genealogy
We began the day by doing a little backtracking to Ashland to see the Strategic Air and Space Museum. We liked the museum, but one or two of my other brothers would have really enjoyed this stop. Afterwards, we then drove through a “safari.” Not much to write about here.
Getting back on the highway, we [...]
Trip to Nebraska: Day 3
Posted by David | Filed under Nebraska, cemetery, genealogy
The plan was to hit some of the same spots on the way north to another cemetery (St. Mary’s) and library (Hruska Memorial), so it was first back to Seward from Lincoln for more obits. It was slow and tedious again this day. There were a surprising numbers of newspapers to choose from considering it’s [...]
Trip to Nebraska: Day 2
Posted by David | Filed under Nebraska, cemetery, genealogy
I really didn’t want any hotel issues during the trip, so ignoring my initial plan to stay close to my research targets I booked rooms in Lincoln and Omaha. Though there were some minor issues with these hotels, both rooms were exactly what I wanted: clean, quiet and comfortable. The downside was that my research [...]
Trip to Nebraska: Day 1
Posted by David | Filed under Nebraska, cemetery, genealogy
Most of the first day was spent driving to Nebraska, with stops at one cemetery and assorted Roadside America attractions. We did not arrive in Seward and Staplehurst until later than expected because of two time killers. First, too much time was devoted to the roadside “attractions.” This won’t happen again, though some stops did [...]
The Founders of St. Louis
Posted by David | Filed under cemetery, history
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Looming over a mass grave, a new monument to early St. Louisans.
Mound City
Posted by David | Filed under cemetery, history
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Osage Tribe May Buy Ancestral Mound.
The Upside of Being Sick
Posted by David | Filed under cemetery, genealogy, history
Time to think. Once the headache subsides, the amount of idle time to think is probably the best thing about being sick. And at the forefront of those thoughts is, of course, genealogy. Random things that popped into my head:
Chris Dunham’s 1940 Census Countdown. We still have 3+ years until the next federal population census [...]
New Headstone for Harriet SCOTT (updated)
Posted by David | Filed under cemetery, news
St. Louis Post-Disptach: Harriet Scott gets final resting place — 133 years after death. (images)
