Newspaper Article Answers Question: Why Did They Leave Oklahoma?
My daughter is taking a year-long geography course this year. Last week she was learning about the “pushes” and “pulls”
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Kansas
An Ancestor’s Poem: “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”
I’m busy looking through the small town paper where my family has lived since the early 1870s. I lived there
Read MoreBaby Thrown During 1899 Twister
May 31st, 1899. An electrical storm bursts upon the small town of Ashton, Kansas during the late evening hours. Thunder
Read MoreOld Yearbooks on Ancestry
It looks like Ancestry has had old yearbooks on their site for awhile, but I think they recently added some
Read MorePraise for Miracle Drug!
I found the following newspaper advertisement twenty-two times in the Arkansas City Daily Traveler. I guess Eckert (Eckard) Peters (1845-
Read MoreSaturday Night Genealogy Fun: Ahnentafel Roulette
Today’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge by Randy over at GeneaMusings is to play Ahnentafel Roullete. The ‘rules’ are as
Read MoreSharing Memories Week 27: First Loss
Lorine at Olive Tree Genealogy offers a weekly challenge to share some of our own memories. Her weekly themes are
Read MoreSaturday Night Genealogy Fun – My Father’s Mother’s Paternal Line
I’ve done a few of Randy Seaver’s “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” challenges over at Genea-Musings. This week’s challenge is about
Read MoreSharing Memories Week 1: Kindergarten Days
I am catching up with the Sharing Memories prompts found at Olive Tree Genealogy. Week 1 was titled “Kindergarten Days.”
Read MoreSharing Memories Week 13: Broken Bones & Other Accidents
Olive Tree Genealogy offers weekly prompts, called Sharing Memories, to “help all genealogists with writing up memories of our ancestors
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