Hidden Chronicles and Genealogy
The funniest thing happened on the way to researching the other day on the computer. Two different friends of mine who are also on Facebook were listed playing Hidden Chronicles, a specific computer Facebook/Zynga game. These two women don’t know each...
Read moreGreat Harvest, Xona Resorts and the Conference Center & Inn
A Study in Contrasts Great Harvest in Boulder, Xona Resorts in Scottsdale and The Conference Center & Inn in Clemson Months ago when I started my blog, I knew it would be about genealogy and books. Of course, I...
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Which is Jean Webster’s Best Book, Daddy-Long-Legs or Dear Enemy?
There was a Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron musical Daddy Long-Legs taken roughly from the book by Jean Webster. I love musicals, and as many as I have seen, I haven’t seen this one from 1955 . I don’t...
Read moreAbstract of Personal Names in the Reading Eagle newspaper January 1868 through March 1868 issues
The Reading Eagle was first published in January 1868 in Reading, Berks Co., Pennsylvania. I have abstracted the local personal names from the January, February and March newspaper issues. Remember when you are searching, many times the editor used...
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Go West Young Man, Go West
Recently I have been reading and indexing the beginning issues of the Reading Eagle in early 1868. Several things stick out; the first is the number of railroad injuries, maimings and deaths, reported in almost every issue. It is horrific....
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Typesetting, Filming and News in Historical Newspapers
Several curious situations came to light while I was reading an 1868 issue of the Reading Eagle. Many local names were typeset as J. B. Hawley instead of Jesse B. Hawley, possibly to save on typographical overhead. Initials instead...
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Were They Skipped in the 1940 Census?
Finally, Ancestry has posted a list of Delaware, Nevada and the District of Columbia available for searching in the 1940 federal population census. FamilySearch has a map that shows Delaware, and Colorado as seachable and Kansas, Utah, Nevada, Oregon,...
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