Wordless Wednesday: Meeting Mickey

Disneyland, Anaheim, California.  September 1966.
Mickey and Me.
Photo taken by Gene Amore and is now in my sister’s possession.

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Martha Jane Stern

I believe I’ve mentioned my maternal great-grandmother, Martha Jane Stern, in previous posts.  She was the mother of my mother’s mom, Vesta Christena Wilt.  Martha was born on February 9, 1872 in Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana to Emanuel Bushong Stern (descendent of the Stern and Bushong families) and Nancy Caylor (descendent of the Kohler/Caylor and [...]

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My Grandmothers (part 2)

In my earlier post My Grandmothers, I included a photo of my maternal and paternal grandmothers. At the time that was written, that was the only picture I had of the two of them together. While on vacation at my mom’s house, I pulled out a couple other boxes of photos that I don’t think [...]

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Scanning Photos & Other Updates

I had some free time this evening so I hooked the scanner up and started scanning some of the photos I brought back from my mom’s house.  I ended up scanning over 20 photos and one obituary in 90 minutes.  If you go to my College Days post, you’ll notice I inserted one more photo.

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Two Sisters

The theme for the 4th Edition of Smile For the Camera hosted by footnotemaven is “My Favorite Photograph”. “Choose a photograph of an ancestor, relative, yourself, or an orphan photograph that is your favorite family photo or that photograph you’ve collected and wouldn’t give up for a King’s ransom.  Is it the only photograph of [...]

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The Case of Chase

Rummaging through the old photographs at my mom’s house in 2000, I came across one with the name “Chase Noonan and Friends” on the back.  Who is or was he, I wondered. My mom told me he was Aunt Mat’s son.
Martha Blazer, also known as “Aunt Mat”, was the oldest daughter and second child of [...]

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An Early Divorce

One of the earliest divorces I found - one that would also impact my life - was that of my great-grandparents.  Joseph Napolean Wilt and Martha Jane Stern were married in Delaware County, Indiana on September 10, 1890.  Six children were born to this family - one son was either stillborn or died shortly thereafter.  [...]

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Preserving Photos - Digital Scrapbook Style!

Jasia at Creative Gene has a guest post at Shades of the Departed concerning Digital Scrapbooking for Genealogists. She asks everyone to go check out her post, and she’d like to see our creations too.
Last fall I made two complete digital scrapbook albums - one for my mom on her birthday and one for my [...]

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49th Carnival of Genealogy - Swimsuit Addition

The 49th Carnival of Genealogy - Swimsuit Addition has now been posted!  I urge everyone to go take a look and read through the stories.  There are wonderful old pictures of people in swim “gear” and some stories to go along with them.  Jasia, the host, even has her pictures put up on a really [...]

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