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And then things change…

Life has a funny way of putting you where you *need* to be versus where you necessarily *want* to be.  When we moved to New York from Ohio, my genealogy had not expanded far past the Ohio/Kentucky borders.  It had

Jill M. August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 cemetery, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, newspaper clippings, old records, Orange County, research, secrets, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

Hidden in Plain Sight

On the back of my great-uncle Dale’s World War II draft card was a complete hidden gem that I had completely overlooked. I had assumed it was just a plain old WW2 draft card where the goodies are all on

Jill M. January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 family history, newspaper clippings, old records, police records, secrets, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

The Fighting Stewarts

When I first started documenting my Stewart grandparents, I didn’t realize how much of their story would occupy a space in my brain. Some people might have found a murder/suicide in their family, noted its tragedy, and moved on but

Jill M. January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 Archer family, cemetery, family history, mysteries, newspaper clippings, secrets, Stewart, Stewart family Read more

Dale Stewart’s 1930 Arrest

I don’t know what makes me return to certain relatives time and again even when I think their stories are “done.”  My 2nd great uncle Dale Stewart’s story was pretty cut and dry, I thought. I’ve written about discovering his

Jill M. December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Children's Home Society, family history, genealogy, newspaper clippings, old records, pictures, police records, research, secrets, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

Clark Children Reunite After 42 Years

A while ago, I wrote about my husband’s great-grandfather’s story about being sold at the Ohio State Fair and how he changed his name from Clark to Moore.  A Clark relative reached out to us recently on Ancestry to find

Jill M. July 10, 2018July 11, 2018 Children's Home Society, Clark family, family history, genealogy, holiday, Moore family, mysteries, newspaper clippings, old records, research, secrets, Uncategorized Read more
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