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1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 32

I don’t have a “themed” photo to go with this post other than this one because today is Grandma Rose’s mom’s birthday!  Mary Elizabeth Eccard Jones was born August 12th, 1878, in Washington Township in Pickaway County to Gideon Eccard

Jill M. August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 family history, genealogy, history, Hochmuth, Jones, Pickaway County, Rose's Journal, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 27

I know I said this last year as well, but I am still so, so surprised to see absolutely NO mention of the Ashville 4th of July at Grandpa Archie’s this week in Grandma’s journal.  I mean… what?!  Bob Hines

Jill M. July 7, 2025July 21, 2025 family history, history, Hochmuth, holiday, Lemaster, Pickaway County, pictures, Rose's Journal, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

The Fiery Demise of Rosa Ellen Eccard Brown & Her Children

I love a good family mystery and when I received a hint for my second great-aunt Rosa Ellen Eccard Brown in Ancestry the other day about dying from shock received from burns, I knew I had a real whopper on

Jill M. December 29, 2023January 17, 2024 Drake, Drake family, Eccard, family history, Franklin County, genealogy, marriage record, medical, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Pickaway County, Uncategorized Read more

Finding the Leist Girls

This week I discovered what happened to the Leist girls following the death of their mother in 1916.

Jill M. November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 census, Children's Home Society, Drake, Drake family, family history, genealogy, mysteries, newspaper clippings, old records, Pickaway County, research, Uncategorized Read more

The Eccard Family Tragedy Explained

One of the more outrageous family stories I share with my genealogy students is the double suicide of my 3rd great-grandparents, the Eccards, in 1915. I had used their tragic deaths as a way to illustrate how to be prepared

Jill M. January 4, 2019January 3, 2019 Drake, Drake family, Eccard, family history, genealogy, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Pickaway County, Uncategorized Read more
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