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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, 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

The Tragic Life and Death of Emma Drake

Growing up in Pickaway County, Ohio, it felt like it was all just farm and field.  The Circleville Pumpkin Show and the Ashville Fourth of July celebrations are about as exciting as it gets during the year and life is

Jill M. February 18, 2017October 6, 2017 Drake family, genealogy, newspaper clippings, Uncategorized Read more

Recent Posts

  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 27
  • Solving 4th Stewart GGM’s Maiden Name
  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 26
  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 25
  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 24

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  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 27
  • Solving 4th Stewart GGM’s Maiden Name
  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 26
  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 25
  • 1978 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 24

I am taking a break from teaching genealogy for now. If that changes, I will post here in upcoming events.

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