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1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 4

Poor Grandma Rose!  The week started so nicely for her with a burst of pretty sunshine, Olive’s birthday, and a somewhat poetic reflection on tall, swaying grass before taking an unexpected, if not chilly, turn of events at the end

Jill M. January 23, 2024January 24, 2024 family history, genealogy, history, Hochmuth, Jones, newspaper clippings, Rose's Journal, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

The 1977 Weekly Diary of Rose Jones Stewart Hochmuth

A few months ago, my cousin Kim gifted me with the 1977 weekly journal my great-grandma Rose Jones Stewart Hochmuth kept.  She was going to give me the one for the year I was born which was 1974 but it

Jill M. January 4, 2024 family history, history, Hochmuth, Jones, old records, Pickaway County, pictures, Rose's Journal, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

The Dale Chronicles Continues

I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever be done researching my great uncle Dale Stewart.  Dale’s life has been and continues to be, a source of constant fascination for me. He’s like a puzzle I want to solve. Frequent readers and

Jill M. November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 genealogy, history, old records, pictures, police records, research, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

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

My Kentucky Conundrum

I am used to dealing with the “two men, same name, same area” issues with my NSDAR applicants but I hadn’t come across it within my own family until the other day.  It’s not a particularly “fun” problem to run

Jill M. February 5, 2021January 4, 2023 Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate Army, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, Kentucky, Lykins, military, Morgan County, mysteries, old records, pictures, research, war Read more
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