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Her First Trip to a Cemetery

I had to go home to Ohio this past week to see my father who is dying from Stage 4 cancer – that is a post for another day.  We stayed in Zanesville near my daughter’s house so when my

Jill M. October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 cemetery, Children's Home Society, family history, genealogy, Stewart, Stewart family 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 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

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

Long Lost Uncle Dale

I am so happy to write that I have managed to find a great big puzzle piece in my quest to find my 2nd great uncle Dale Stewart.  For new readers, let me briefly say that Dale was orphaned in

Jill M. September 22, 2017December 20, 2018 Archer family, family history, mysteries, old records, pictures, police records, secrets, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more
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I am taking a break from teaching genealogy for now. If that changes, I will post here in upcoming events.

However, you may catch me giving a historic tour at the Washingtonville Cemetery occasionally. Please visit their site for their upcoming events.

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