Category Archives: Genealogy

Grandparents

Posted on July 8, 2018 by admin

I was especially blessed as a child. All four of my grandparents lived near my family. In addition I had two great-grandparents whom we visited often. Three of my four grandparents were great storytellers; my maternal grandmother who seldom told … Continue reading →

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Corporal I.G. Coley

Posted on May 6, 2018 by admin

For the last six years I have enjoyed personal research on World War I. It’s the reason I started my blog and now continue it as well as my newspaper column. I am not a military historian nor am I … Continue reading →

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Not all Mug Books Feature Criminals

Posted on January 24, 2018 by admin

If your local library has a genealogy section, go in and look around. You might find a collection of old county histories that include biographical sketches of prominent citizens. If the volume was published before 1900, the citizens will likely … Continue reading →

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Newspapers Can Be Quite Chatty at Times

Posted on December 31, 2017 by admin

Americans have read newspapers since colonial times. Early in our history, local newspapers carried news from afar. There was no reason to print local news. Everybody knew what happened there. By the middle of the 19th century, newspapers were more … Continue reading →

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Caring for Abandoned Cemeteries

Posted on November 18, 2017 by admin

One morning in 1862 fifty-seven year old Confederate sympathizer Arthur Matthews was called out of his home near Warsaw, Missouri. A group of Unionist led him down the road where they executed him and left his body in the road. … Continue reading →

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Where Was Crescent?

Posted on August 27, 2017 by admin

My mother-in-law, Joyce McCloud Taylor, lived in Crescent when she was a young girl. A few years ago my husband and I took her there so she could show us around. If you’re not acquainted with Crescent, it’s a village … Continue reading →

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Question and Warning

Posted on January 22, 2017 by admin

Last week I wrote about Dr. James Ward, an ear, nose, and throat physician who practiced in Greenville and lived on Park Street with his wife and three children.  A grandson now occupies the Ward home.  One of my readers … Continue reading →

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Following the Good Deed Trail

Posted on January 15, 2017 by admin

Just before Christmas a friend of mine in Sulphur Springs sent me a photograph of the business center of a town somewhere in the middle of the United States.  The early 20th century photograph could have been anywhere, as many … Continue reading →

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A Century Ago

Posted on December 4, 2016 by admin

Next month will mark the third anniversary of my “A Century Ago” segment posted daily on Facebook. Many of you read it, send a comment, and like it. When someone tells me he reads something I wrote, I am thrilled. … Continue reading →

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Women Ranches in Texas

Posted on June 12, 2016 by admin

Last weekend I attended a fabulous conference at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. The rains gave so much greenery to the area and Midwestern in my alma mater, so it had to be a great time. Women Ranchers in … Continue reading →

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