Do you make resolutions for the new year? If so, are any of them genealogy related. Since retiring, I've done a better job of setting goals for my genealogy. And in 2021, I can actually say I COMPLETED those goals. Since I started using a bullet journal, I have found it easier to keep track …
Month: December 2021
Throwback Thursday
James Marshall Ricketts farmstead Desmond Ricketts family: Anna Myers Ricketts, Hazel Ricketts, Charles Desmond Ricketts Rachel Christy Ricketts, Artie Ricketts Briles, Ethel Briles, Glen Briles, Osmund Briles, James Marshall Ricketts
Christy Will
I found the will for my 3rd great grandfather, Samuel H. St. G. Chirsty, on Ancestry in the database, Indiana, US Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999. Page 147 (Image 610 of 884)Last Will and Testament of Samuel H. St. G. ChristyState of Indiana Tipton CountyJanuary 28 1887I Samuel H. St. G. Christy of theCounty of …
Ricketts Cousins
Descendants of John Lewis Ricketts John Lewis Ricketts-2735b: 22 November 1812, Fleming, Kentucky, United Statesd: 23 December 1888, Clinton, Indiana, United States+Orilda Matilda Reed-2736b: 20 January 1828, Jennings, Indiana, United Statesm: 3 December 1846, Clinton, Indiana, United Statesd: 28 June 1900, Clinton, Indiana, United States . . . . 2-James Marshall Ricketts-2733 b: 28 November …
War Photographer
Have you noticed that obituaries often leave out a lot of the information between the dashes? That's what I've found when researching cousins who were career military. When I find an enlistment date and a discharge date about 20 years apart, I want to learn more about that military career. That's been the case with …
Christmas Present
Santa brought us a new camera for Christmas. Besides family pictures and tombstone pictures, this camera was purchased to take pictures of birds. Not only did Santa bring us a camera but he included a trip to one of my favorite places to see birds, Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. Our little camera is nothing …
Christmas Memories
Merry Christmas
Shooting Star
In your genealogy research, do you ever encounter a brief newspapers article that makes you want to learn more about an historic event mentioned in the article? That was the case when I found a 1946 article for a Ricketts cousin, Wayne Bond, who served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII and the Korean …
Military Dates
Have you ever encountered an incorrect enlistment date on a set of military records? Until today, I assumed that the information I would find on Fold3's U.S. Veterans' Gravesite database to have an accurate enlistment date. While researching descendants of John Lewis Ricketts, I came across the Veteran's Gravesite information for Wayne M. Bond (1919-1966), …