As you visit the cemetery searching for the graves of relatives do you ever stand in awe of a monument? When I visit a military cemetery, I often feel overwhelmed by row upon row of tombstones, especially when they are decorated with flags or wreaths. Another time I remember being awestruck was when I saw …
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Call to Add GPS
#52Ancestors Have you visited cemeteries in search of a grave? Did a family member help you find the gravesite? Each memorial day, my mom would load us kids up in the car along with cut flowers from the garden to meet my grandparents at the cemetery to decorate graves. Thus, I grew up knowing where …
Rainy Days
For those of you that don't live in Eastern Kansas, many of us are beginning to believe that Kansas is the new Portland You see, we've had at least 8 straight days of cloudy, rainy weather. If the Kansas City area ties the record of 10 days, then the forecast says it will be at …
Work to Do
Do you ever find yourself so engrossed in researching those 6th and 7th generation brick walls that you overlook documenting earlier generations with obvious sources? That's what I've found to be true with my research. I recently read the post, 7-gen-1-sheet that suggests using a spreadsheet of ancestors to look at one's data in a …
Honoring a Legend
Today, I learned of the passing of Cletus Suther. For those in the Seneca area, the Suther name is associated with lumber and building. However, in the Nemaha County genealogy world, Cletus' name is associated with cemeteries. Before Find a Grave and before the Internet, there was Cletus' cemetery work. Living in Ohio, Cletus wanted …
Cemeteries and GPS
Have you come to rely on GPS technology to help you when traveling? Have you ever wished that you could use that GPS technology when trying to find your great-grandfather's tombstone in a sea of tombstones? If so, you are in luck. GPS technology is available for use in the cemetery! Some cemeteries, like the …
Decoration Day Memories
As a child, Decoration Day started with mom going out to the back yard and picking flowers - particularly Peonies, Iris and Sweet William. My grandmother would do the same thing from her flowers. In addition, my grandmother would order Peonies from the grocery store. She would keep those Peonies in the refrigerator. Those Peonies …
Don’t Forget the Book!
For the April meeting of the Topeka Genealogical Society's 'Brick Wall Study Group', we were supposed to bring one of our brick walls to the April meeting yesterday. The intent was that we would discuss our brick wall with another member of the group and get their input. (And then we would discuss their brick …
Tombstone Challenge Accepted
This week's 'Saturday Night Genealogy Fun' challenge was to figure out how far back a line can be traced thru tombstones. My immediate reaction was that it was probably thru my dad's CRAWFORD line There are 4 generations of CRAWFORDs buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Kansas Dad: Eugene Crawford Granddad: Leon Russel Crawford …
The Mighty Mo – Then and Now
Saga of the Elwood Cemetery - Part 3 As pointed out in an earlier post (Elwood, Kansas and the Mighty Mo), the Kansas State Historical Society has made several historical maps of Elwood available as part of the Kansas Memory site. The 1870-1890 map of Elwood is particularly beneficial in that it shows the street …