Amanuensis Monday: Another Letter to Miss Eliza Good 1887

Here is another letter written to my paternal great-great grandmother, Lidia [Eliza] Cordelia Good (b. July 20, 1869, d. May 25, 1964)  from her cousin Frank in Louisville, Kentucky.  I do not know much about Frank at this point.  Lidia was the youngest of nine...

Tuesday’s Tip: Online Pennsylvania Vital Records Index

For everyone interested in Pennsylvania birth and death records there is a great new online index becoming available on February 13th.  Starting on that date, birth certificates from 1906 and death certificates from 1906 to 1961 will be available from the Pennsylvania...

Friday Funny: No Necking!

One of the things I love about genealogy research is reading old newspapers.  You never know what you might find.  I found this great piece from The Daily Iowan, the student newspaper at the University of Iowa, dated June 19, 1925. The Daily Iowan, June 19, 1925 Boys!...

Wednesday’s Child: Ralph & William Hosaflook

Tombstone of Ralph L (b. 10/22/1912, d. 8/1913) and William H Hosaflook (b. 12/29/1922, d. 1923) Buried at Linville Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia Inscription Reads: Children of H.H. & B.M. Hosaflook Ralph L. 1912 – 1913 William H. 1922 – 1923...