by amanita | Mar 21, 2012 | Genealogy, Indianapolis, Nelson Family
Early on in the history of this blog I wrote a post about how the Girl Scouts devoured a cemetery that I REALLY wanted to go to. I had a sneaking suspicion that within this cemetery lay quite a few of Andrew’s old family, including great great great great...
by amanita | Mar 11, 2012 | Genealogy, Other families
During a visit to the Indiana State Library two weeks ago I came upon an amazing amount of information over both Andrew’s family as well as my friend Amy. The first story I came upon was about Amy’s great great great grandfather, who it turns out died in...
by amanita | Jan 22, 2012 | Genealogy, Nelson Family, Uncategorized
I found this when I visited the Indiana State Library. I love 1.) that the writer is also the man who ministered the funeral service and 2.) how delightfully flowery the language is. Here is the tribute to Asa Caywood, a pioneer of Hendricks County, Indiana, outside...
by amanita | Jan 21, 2012 | Genealogy, Kinsley Family, Travel
On our last morning in Scranton I was ready to really use that Google Map I had created for the trip. On the map I included every address from my ancestors that I could find. Usually you can find addresses in cities for census records from 1900 and later. I was...
by amanita | Jan 7, 2012 | Genealogy, Reed Family
Unfortunately while I’ve been on break I have only had one day where I was able to make it to the Indiana State Library. It was, however, a great visit. I learned a lot of interesting info. I was mostly looking for obituaries for Andrew’s family. The...
by amanita | Jan 4, 2012 | Genealogy, Kinsley Family, Travel
We didn’t stay at the train station hotel our entire trip. In fact, we were so very lucky to have some condo timeshare points donated to us by my sister! She has a condo through Wyndham and some leftover points she would not be using, as she had just given...
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