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  • Fun with Genealogy Files Part 1

    Mr. W2L4A and I downsized earlier this year. Our smaller home came equipped with a smaller space for storing genealogy records. Okay. This is the perfect opportunity to tackle overflowing files I’ve been meaning to get to for years. And make liberal use of cloud storage. And arrange my genealogy files…

  • 1894 Obituaries: November 5

    Julius Pinkler died November 5, 1894 in a fire in F.C. Wings’ printing office: The following obituaries appeared under “deaths’ in the November 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7; Bessie Ament, Eddie Bowman, Alice Loretta Gorey, Mary Halpin (nee Crotty), Mrs. Salome Hiller, Dominick Hagarty, Mary Hoag,…

  • 15 Cemetery Kit Must Haves

    My husband and I shared the cemetery kit I mentioned here. It worked well if we were graving together or close to the car, but that isn’t always the case. When we are searching for a grave, we generally divide and conquer. “I’ll walk the rows on the left if you…

  • Happy Halloween!

    A couple of my favorite trick-or-treaters:  

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 30

    The following deaths were listed on page 2 of the October 30, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Owen F. Casey (Baby Boy) Haley Esther Lillian Hegberg               Additional deaths were reported on page 7 of the October 30, 1894 issue of the…

  • Touring Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery

    Timing is everything. Rough draft plans for a mid-October road trip were on the table. Chicago, Door County Wisconsin, and Mackinac Island Michigan were the top contenders. I was Google-ing our options when I saw the “Civil War to Civil Rights” tour offered by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. At Oak…

  • Sewing for Halloween

    Halloween preparation used to take more time, but was much more fun!

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 25

    The following deaths were reported on page 8 of the October 25, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Ellen Armstrong (nee Lynch) Amy L. Baxter Mary Boyle (nee Norton) James C. Carmody Joseph Falk Thomas Gleeson Margrett Kressler (nee Cottor) Joseph T. Leonard Mary Luebke Julius Mandelbaum Ronald B.…

  • Attorney Creates a Little Scene

    Drama in a courtroom was one of the stories that made the front page of the Chicago Daily News October 25, 1894. A stolen pet and a bungled burglary were the others that caught my eye. Which story is your favorite?

  • 1894 Obituaries: October 20

    The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 3: Ernst Grotefend William Warder       The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 6: Mamie Becker Mrs. Susan Smith Bennett Pauline…