My great-aunt Esther Hanson worked at the Covenant Children’s Home in Princeton, Illinois for more than a decade. For background, refer to this post.
Who Got What from Christian Pearson
About six months ago, all of Saunders County’s deeds, marriage, probate and other records were made available online via familysearch.org.1 It’s a monstrous collection containing over 1,600 books and files of images. I was able to use the deed indexes and deed books to finally sort through how my great-great-grandfather Christian Pearson distributed his land […]
Frasier Siblings
I was looking through Grandma Thelma’s photo album last week and noticed several fun photos of Grandma and her siblings through the years.
Photo Album: 1923 Road Trip
Photos taken by Clarinda (Hanson) Rudeen on a belated honeymoon trip in August, 1923. The photos were described in a five-part series. link to Part 1 in this series link to Part 2 in this series link to Part 3 in this series link to Part 4 in this series link to Part 5 in […]
Are you my cousin? Some thoughts about our shared DNA…
I know that many readers of this blog are cousins to me and Dale and many of you have had your DNA tested on Ancestry or other services. I even see some of your names or user IDs come up when I look at DNA match lists. Many of you are probably wondering if you’re […]
