Genealogy is such a cool hobby. You never know what’s around the corner when you start doing some research. Remember a few days ago, I pulled a random envelope out of my files? It concerned the military service of my great-great-great-grandfather Salathiel Timmons. Well, after writing that post, I decided to go on ancestry.com and […]
Two cousins
I suppose it’s inevitable that a genealogy blog must report sad news from time to time. First I am sad to report the death of Warren Rudeen, the third child of Walt and Anna Rudeen’s four children. His three siblings preceded him in death. Warren was very interested in the Rudeen family history and even […]
A random envelope
I decided to pull a random envelope out of one of my many boxes of research material down in the basement. This particular envelope was from the Illinois State Archives and it was sent to me clear back in October, 2000. (I don’t even remember ordering it!) It contains copies of selected pages from the […]
