The following genealogy events in Nebraska are slated:
June 8, 2010 - Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society meeting. 7:15 p.m., Union College, 3800 S. 48th St., Lincoln. Presenter: Robert Ripley. Topic: The Tower of the Plains - the Nebraska State Capitol.
June 12, 2010 - Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society - Walking tour of Wyuka Cemetery led by Ed Zimmer. 9:30 a.m., 3600 O St, Lincoln.
June 16, 2010 - Greater Omaha Genealogical Society meeting. 7:00 p.m., Crown Point Retirement Center, 2820 S. 80th St., Omaha.
June 17, 2010 - Lincoln - Brown Bag Lecture - Archaeology at the Beaver Crossing Trail. Presenter: Nolan Johnson. 12:00 noonBlackman Auditorium, Nebraska History Museum, 131 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln.
June 19, 2010 - Greater Omaha Genealogical Society class - Newspaper research and Cemetery Research. 9:15 a.m. Mormon Trail Center, 3215 State Street, Omaha.
June 21, 2010 - West Point - Elkhorn Valley Genealogical Society meeting. 7:00 p.m., Stahl Library, West Point.
For further information and calendar listing of genealogy events in Nebraska, click here.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Decoration Day can be dangerous
This item appeared in the Waterloo, Iowa Daily Courier 118 years ago today.
Apparently, I have inherited my great-great grandmother's proclivity for falling down.
Find Your Family History on . . . eBay?
Family history information truly can be discovered just about anywhere. Have you considered looking on the internet auction site eBay? It's definitely worth a try. Remember the old adage - one man's junk is another man's treasure.
Today, just typing in the word genealogy on eBay resulted in more than 24,000 items for sale! Of course, you need to narrow down your search if it's going to be fruitful. For example, use the place names of where your ancestor lived. For example, a search on Limerick, Ireland gave me 180 items to review. There are old postcards, a book on the families of Limerick and vintage photographs.
You can even try searching on your ancestor's name. eBay sellers have a lot of vintage portraits for sale. Here's one I came across in a search on Waterloo, Iowa: a studio portrait of a man named William Brennan. What a find if you happen to be researching him!
Other potential resources you might find on eBay are high school yearbooks, community cookbooks (did your ancestor contribute a recipe?), plat maps, family histories, histories of locations - any kind of memorabilia and documents you can imagine are likely to be found on eBay.
If you don't want to search eBay every day, once you have a search that meets your criteria, you can click on the link that reads save this search and alert me later. eBay will sent you email alerts as new items are posted meeting that criteria.
Give it a try - you never know what you might find!
Today, just typing in the word genealogy on eBay resulted in more than 24,000 items for sale! Of course, you need to narrow down your search if it's going to be fruitful. For example, use the place names of where your ancestor lived. For example, a search on Limerick, Ireland gave me 180 items to review. There are old postcards, a book on the families of Limerick and vintage photographs.
You can even try searching on your ancestor's name. eBay sellers have a lot of vintage portraits for sale. Here's one I came across in a search on Waterloo, Iowa: a studio portrait of a man named William Brennan. What a find if you happen to be researching him!
Other potential resources you might find on eBay are high school yearbooks, community cookbooks (did your ancestor contribute a recipe?), plat maps, family histories, histories of locations - any kind of memorabilia and documents you can imagine are likely to be found on eBay.
If you don't want to search eBay every day, once you have a search that meets your criteria, you can click on the link that reads save this search and alert me later. eBay will sent you email alerts as new items are posted meeting that criteria.
Give it a try - you never know what you might find!
Memorial Day 2010 - Honoring Those Who Served
Uncle Jess is buried at Soldier's Circle at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Jess was born in Hardy, Nebraska on November 14, 1915 and died much too soon at age 45 on September 12, 1961.
1915 - 1961
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sentimental Sunday - Paul Kelly
Paul Daniel Kelly
26 June 1897 - 30 May 1946
This Memorial Day weekend, I pay tribute to Paul Daniel "D.R." Kelly, who was my grandfather's brother.
He died 64 years ago today in Portland, Oregon. He was crossing a street shortly before midnight when struck by a car. The accident was front page news in Portland the next day. Until a few weeks ago, all I knew was that he had been killed in a car accident in Oregon in the 1940s.
Just this week, I finally found a funeral notice in the Oregonian newspaper which indicated he was buried at Mount Calvary cemetery in Portland.
Two weeks ago, my sentimental Sunday tribute was to Paul's wife, Elsie Stambaugh Kelly, who returned to Nebraska some time after Paul's death.
Paul Daniel Kelly and his brother (my grandfather), William Leroy Kelly.
How can you not love those ties!
26 June 1897 - 30 May 1946
He died 64 years ago today in Portland, Oregon. He was crossing a street shortly before midnight when struck by a car. The accident was front page news in Portland the next day. Until a few weeks ago, all I knew was that he had been killed in a car accident in Oregon in the 1940s.
Just this week, I finally found a funeral notice in the Oregonian newspaper which indicated he was buried at Mount Calvary cemetery in Portland.
Two weeks ago, my sentimental Sunday tribute was to Paul's wife, Elsie Stambaugh Kelly, who returned to Nebraska some time after Paul's death.
How can you not love those ties!
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