My Trails into the Past

My outside activities included a trip to Colorado with the Special Interest Tours.     Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work:  None this week.   Genealogy Meetings:  None this week. Genealogy Writing/Research :  I did no writing or research except for the blog posts. Blog Posts Published: William J Hork and Lela Nell Johnston’s Wedding For the theme of “wedding,” I shared what I had written about my parents’ wedding in a booklet I wrote for my siblings about my parents’ lives. SNGF: Favorite Learning Experience This Past Month – I wrote about one of the NGS Family History Conference sessions I attended about AI. Webinars/Courses Viewed : I viewed no webinars this week. Other: We are in our fourth week of our 27-day trip, spending time this past week in Chicago (for a few hours) and then in Colorado. Our first day was spent in Denver, and we walked to the Capitol building for a tour. We then began the Special Interest Tours trip with an ...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to: 1) What was your favorite genealogy learning experience this past month?  In-person program? Online webinar? YouTube video? Blog post?  Social media item?  Family history story? Here's mine: I have been on vacation since the NGS Conference and have not had any genealogy education in two weeks, however, the NGS Family History Conference in Louisville counts as a genealogy experience. I volunteered during the conference, so I did not attend as many sessions as I would have liked. One session stood out for me: Guiding Principles for the Genealogical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Steve Little, David Ouimette, Lynn Broderick The panelists answered questions about the best practices for using AI. Lynn Broderick said something that made sense to me. She suggested not using...

W illiam Joseph Hork and Lela Nell Johnston were married at Queen of All Saints Church in Concord, California, on 19 April 1953.[1] Lea’s friend, Barbara Boyenger, was her maid of honor and Bill’s brother-in-law, Gene Soares, was his best man. Before the ceremony, Ken Harvey, Barbara’s future husband, took photos of the preparation at Lea’s house. Barbara must have spent the night as we see the two of them having breakfast still in their night clothes.  The marriage news was written about in the Contra Costa Times and the Concord Transcript . The article in the Times is very detailed about the clothing the participants wore during the wedding and afterward for their wedding trip. They married on a Sunday afternoon at Queen of All Saints Church in Concord. Father Adrian McKenna presided over the ceremony attended by immediate family members and close friends. Because Lea was not Catholic, the ceremony was likely not a full Mass. The photo below shows the couple just at the alt...

My outside activities included visits to research repositories in Louisville, Shelbyville, and Frankfort, as well as visits to attractions and distilleries in Kentucky.   Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work: I have started drafting the upcoming BCG-sponsored webinar press release for June and will send it out this coming week.   Genealogy Meetings:    Meetings this week: None. I meant to attend the RootsMagic SIG but forgot. Genealogy Writing/Research : This week's research involved researching at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, the library in Shelbyville, and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives in Frankfort. I spent three hours at the Filson looking at books, mostly about bourbon. One was exactly what I wanted, so I bought a used copy instead of wasting time photographing pages. I also researched subjects concerning Lewis and Shelby Counties, where my ancestors are from. I missed some items on my list because I wasn’t careful whe...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings tonight is to: 1) Who are your 32 3rd-great-grandparents?  List them (with birth names).  Tell us when and where they were born, married, and died.  [NOTE:  This is easily done in your genealogy software program or online family tree by making an Ahnentafel or Ancestors report from yourself as #1, then copy and paste.] Here’s mine: This will not be an exhaustive list, as I have several 3x-great-grandparents who have yet to be identified. 32. Johann Horoch : born 15 Aug 1773 in Altenhundem, Kreis Olpe, Westfalen, Germany; married 22 Apr 1798 in Kirchhundem, Kr. Olpe, Westfalen, Germany; died 18 Oct 1826 in Altenhundem, Kreis Olpe, Westfalen, Germany. 33. Anna Gertrud Sommer : born 25 Jun 1770. 34. Johann Joseph Trösster : born 2 Feb 1778 in Oberhundem, Kreis Olpe, Wes...

Nelle Olivia Lundquist, daughter of John G. Lundquist and Anna G. Johnson, was born on 16 April 1883 in Montgomery County, Iowa. [1] Her father had a farm outside of Stanton in Scott Township, and the schoolhouse was located on their property. [2] She attended Still College of Osteopathy in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated on 11 January 1911 in a class of thirteen men and women. Her classmates who graduated mid-term included Sidney E. Cresswell, R.H. Simpson, Ed. C. Galsgie, Hulda Frandson, J.G. Connolly, Eleanor L. Harvey, Christine Ostrem, Roy F. Desart, Maud Tupper, Peter F. Kain, Helga Christensen, and Mabel Cleveland. [3]   She practiced primarily in Missouri and Montgomery County, Iowa. [4] In 1934, she attended a reunion breakfast of her class on 25 July at the Allis Hotel during the Wichita convention. [5] However, she was the only one in her class mentioned as attending. It must have been a reunion of any graduate of the school. [1] Fremont Lutheran Churc...

My outside activities included visits to research repositories in Indianapolis and Jeffersonville, and attending the NGS Family History Conference in Louisville.   Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work: My volunteer work this week was at the NGS conference, where I was a room monitor for two sessions and worked the BCG booth twice.   Genealogy Meetings:  None. Genealogy Writing/Research : This week's research involved researching at the Indiana State Archives, the Indiana State Library, the Jeffersonville Public Library, and the Clark County Courthouse. At the archives, I took photos of physician licenses for Edward N. Flynn, who practiced in Jeffersonville and was mayor for a term, and for Rose C. McFall, who practiced in Indianapolis. There was also a military service card for Joseph H. McFall, who served during the Spanish-American War. At the state library, I photographed a story about a man’s experience at the Jeffersonville orphan home, some photographs of old ...