It was on the 65th anniversary of our nations birth that John RICHARDS took Louisa SILVERS to wife. Louisa, never before married and at the age of 40 suddenly found herself a step mother to 5 grown children, the eldest of whom was but 12 years her junior. I've seen situations like these many times in my genealogical research and when I do...

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This is a lovely little find I brought home from an antique store a few weeks ago. It's filled with short verses from friends and family of a girl named Charlotte. I have scanned the pages in order but you can see by the dated entries that people did not sign the book in order.  I'm trying to determine who Charlotte may be...

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My husbands great grandmother, Catherine "Cassie" Niesz Ward graduated from Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis Kansas on Thursday May 22, 1902. I found the program for this event in our family history collection and have scanned it so descendants of other graduates can hopefully find it. It was a very small class and but it's very fun to see what the program was...

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My husband's great grandmother Catharine Niesz Ward participated in the commencement day program of Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan KS on Thursday, June 20,  1907 with a thesis in Interior Wood Finishing and House Furnishing. The commencement day program has been kept in great condition and I decided to scan and share it online. I will type up the names of all...

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