Tag: Cook County

Did you get snow? Bet it was nothing like the snow of 1898.

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 22, 2008

We got snow this weekend – lots of it. Here’s a picture showing the snow piled on the railing of our back deck. But, it was nothing like the Blizzard of 1898 – with 15′ high snow drifts. We found many articles about the Blizzard of 1898 in GenealogyBank – including this one… …about... (Read More)

Mora Evelyn Boone (1901-2008) world’s oldest genealogist

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 14, 2008

Mora Evelyn Boone (1901-2008) has passed away. She was the nation’s and probably the world’s oldest genealogist. Her great-granddaughter Alice Boone wrote about her life on their online site at: Ben and Alice. She describes an indomitable woman who was beloved by her family and added that despite her age, “She was an enthusiastic... (Read More)