This photograph was taken in March 1881 of a train passing through snow-covered Minnesota in the worst snow season ever recorded there. The snow season started with a storm in October 1880 and it just kept on snowing until March of 1881. It was one of the Midwest’s worst-ever snow seasons, with multiple blizzards... (Read More)
Genealogists in 16 States pass away. AK, CA, DE, FL, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, MO, OH, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. Bedgood, Pierrine Charlotte Claudine Cabral. (1938-2009) Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) – May 13, 2009 Cheng, Nelson Yum-Ping. (1920-2009) St. Petersburg Times (FL) – May 14, 2009 Cox, Donald H. (1946-2009) Lima News... (Read More)
Genealogists in 26 States pass away. AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, ID, IN, LA, MA, MI, MO, NC, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI Antram, Jeanne. (1930-2009) Roswell Daily Record (NM) – May 12, 2009 Becker, Julia Drane. (1920-2009) Tulare Advance-Register (CA) – May 9,... (Read More)
These archivists have recently passed away. Sister Veronica Grzelak. (1926-2009) Archivist for Immaculate Heart of Mary Province for ten years Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT) – May 3, 2009 Nicholson, Harman C.B. (1920-2009) Archivist to the Chief of the Highland Clan MacNicol (Scotland) Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) – April 29, 2009 Rehberg, Lois E. (Lawrie). (1923-2009)... (Read More)
Patty Barthell Myers died 9 October 2008, at the home of her daughter, Lucy Bonnington. Her obituary (San Antonio Express-News (TX) – October 13, 2008; Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 Oct 2008) simply stated her “life’s work was genealogy.” Well said. She was the author of numerous compiled genealogies and reference works including: Female index to... (Read More)
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