May 16th, 2009
Egans Gines (??-1948)
In which we beat the bushes for a collateral relative in hopes of finding our way past a brick wall! One of my big brick walls has been getting past my great-grandfather Richard Gines. [Another challenge I have is getting my voice recognition software to recognize that surname!] To deal with this brick wall I’ve been looking for collateral relatives …
May 16, 2009 Saturday at 7:55 pm
Graduation Daze
Milestone Graduations in the family May 1955: Harold V. Manson receives his Bachelor of Journalism degree at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri. Also in the picture are his wife, Lillian Gines Manson (left), who had graduated from Lincoln two years earlier; and his mother, Jessie Beatrice Bowie (1909-1973) (right, holding future genealogist). Harold Manson was just the second person descended …
May 16, 2009 Saturday at 7:37 pm
Blogging Catch-up
UPDATED 5/16/09 7:45 PM PDT (links added; spelling corrected; categories added) Much going on here as the law school gets ready for graduation Saturday TODAY! So we’ve been a little slow on the blog. Here are a few things we missed: 1. Another big thank you to the volunteers at Find – a- Grave! More pictures have been found and …
May 16, 2009 Saturday at 10:03 am
