For sometime now, footnoteMaven has been tantalizing her readers at Shades of the Departed with intrigue of “something” about to happen. This morning, it happened. Shades of the Departed magazine took its bow on the blogsphere stage. It is a magnificent achievement and display all of fM’s creativity and tenacity. It’s her greatest gift to [...]
If you missed the weekend columns over at Shades of the Departed, you missed some great stuff!
On Saturday, Donna Pointkouski struggled with the issue of not finding any photographs of her great-grandparents and flirted with some ideas about how she might get some–all, of course in Donna’s trademark style, helping us see The Humor of [...]
This Sunday at Shades of the Departed, a new weekend column called Appealing Subjects debuts. And it’s written by me!
I’m honored to be one of the four Weekend with Shades columnists. The others are Terry Thornton, George Geder, and Jasia.
In Appealing Subjects, we’ll explore the strange and wonderful relationship between photography and law. We’ll consider [...]
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Eighth Grade Graduating Class, St Rita’s Academy, 1934, St Louis, Missouri
Front Row left: Edna Mary Micheau
Submitted for Smile for the Camera, 5th Edition, at Shades of the Departed
Photography by Ladd’s Studio, 5972 Easton Avenue, St Louis, Missouri
Original Privately Held by Craig Manson, Carmichael, California
Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, I’ve been blessed with a bounteous trove of genealogical riches, nearly more than one person can handle. We’ve been slowly and carefully going through boxes of documents and photographs (and at the rate we’re going, we’re likely to spend the next 15 years at this!
For this Carnival, I thought [...]
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A treasured old photograph, a police investigator’s long-shot appeal to the public and a retiree’s sharp memory have combined to solve a 15-year-old drowning mystery.
State police in Somers, N.Y., tried for years to identify a body found in the Titicus Reservoir on June 13, 1993, carrying 38 pounds of rocks in a backpack. The man [...]
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Among the stories I’m seeking to tell is that of Zeke Johnson (1847-1933), my great-great-grandfather. Grandpa Zeke “left” his master, one Wilhite, in Clay County, Missouri, in 1864 and enlisted in the 18th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry. He served until 1866. I’m looking for access of any sort (loan, copy, purchase, or view) [...]
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Annie Florida Corrine Long
She later was known as Florida C. Gines, my grandmother.
Coming Up: Research Trips–The “Don’t-Overs”
If you’ve not seen History Detectives on PBS, you’ve been depriving yourself of a real treat. For five seasons now, the show has explored historical mysteries, explaing, confirming, discovering and debunking. About 75% of the matters investigated are things submitted by viewers.
This Monday, July 9, 2007, the show tracks down the identity of a [...]
