I grew up knowing that I was born on my maternal grandparents wedding anniversary, July 2. My grandparents, Ila and…
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Flunkie Files
Ancestral Wedding Photos
As our nineteenth wedding anniversary came and went this past summer I couldn’t help but reflect on the weddings that…
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Leave Room to Be Surprised
Back in the beginning of my research my main goal was to find out who my Grandpa’s dad was. It…
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Lawsuit Threads
When I first began researching my Gamache family line I was lucky to easily access lots of documents, information and…
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St. Louis Prohibition
A Families Choice My husbands Grandmother Rose, who was born in 1920, told us many stories about her Italian American…
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A Snapshot of 1923 Travel
St. Louis, MO to Chester, IL On my last post, Double First Cousins, I introduced you to Dale. A few…
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