A tragic story in the newspaper can lead to helping others with their family trees. As readers of my blog know I review old newspaper to find obituaries, anniversaries, wedding and other interesting stories that I can build a family tree around and that I can share with the family of the person or persons... Continue Reading →
Tramps on the railroad – 1900
If you can't find information for a relative on the tree, then maybe he or she was a tramp, who was killed and buried in an unknown grave. Here is a story that has five tramps being killed, while stealing a ride, on the B. & O. R. R. -- I copied the story and... Continue Reading →