Postcard from Hong Kong, 1953
Dearest Jay, This is a picture of the palace in Tokyo, Japan, where the Emperor and Empress live. Mother and Daddy saw…
1954 Postcard from Kuwait
Dear Jay-de-boy, See the donkeys-- they go up and down the hill and then as they they [sic] go up the water…
South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
Elizabeth and Annabel went on a genealogical mission into Chicago, Wednesday. We visited the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, in Hazel…
Hine Gravesites, Oak Hill Cemetery, Chicago
Our cemetery search was not as fruitful as I had hoped. After searching the indexes at SSGHS, I began to doubt whether…
Chicago Area Cemeteries
Collection of cemeteries, graves, and other places of interest that I'm going to look for when I'm in Chicago.
Could this be Albert Heun’s parents?
So far, the earliest record we have of Albert Hine/Heun's lineage is an 1880 US Census listing him (at age 18) living…
Van Vuuren 50th Wedding Anniversary
In this photo Grandmother VanVuuren, Ann Norris (?), Grandfather VanVuuren, Aunt Gertrude VanErden (that is the order in which the names were…
Albert Hine (Heun) and Kate (Trientje) VanVuuren
Kate (Trientje) VanVuuren born 28 Feb 1865, died 9 Nov 1949, married Albert Hine (Heun) 11 Jul 1883. Albert Hine born 6…
Jennie Smith’s Mother
In January I worked long and hard to connect Jacob and Agnes Smith to their Dutch origins. On the 1900 Federal Census,…
Albert & Effie Henry Marriage Certificate
Albert & Effie Henry Marriage Certificate Scanned and submitted by Bonnie Beauchamp
Emma Eugenia Cowan Rhining Obituary
This lovely obituary was submitted by Bonnie Beauchamp, daughter of Mildred Bearden. She had this to say about her grandmother Effie Henry:…
Emma Eugenia Cowan Rhining death notice
Rhining death Submitted by Bonnie Beauchamp. Featured photo: Mrs. Snodgrass, Mother Rhining, Julia Thomas. At Aunt Julie's, 8th St. Sept 1923. Link…