Showing posts with label Orting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orting. Show all posts
03 February 2014

Elsie the Rebekah

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Recently I received a few more pieces of my own family history. As the designated family archivist, my collection of photographs, ephemera...
20 October 2013

Curiosity is Allowed to Take Over

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What's the deal with Fraternal Societies?  One of my favorite areas of research lies in fraternal societies. These organizations play...
15 May 2013

Uncle Boone

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One a more personal note, my Great Uncle, Don "Boone" Brown passed away last week. Here is his obituary from The Orting News . I...
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23 January 2013

Taking Notes From the Bible

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I’m finally getting some time to sit down and compare my information to that provided by the Bible of Carrie L. (Brown) Carlyle, which was ...
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13 January 2013

Torn and Ragged

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About a week ago, I got the email that every family historian dreams of.  It happened. It really happened. A man in Illinois (for pri...
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12 November 2012

Obituary: Mrs. Charlotte Anderson

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Mrs. Charlotte Anderson Called By Death   Charlotte was my great-great grandmother, through her daughter, Emma, who married Wil...
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18 October 2012

Finances

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After a quick trip to my parents house, and nearly a week of being ill, I *think* I'm back and ready to go on my research, this blog, an...
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22 August 2012

School Photo

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Great looking school group. My Great Aunt Carrie Brown is one of the teachers, indicated with the red arrow at the top. This would have be...
16 July 2012

Obituary: Francis "Marie" (Brown) McKinney

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Taking a break from The Diary to offer you this... The obituary for Francis "Marie" (Brown) McKinney, who was my great grandfat...
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28 May 2012

Frankie's Letter: From a Widow to the Pension Board

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Last in three posts dedicated to the military personnel in my family, a Memorial Day tribute of sorts. As any genealogist would know, pens...
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26 May 2012

Silent Saturday: Remembering what Memorial Day is really about.

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Grave site of Robert A Carlyle, my first cousin, 2x removed. All week I've been updating my cover photo on Facebook with military...
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26 April 2012

Photo Mystery: Tenino, Washington 1938

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While archiving some photos, I came across this picture:  The couple bears no resemblance to anyone in our family, and they are no...
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12 April 2012

Treasure Chest Thursday: William W. Brown in Photos

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Just a quick interruption of Lottie's memoirs to give you this. William Warner Brown, pictured here with younger sister, Bessie....
10 April 2012

Obituary: Family Friend Sue Skinner

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02 April 2012

First Images from the 1940 US Census!

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Here's what I managed to acquire before the servers at the National Archives slowed down to the point of not moving (about 30 minutes i...
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22 March 2012

Wordless Wednesday: William & Estella Brown

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 Wordless? Ha! Just not my style... William James Brown was the third son of William Warner Brown and Emma Anderson (Andersson?) of Orting...
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