Julie's Genealogy & History Hub

A law passed in May 2010 allows for Illinois adoptees to request their original birth certificates without a court order.  Those who were born before 1 January 1946 have been able to request their birth certificates since the law was enacted.  Those born after 1 […]

Two distinguished gentlemen.

Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun for today is Two Truths, One Lie. Play “two truths and a lie.”  Tell us three facts about your family history — two have to be true and one has to be a lie. Put them on your own […]

In my last post, Are you Good At Reading Bad Handwriting, I asked for some assistance in deciphering a pension application.  With the help of some great genealogy friends (Randy Seaver, Darlene Sorenson Bittaker, and Kimberly J. Sawtelle), I was able to fill in most […]

I am working on transcribing the pension application for Solomon Naughton/Norton, Revolutionary War soldier.  There are about 20 words across 5 pages that I am having some trouble with.  If anyone would like to try to decipher these words, I’d appreciate the help.  All of […]

For the reason behind this post, please refer to GeneaBloggers article The Face of Genealogy.

The little stuffed animal she is holding certainly isn’t helping her camera shyness…she looks terrified…in an adorable way.

No identifying information for this little girl, who is so “matter-of-fact” in her pose.