Tag Archives: Location: US: Illinois

Who is this lovely man?  The back reads: Yours Truly Carlton E Taylor Is this a photo of Carlton?  Perhaps.

The 17th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture is a Genealogy treasure “show and tell.” Genealogists are treasure hunters of a different kind. Instead of searching for riches, we dig for information. Instead of prizing gold, we value documents – the visual proof of the life stories of families that have passed before us. Share with us the image of and the story behind a document (or documents) that have been valuable to you during your search for an Irish branch of your family. How and where […]

This is a follow-up to my Finding Emil post from last month. I haven’t really be able to figure out much since that post, but I’ve found some more information that may eventually help, including a real photo postcard in the box of photos from my aunt. While I was at the Illinois Archives a few weeks ago, I pulled a few death certificates.  One was for John SEVERING, who was Hulda WACH Miller’s second husband.  And working on a hunch, I pulled one for Hermina Severing.  See, I find […]

If you’ve read any of my recent posts, then you know that I finally started going through the box of photos my aunt gave me earlier this year. Among them, I found this photo of my great-grandfather, George ROTTMAN and his son Edward. Why is this significant?  Well it confirms the 1920 census I found for this family.  Why is that important?  The residence seemed out-of-place to me, and here’s why. Although George was born in Linn County, Iowa, he lived in Chicago as early as 1914 (possible earlier).  When […]

I have quite a few in my batch of photos from this same photographer.  I’m posting these two together because it seems like they are of the same person.  What’s even more interesting is that these photographs were taken by a female photographer in the late 1800s.

This cabinet card hails from Ottawa, Illinois.  Since there is a stamp on the back that reads “Duplicate Ordered. Mar 1892” I would assume that the photo was taken around that time.  Unfortunately there is no identifying information for the woman in the photograph.

Prompt:  Document a genealogy event with photos and share in your blog. Show others how much fun your local luncheon can be, or how your genealogy field trip turned into a landslide of books. Don’t forget to get permission before posting photos of others.

Thought I’d actually participate on a Saturday night. And wouldn’t ya know, Randy’s challenge was something I literally JUST posted a few minutes ago…too funny. Here is the task for this week: Think of three things that you learned about Genealogy or Family History today. Tell us about them in a blog post or a comment to this post.