Wow! I remember doing this thread but must not have posted it. I have some new goodies to post soon. What about you?
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A Blast from the Past - Genealogy in the Gallery - June
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scrap-genie
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I'm working on a new presentation for next Saturday which is taking a lot of my time. Also have been working on the 1950 census project at FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/getinvolved/1950. So not much research right now.
Jean! Kudos for working on the 1950! That's really admirable!
LSlycord
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I've done a few this month. Here is one that I just did this morning. As always, it pulled me down the rabbit hole. I knew that was my great grandfather John Robert McCartt. He was the father of my dad's mother. I've always wondered about the photo however. Where was he? Why the photo? Of course, I still don't know those things but here is what I do know.
He was born in Tennessee, in 1875, coming from a long line of fire and brimstone preachers. He married Annie Elizabeth Evans, also from Tennessee. I visited Wartburg, TN many years ago with my parents and we found an old McCartt cemetery up in the hills. It was a great trip and brings back fond memories.
He worked on the railroad and he moved his family to Trenton, Missouri---lots of railroad men there. He and Annie had 7 children. My grandmother was number 5. Annie died in 1939 at the age of 59 of cancer. In 1941, he remarried and moved to Oklahoma City. The woman's name was Gertrude Tuck and census records tell me that she was 54. What census records don't tell me is how he met her. I'm guessing maybe at church but that's only a guess.
I did find that they were married in Garland County, Arkansas in 1941. By doing an internet search, I was able to find a photo of this same John C. Bohl Jewelry Store in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The photo that I found was in 1943 and had men walking in front of it in uniform. The fact that there were no men in uniform makes me think that it may have been in 1941 when he was there to get married. Again, just a guess but it did get me digging around today.
He was born in Tennessee, in 1875, coming from a long line of fire and brimstone preachers. He married Annie Elizabeth Evans, also from Tennessee. I visited Wartburg, TN many years ago with my parents and we found an old McCartt cemetery up in the hills. It was a great trip and brings back fond memories.
He worked on the railroad and he moved his family to Trenton, Missouri---lots of railroad men there. He and Annie had 7 children. My grandmother was number 5. Annie died in 1939 at the age of 59 of cancer. In 1941, he remarried and moved to Oklahoma City. The woman's name was Gertrude Tuck and census records tell me that she was 54. What census records don't tell me is how he met her. I'm guessing maybe at church but that's only a guess.
I did find that they were married in Garland County, Arkansas in 1941. By doing an internet search, I was able to find a photo of this same John C. Bohl Jewelry Store in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The photo that I found was in 1943 and had men walking in front of it in uniform. The fact that there were no men in uniform makes me think that it may have been in 1941 when he was there to get married. Again, just a guess but it did get me digging around today.
What a great photo and beautiful LO, Linda! I would about bet you're right about this being a honeymoon photo. They were less expensive by this time than they had been but still often reserved for just special occasions.I've done a few this month. Here is one that I just did this morning. As always, it pulled me down the rabbit hole. I knew that was my great grandfather John Robert McCartt. He was the father of my dad's mother. I've always wondered about the photo however. Where was he? Why the photo? Of course, I still don't know those things but here is what I do know.
He was born in Tennessee, in 1875, coming from a long line of fire and brimstone preachers. He married Annie Elizabeth Evans, also from Tennessee. I visited Wartburg, TN many years ago with my parents and we found an old McCartt cemetery up in the hills. It was a great trip and brings back fond memories.
He worked on the railroad and he moved his family to Trenton, Missouri---lots of railroad men there. He and Annie had 7 children. My grandmother was number 5. Annie died in 1939 at the age of 59 of cancer. In 1941, he remarried and moved to Oklahoma City. The woman's name was Gertrude Tuck and census records tell me that she was 54. What census records don't tell me is how he met her. I'm guessing maybe at church but that's only a guess.
I did find that they were married in Garland County, Arkansas in 1941. By doing an internet search, I was able to find a photo of this same John C. Bohl Jewelry Store in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The photo that I found was in 1943 and had men walking in front of it in uniform. The fact that there were no men in uniform makes me think that it may have been in 1941 when he was there to get married. Again, just a guess but it did get me digging around today.
Priceless! I love the bright LO, it really brings the photo to life.This was a photo of my mom when she was younger than my daughter. I'm brightening up the colors on the layouts a bit. I think I've finally realized that, while the photos may be black and white, the world wasn't!
LSlycord
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I was anxious to see what your opinion was on my theory! Glad that you think it's a good possibility...until my next discovery!
tanteva
Mistress of Mayhem
I've been meaning to make this latyout for a long time. The June challenge finally made me do it.
It's all in the gallery, but I'll paste the translation here too:
In June 1693, Lars Sonidsson and Gunilla Olofsdotter, is married in the town of Ekshärad in Värmland. From what I've found, they have three daugthers together. I'm not sure how their life is, but I think they are fairly well off. Not rich, but still, they have a farm, and I can't see any obvious signs of poverty.
Eventually their children grow up. One of the daughters, Anna, marries her Engelbrekt, and they in turn have children, who have children, who have children, and so on. One of all the descendants from this couple is me. About 275 years after Lars and Gunilla said yes to eachother in church, I took my first steps.
Lars and Gunilla's other daughter, Ingegerd, marries her Sone and they have children, who have children, who have children, and so on. One of all these descendants is named Edwin by his parents, but he will be known by a completely different name: Buzz. About 275 years after Lars and Gunilla said yes to eachother in church, Buzz took a couple of truly amazing steps!
You have to wonder, what would Lars and Gunilla have thought, if one would have told them that one day their great great great great great great grandchild would walk on the moon!?
It's all in the gallery, but I'll paste the translation here too:
In June 1693, Lars Sonidsson and Gunilla Olofsdotter, is married in the town of Ekshärad in Värmland. From what I've found, they have three daugthers together. I'm not sure how their life is, but I think they are fairly well off. Not rich, but still, they have a farm, and I can't see any obvious signs of poverty.
Eventually their children grow up. One of the daughters, Anna, marries her Engelbrekt, and they in turn have children, who have children, who have children, and so on. One of all the descendants from this couple is me. About 275 years after Lars and Gunilla said yes to eachother in church, I took my first steps.
Lars and Gunilla's other daughter, Ingegerd, marries her Sone and they have children, who have children, who have children, and so on. One of all these descendants is named Edwin by his parents, but he will be known by a completely different name: Buzz. About 275 years after Lars and Gunilla said yes to eachother in church, Buzz took a couple of truly amazing steps!
You have to wonder, what would Lars and Gunilla have thought, if one would have told them that one day their great great great great great great grandchild would walk on the moon!?
Eva, this is a teriffic page. Buzz Aldrin, eh! That's so amazing. My father helped put him on the moon and met with him several times. Col, cool, cool!I've been meaning to make this latyout for a long time. The June challenge finally made me do it.
It's all in the gallery, but I'll paste the translation here too:
In June 1693, Lars Sonidsson and Gunilla Olofsdotter, is married in the town of Ekshärad in Värmland. From what I've found, they have three daugthers together. I'm not sure how their life is, but I think they are fairly well off. Not rich, but still, they have a farm, and I can't see any obvious signs of poverty.
Eventually their children grow up. One of the daughters, Anna, marries her Engelbrekt, and they in turn have children, who have children, who have children, and so on. One of all the descendants from this couple is me. About 275 years after Lars and Gunilla said yes to eachother in church, I took my first steps.
Lars and Gunilla's other daughter, Ingegerd, marries her Sone and they have children, who have children, who have children, and so on. One of all these descendants is named Edwin by his parents, but he will be known by a completely different name: Buzz. About 275 years after Lars and Gunilla said yes to eachother in church, Buzz took a couple of truly amazing steps!
You have to wonder, what would Lars and Gunilla have thought, if one would have told them that one day their great great great great great great grandchild would walk on the moon!?
tanteva
Mistress of Mayhem
Wow. Small world!
Great pages! I've done another one for Kay's June Challenge. This is my mom and her parents. I'm so lucky to still have this wonderful copy of this photo.
Sure are! I'll bet you look just like that sweet little fairy!Great pages! I've done another one for Kay's June Challenge. This is my mom and her parents. I'm so lucky to still have this wonderful copy of this photo.
I think I DO resemble a fairy! Some have told me that. Hahaha I try to sprinkle fairy dust wherever I go. #cry
And the world gets smaller! @Betty Jo Your uncle and my father undoubtedly ran into each other.
Susan, my uncle was James Johnson, everyone called him Red. My precious Uncle Red. I have no idea if he ever met the astronauts. It was always such fun to go fishing at the cape because he would drive us by the hangers, or whatever they were called, and point out the latest space projects they were working on. As a child, I had no idea what a big deal that actually was. Years, later, I lived two hours away from the Cape, and as a young married woman, I stood on my front porch with my hubby watching as various spacecraft launched, feeling so proud that my uncle helped to put them there.
@Betty Jo It would have been amazing to see the launches so close. I'm envious. Daddy was at the Cape or in Houston for every launch because of the work he did on the Instrumentation Unit. We always got to watch the launches at school. I don't think I ever missed one. IBM withdrew from that program after Sky Lab and he was transferred to the new Personal Computer Division in Boca Raton, so when I got out of the Army, I went to West Palm Beach where they lived. Eventually I moved to Tallahassee to complete my degree at FSU. I was delivering packages for Federal Express and saw the Space Shuttle Challenger explode. I remember weeping as I rang the next doorbell, a customer I knew well, and we cried together. My father was devastated.
My imagination has always been in the stars because of Daddy's work in the space industry. I would give my eyeteeth, my left arm to go into space. I wonder if the will need little old ladies to colonize if Elon Musk has his way? I'd go in a heartbeat!
My uncle passed away in the late 70's. Oh goodness, I'll never forget the day the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. I was living in GA at that time and had just arrived to the dentist's office. Of course, everything stopped as everyone gazed through tears and unbelief at the TV. One of those horrible situations where you never forget where you at that exact moment.
My sister lived in West Palm and I still have a niece there.
You just never know. They might need little ole ladies to colonize. Nothing would surprise me these days. If they do, Susan, I'll know where to find you!!
My sister lived in West Palm and I still have a niece there.
You just never know. They might need little ole ladies to colonize. Nothing would surprise me these days. If they do, Susan, I'll know where to find you!!
LSlycord
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Love these. Love that you are taking time to scrap yourself and include your memories!Going to post my May photos here. I only have a couple. Both feature "yours truly".
Oh, Linda! This is a wonderful LO. It's so sad that the relationship was rocky and you didn't know him, but wonderful that you did a LO about it.Another one from me this month. I am certainly enjoying scrapping some of these old family photos. This one is my dad's father. They had a stormy relationship...but I couldn't help wondering about this man that was so scary and intimidating.
Marilyn! Those are some darling photos! And your LOs are superb! I love the journaling and little details!Going to post my May photos here. I only have a couple. Both feature "yours truly".
RJMJ
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Created For Personal Reasons : Also For The June 2022 : Challenge #5 : Heritage Layout Scrap
Hopefully I did this challenge correctly...I'm not usually a heritage scrapper...I've dabbled a bit over the years & it was actually how I started My digiscrapping journey over 12 years ago now...I have a good lot of photos I suppose...But most of them are pre-digital & require a lot of work to make look good...Time I generally don't have & I'm far from an expert on how to restore vintage photos...But this is one of my favorite photos of me & my dad...I have always wanted to restore it & create a special layout for him...But I knew it would be daunting task..Just for the photo alone...& I wanted it to be extra special too...I'm a bit of a perfectionist...No one would have guessed that...LOL!!!......So I have been working on this photo for weeks now this month...I was finally mildly happy with it a few days ago...So It was now time to find a kit/collection that would highlight the photo properly...I ended up picking up 6 collections from the Oscraps store...Not knowing what would work...if any...It turned out to be a bit of an exercise in patience...None of the collections were the right colors or shades to go with the photo...So I was like...now I have to recolor these too...more time & patience on my part...also another reason why I left it til the end of the month...Either way upon further study I found one collection that was close to what I wanted & how I wanted the layout to look...So I went about creating the page today...It took quite sometime also to recolor everything & get all the elements together & I had to create some of my own WA too...But I did use one of Vicki Stegall's wonderful! "Dad" WA's too...It was just the right finishing touch I thought & I turned it into a sticker too...After much deliberation...I thought It looked just the way I wanted it to...
The photo in question...is a photo of me & my dad from December 1970...I love the look on my face...I look like I have the look of wonder in my eyes & on my face...dressed up in my fancy lace dress!!!...this photo makes me smile & warms my heart...It means so much to me...It was very important to me to scrap this page & photo...IE...[Giving away my age here...I was 2 years old!!!...]...
Thanks for the challenge...xx Rhonda...
Hopefully I did this challenge correctly...I'm not usually a heritage scrapper...I've dabbled a bit over the years & it was actually how I started My digiscrapping journey over 12 years ago now...I have a good lot of photos I suppose...But most of them are pre-digital & require a lot of work to make look good...Time I generally don't have & I'm far from an expert on how to restore vintage photos...But this is one of my favorite photos of me & my dad...I have always wanted to restore it & create a special layout for him...But I knew it would be daunting task..Just for the photo alone...& I wanted it to be extra special too...I'm a bit of a perfectionist...No one would have guessed that...LOL!!!...
...So I have been working on this photo for weeks now this month...I was finally mildly happy with it a few days ago...So It was now time to find a kit/collection that would highlight the photo properly...I ended up picking up 6 collections from the Oscraps store...Not knowing what would work...if any...It turned out to be a bit of an exercise in patience...None of the collections were the right colors or shades to go with the photo...So I was like...now I have to recolor these too...more time & patience on my part...also another reason why I left it til the end of the month...Either way upon further study I found one collection that was close to what I wanted & how I wanted the layout to look...So I went about creating the page today...It took quite sometime also to recolor everything & get all the elements together & I had to create some of my own WA too...But I did use one of Vicki Stegall's wonderful! "Dad" WA's too...It was just the right finishing touch I thought & I turned it into a sticker too...After much deliberation...I thought It looked just the way I wanted it to...The photo in question...is a photo of me & my dad from December 1970...I love the look on my face...I look like I have the look of wonder in my eyes & on my face...dressed up in my fancy lace dress!!!...this photo makes me smile & warms my heart...It means so much to me...It was very important to me to scrap this page & photo...IE...[Giving away my age here...I was 2 years old!!!...]...
Thanks for the challenge...xx Rhonda...
I am pea green with envy of your photo collection, Marilyn! It is truly amazing - and your even more amazing LOs make for a charming and informative heritage album. Your family is so luck to have a member that cares so much about preserving the past to inform the present and future!Here's what I've got for June, so far, for heritage layouts. It's been a busy month.
@RJMJ Rhonda, I love the backstory here! Your photo is so precious! And your LO is just perfect! Did you see this thread?Created For Personal Reasons : Also For The June 2022 : Challenge #5 : Heritage Layout Scrap
Hopefully I did this challenge correctly...I'm not usually a heritage scrapper...I've dabbled a bit over the years & it was actually how I started My digiscrapping journey over 12 years ago now...I have a good lot of photos I suppose...But most of them are pre-digital & require a lot of work to make look good...Time I generally don't have & I'm far from an expert on how to restore vintage photos...But this is one of my favorite photos of me & my dad...I have always wanted to restore it & create a special layout for him...But I knew it would be daunting task..Just for the photo alone...& I wanted it to be extra special too...I'm a bit of a perfectionist...No one would have guessed that...LOL!!!...
The photo in question...is a photo of me & my dad from December 1970...I love the look on my face...I look like I have the look of wonder in my eyes & on my face...dressed up in my fancy lace dress!!!...this photo makes me smile & warms my heart...It means so much to me...It was very important to me to scrap this page & photo...IE...[Giving away my age here...I was 2 years old!!!...]...
Thanks for the challenge...xx Rhonda...
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mcurtt
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Thanks, Susan. I really am fortunate. I've had the opportunity to scan much of my DH's heritage pics. They are owned by my 95 year old MIL, but she has let me borrow many of the originals to scan. And as for my side of the family, I picked up more photographs from my brother over Easter. My intent is to rescan them all (many were scanned at a lower resolution when I didn't know what I was doing, back in the early 2000's). I've shared digital files and in several instances, hard-copies of layouts to the family. My DH thinks I'm insane, but for the most part, he's a pretty good sport about it all.