A Whimsical Nature?
Playfulness must have been part of my great grandmother’s personality. I say that because her albums have several photos that …
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Papa was a kind and gentle man
What few stories I know about my great grandfather, I learned from a video in which my paternal grandmother, Ottie, …
The influence of Bliss
In 1908 in the little town of Bliss, Oklahoma my paternal grandmother, Ottie Rury, was born. From 1905 through 1939 …
and then there’s Maude
Maude Mae Rury nee Hilton was my paternal great, grandmother. She died in March 1964 and I presume that the …
Tombstone Tuesday – Rury
James Lyman Rury was my paternal grandmother’s father and he died in 1925 when my grandmother was still in high …
Wordless Wednesday – Mystery
This is a 16″ x 20″ portrait of a woman with blue eyes that was among my paternal Grandmother’s things. …
Beach costumes
Carnival of Genealogy, 74th Edition is back by popular demand, the topic for the next edition of the Carnival of …
