In This Issue
For Your Interest
Words From The Reunited
Letters To The Archivists
Photo of the Month
Pick and Shovel
What's New In The Database
Recognize These Faces
Dead Ringers
Feature Article
For Your Interest
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Words From The Reunited
567 James Lingley
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Found by Grandson
568 Alphonsine Rabideau
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Glad to see a photo of some relatives! Alphosine was my gr. grandmother's (Melinda Rabideau) sister. |
569 Daniel James Pillsbury
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This is my great-grandfather, Daniel James Pillsbury.
~ Cheri |
570 Mcgee
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This person's picture, picture #14820 is an ancestor of my friend.
~ Diane
571 & 572 George & Gerald Olmstead
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I am in such a state of excitement I can hardly believe it! I just saw 3 photos on the DeadFred website that you submitted of George and Gerald Olmstead. They are family and I can give you all the info on them you could ever ask for. I have been researching this line for many years
~ Doreen |
573 Merton Tanner Straight
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Merton Tanner Straight was my maternal grandfather
~ Laura
574 David Allen McGinnis
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DAVID ALLEN McGINNIS looks like my grandfather (his nephew).
~ Kelley |
575 John Hail
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I know who the John Hail is that you have on the Dead Fred photo web is. He was born in 1832, and died 12 October 1911, in Loso, Oklahoma, he was a Confederate veteran.
~ Jack
576 E. S. Cornett
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If my mother is correct this would be our Grandfather. Her mother was Annie Cornett formally of Fordland Mo. His name was E.S. Cornett.. known as Squire to family.. was born aprox. Oct.12, 1835 died Feb. 18,1910...... he is burried at the Dixon Cemetary... When my grandmother moved from Seymour, Mo. most of her photos were lost. |
577 Orby Bray
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I am Edgar Perry Brays granddaughter. Uncle Orby was his brother. I am Elmer Theodore Brays oldest daughter
~ Jana |
578 - 590 Pettigrew Family
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This is my wife's family. Clara is my wife's great grandmother. I may be able to give you more. |
591 Allen Thurman
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Allen Thurman is in our family tree. Glad you posted it.
~ Carolyn |
592 Emory Merrill Barkow
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I am doing genealogy on my great grandfather Emory Merrill Barkow, and I came across a photograph of a fraternity. Emory was in the photo. This is a photograph that was submitted by you, as I understand. If you have any further information on Emory Merrill Barkow, or this Frat House, please let me know. Thank you so much!
593 - 599 Balkey Family
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Saw the picture of the Balkey family. This is my family. grandparents Clyde my father and uncles. I have a picture of this. Just wondered what city you purchased it at. A lot of old pictures end up in antique shop or store.
600 Mildred Renshaw
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You have a picture of Mildred Renshaw in 1922 Lewis and Clark HS from Spokane. Mildred is my cousin.
601 David Ellington
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How do l I get a copy of that picture of David Ellington, civil war veteran and that wonderful write up? This individual is of my direct line and I was terribly surprised when I was looking at his picture online and read that wonderfu write up.
~ Rhonda
602 & 603 Sarah and Mary Shipley
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The picture of Sarah and Mary Shipley. James L. Shipley thier father is my 3rd great grandfather.
~ Mary
604 & 605 Norman & Chub Bob Geyer
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I came across this site searching for Geyers of Logansport. My father (past away last Aug.) often mentioned cousins Norman and Chub.
604 William Braxton Flick
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John Flick was my great-grandfather. He is buried at Rosedale Cemetery at Ada, Oklahoma. My grandfather was William Braxton Flick, son of John, son of Braxton, son of Hiram.
606 Fred Clonce
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Fred Clonce in the picture was my grandfather. He died in 1995. He married Marjorie L Grieder and they had 2 children.
607 Joseph Hatfield Bryant
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Joseph Hatfield Bryant was my maternal great great grandfather. His daughter Nancy Emaline Bryant is my great grandmother.
~ Lori
608 & 609 Mabel & Freda Pfortmiller
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I recognize many of the women in the picture posted on deadfred.com as photo 17522. It is the members of Ladies Aid at Immanual Lutheran church North of Natoma, Kansas. It was probably taken in 1944. The lady identified as 22 is my mother. The lady identified as 17 is my grandmother. |
610 Walt McFry
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Walt is my great grandfather! I have several other photos of him. He was a private in the 5th Alabama Battalion. He was in General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He was actually at Appomattox Court House the day General Lee surrendered, on April 9th, 1865. He and what was left of the 5th Alabama Battalion then WALKED back to Piedmont, Alabama!
611 - 613 Arthur & Margaret Bogan & Malcolm Calhoune
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Arthur Raymond Bogan appears in my Calhoun lateral line as well as Malcolm Calhoun from St. Louis, MO.
~ Irma
614 Alphonsine Rabideau
(2 discoveries in one month!)
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I am very surprised to see my Grandmother on the web.
~ Linda
615 Velmo Gray
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This is my grandmother and we would love to know more about her past. |
616 John Lepko
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This was my grandfather. Is this photo available to be sent to the family?
~ Mary
617 Charles Princeton Bowman
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Hi! I found your photo of the K of P Lodge of Paducah, Texas, on "DeadFred.com." My g-grandfather, Charles Princeton Bowman, is in this picture.
618 Alma Victoria Badertscher
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I found my grandmother's photo on your site. Her name was Alma Victoria Badertscher.
~ Ray
619 Della Wales (Straley) Adam
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I have an original of this photograph in my family album. She was my great grandmothers sister in law Della Wales (Straley) Adam (WIFE OF John Adam) she was born in 1869-1937.
~ Ty
620 Clora Yantis Benedum
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Clora Yantis Benedum was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. While I have no birth or death information in my records for her, her father was James Madison Monroe Benedum, I have a picture of his gravestone in Spokane. Clora had a brother James Claxton Benedum and a brother Darwin Benedum. her grandfather was Emanuel Benedum. Her gr grandfather was Henry Benedum and her 2nd gr. grandfather was Peter Benedum who married Nancy Anne Kurtz. Peter Benedum was my 5th gr grandfather. Peter's father was Heinrich Benedum. Clora was married to Paul Mashburn and had two daughters Elizabeth Mashburn and one that I have listed as unknown.
~ Mark Haren
621 & 622 Mr & Mrs John Watt
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I am interested in a copy of the photo of the Watts' that was submitted to Deadfred.com. I am related to them through their daughter, Allie who was my gg grandmother. Thank you!
Have a reunion story to share? Write to us at reunions@deadfred.com.
Letters To The Archivists
I would like to contact the person who submitted the picture of Jessie Biggs. I have a Jessie Biggs in my line born about that year in KY to Allen Terrill Biggs and Mary Ann Hess. He was one of 10 children.
Bobbie Biggs Bruegel
bobfred@amaonline.com
I wanted to tell you that I enjoy your website. It is alot of fun. I tried to contact the submitter of a photo of Charlie Lee #644 from MI. There was no email address there. Can you have them contact me at this email address? Great Work.
Thank You
Delores (Dee) Lee
A friend was at a flea market recently in Clarksville, TN and discovered and purchased a very old, fancy, (velvet and hand-tooled) photograph album that has many 1870 to turn of the century pictures. They were taken by professional photographers in the Massillon/Akron Ohio area and a lot are identified. The family surnames and partial list of individuals represented are listed below:
Borway - James and Anna, Harold and William (brothers), Ollie-sister of James, Emmet
Schell - Theo
Barnett Ellen, James and Evangeline Laffer Craig Ed husband of Ellen Borway Craig who is the sister of Anna Borway Horn Charles husband of Ollie Borway Huber
The photographers represented are from Massillon, Akron and area:
1. L. L. Shertzer - Erie and Main St. Massillon
2. Sanders Art Gallery - c. 1881
3. Schubert & Hopkins
4. One on Howard St. in Arkon
She found out that the person selling them had retrieved them from a flea market in New Jersey, but no one can guess how they ended up there.
Anyone having an interest in those families who might want to give the album a new home can contact me at patjgrant@yahoo.com
Pat
I am attempting to contact the poster of Photo #11592. The comments section states: "Penny Stewart at penkap1@home.com" but I get email errors when I attempt to use that address. I also tried penkap1@attbi.com with similar failures. Do you have any other contact information for this Penny Stewart? I believe I am related to the man in this photo (very distantly but related none the less).
Bruce W. Christopher
bruce@bwchristopher.com (preferred address)
bruce.christoher@comcast.net (alternate address)
Just a short note to thank you for providing the space for these photographs, I was able to find a relative here that I had no photograph of to put in the family journal.
Thanks so much for keeping the history we are all searching for....
Susan
Thank you for correcting our file and your site is great. So glad that we found it. We had these photos and wanted to locate who they are so we can make sure family gets them. Have located families before whenever we found old Bibles and kept them for 6 years until they onwers granddaughter contacted us and we sent them to her. She was happy to get them. Thanks again.
Paul Vermeulen
I am interested in the photographs taken by Thomas Stiff. There are a number of them in your collection. I am researching a book. Could you tell me anything about the type of camera that would have taken his photographs? They are all highschool photographs for Fall River.
Thanks,
Jessie Moniz
Backwards why did you create the input form? With everything listed in reverse order (last, middle, first and so on), confusing it is to use your site. Nice to know that Yoda got a dot-com job, though.
Richard Danca
Hi Richard!
Thanks for the smile you put on my face today! That was by far the funniest and most creative contact form submission I've seen yet. =)
I will take your advice and re-arrange the form so it's ordered by First, Middle, then Last name. I'll bet lots of our visitors will be thankful that you let us know it was confusing for the user. Every little bit helps us improve the site - and that is definitely what we want.
Thanks again!
Amanda Huber
Archivist
Grateful I am for your message. (Resist could I not!)
Thanks!
Richard
I have obtained a high school annual from Columbus High School, 1939. This was my mother's. It has individual photos of teachers, Seniors and Juniors, and group shots of the lower grades, clubs and sports teams, plus the usual assortment of candid shots. It has HILARIOUS individual photos of the football team in their old-fashioned helmets.
Scanning it all and posting each is a bit much for me to contemplate. Is there a way to let folks know I have the book and could make individual scans from it upon request?
Maureen Simmons
Love your Dead Fred site & photo's that have been posted. It would be wonderful if information and photo's could be posted on Dugger famlies.
Thank you
Francis M.Dugger
I am a lost relative of a person who listed information on your site. I have the information on her great great grandfather she wanted information on. Can you please have her contact me at: jbear808@hotmail.com.
Leonard King
She is:
Heather (CARTER) Free
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON GOTTFRIED BELTER.
My great-great uncle was john b stetson. my great aunt is still alive and remembers visiting the estate. i have a lot of documentation proving it. when i searched his name i couldn't find it. why when i found your site by searching his name on google?
Robbie O'Brien
Hi Robbie,
The John B Stetson on DeadFred is the name of the 1901 School Annual in Deland FL. There is no image of a person with that name on the Archive just the reference to the School. Here's the link.
Hello
I have two questions, how much does it cost to belong to dead fred, just a donation? How do I send a picture? It was taken 1932.
Thank you,
Judy Kiner
Hi Judy,
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I read that you may be looking for Yearbooks and I currently have dozens from Port Jervis High School years are 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992. If there are any interests please contact me with details. Thank You.
Michael Marcial
Dreamwvr_519@hotmail.com
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Photo of the Month
Do you have a photo you'd like to recommend for "Photo of the Month"? Just e-mail us a link to the record on the archive and let us know why you think it should be featured. Then watch the newsletter for your photo.
Pick and Shovel Highlights
Subject: yearbooks
Author: Carole Fox
Date: 6/24/2005 3:59 pm CDT
I'M LOOKING TO FIND MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST TO ME. YEARS 1952 TO 1956. WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL. WOODBURY,NEW JERSEY. THANK YOU. CAROLE FOX
Subject: found album
Author: kelly lightizer
Date: 7/7/2005 8:22 am CDT
i work at a antique store and last week a photo album came into the store and something told me not to split it up.the album was bought at a action in plum island,ma.. most of the pictures were taken by professional studios in and around the salem, mas area (one taken in rocherster nh. some of the names are:
maxwell
pearson
martin
maxfield
poor
stone
huntress
briely
hancock
if this belongs to you, please let me know
thank you
kelly
Subject: Preserving antique Garments
Author: Shelley
Date: 7/13/2005 12:25 am CDT
I inherited my great great grandmothers wedding dress from the 1850's. It is made of lace, the undergarment is missing and it is very dirty. I was wondering if there is anybody out there who knows how I should clean it and after that, preserve it. Eventually I am going to put it in a shadow box along with a picture of her in the dress and the locket she is wearing in the picture. Any information would be really helpful! Thank you!!!!
Subject: J.L. Croul photo album to sell
Author: Cheryl
Date: 7/28/2005 4:19 pm CDT
I have stumbled upon a beautiful piece of family history for the J.L. & Eric Croul Family. Most of the photos are identified and taken in Detroit Michigan. I would love to see this go to some relation. Please e-mail if interested in aquiring this leather, brass and ivory bound album. thanks , Cher Brower
What's New In The Database
Photo Album-elpers
Annual 1886 University Of Wisconsin
School Annual 1886 University Of Wisconsin
Recognize These Faces
Click on photo to view entire record.
c1880 Young Woman
WI USA
Comments: This photo is one of many graduate photos from the 1886 University of Wisconsin - Madison . Donated to the DeadFred by Susan L Bingler CGRS They come from two albums once held by Emma Amelia Nunns and Lynn Spencer Pease who were students . Some of the photos are not named but have a photographers mark , Ive posted these under the 1886 Yearbook . Some are of different years . Ive posted the different years under School Annual 1884-1889 University of Wisconsin . Photo that have a name are also posted in the Archive under their surname , the one with no name are posted also in the mystery section. For questions contact archivists@deadfred.com
Comments: Found in the belongings of my great grandfather William Henry Simmons. Could be from Texas or Tennessee.
Comments: I believe these are Best Brothers, They have been in my collection of old photos for years.
1943 The Bostonian Club
San Francisco, CA USA
Comments: This is one of 4 WW II Photos taken in 1943 at the Bostonian Club in San Francisco CA. The Bartender's names is Jim Leary. Contact archivists@deadfred.com
1948 Barabra, Jackie & Mable
NV USA
Comments: written on back ** 1948 Barbara + Jackie & Mable **
c1940 Woman
PA United States
Comments: Wanted any information on this unknown woman. Photo taken by Ed Malnak from Mt. Pleasant, PA.
Dead Ringers
We think the subject of this archive photo looks a lot like... Well, we'll let you decide for yourself:
Send your guesses to ringer@deadfred.com
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Other guesses:
Dale Evans
Marilyn Monroe
Ginger Rogers
Betty Grabel
Lynn Chaney
Billie Burke
Mary Louise Parker
Betty Ford
Feature Article
Exploring Age Progression Using Forensic Genealogy
By Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeiser
Are the age progression techniques used in criminal forensics useful to the genealogist? The answer is "yes and no."
Age progression is a technique through which forensic scientists model what a missing person may look like at a later date based on his or her appearance when he or she disappeared. The technique can be applied to missing children as well as criminals who are in hiding. It is natural to try to apply age progression in genealogy to compare an unknown picture with a known one of an ancestor at a different age to establish if they are of the same person. Unfortunately, while age progression in genealogy could rule out a possible match between the individuals in two pictures, it cannot make a definite identification.
An accurate age progression in criminal forensics relies on information about the aging process of family members and other factors such as the known psychology of the missing person. For example, the apprehension of John Emil List, 18 years after he murdered his mother, his wife and their three children, resulted from an age-progressed image that was extremely accurate. A bust was sculpted requiring an in-depth study of the aging patterns of his parents, in addition to a comprehensive psychological analysis of him. When he was arrested, the likeness of the age-progressed bust to John Emil List's appearance was photo-identical.
There is no quick and easy software package to age-progress an image of a person in a photograph. The process takes much practice and skill. Even if the age progression of a photograph is performed by someone with the expertise to produce accurate results, genealogists often lack the additional information necessary to differentiate between two people who might look alike, such as two brothers, a father and his son or even two unrelated people.
Although age progression has very little value to genealogists, it is still possible to make an educated guess about whether two photos could be of the same person based on physical features such as a person's hairline. Even if a man has lost some of his hair, his hairline tends to retain its original shape, with the part in the same place. The shape of the hair as it falls on the forehead is another potential identifying trait, as are unusual features such as the shape of the earlobe or a heavy chin. (Plastic surgery was not an issue until recently.)
Figure 1
The three photos shown in Figure 1 are examples of identification by the comparison of physical traits. While there is no conclusive proof that the portraits are of the same people, the photos share certain elements that indicate they probably are. In both photos both sides of the man's hairline are rounded, meeting at his part on the left, high on his head. He has thick hair on both sides of the part with a lock of hair draped across the right side of his forehead. His moustache does not cover his top lip, revealing a triangle of skin below his nose. The men in the pictures could be wearing the same jacket.
Similar statements can be made about the women in the pictures. The part in the hair of each woman is well defined in the middle of the head with a thick bundle of hair drawn back from the face on the left. Probability is in favor of the two men and the two women being the same people.
Figure 2
As an example of a case where a match is ruled out, see Figure 2. The man in the photo by himself cannot be the same as the one on the right of the pair of friends. Although they show similarities, the friend on the right does not show the overbite the older man exhibits, nor is the younger man's jaw as wide. The younger man has shadows below his deepset eyes, unlike the older man. We conclude that they cannot be the same person.
On the other hand, there are no conclusive differences between the older man and the friend on the left. Both have similar hairlines, similar moustache shapes and similar brow ridges. Both are wearing bow ties. (Have you ever met a man who switches back and forth between bow ties and conventional ties?) We conclude that they could be the same person.
An interesting exercise for the reader involving matching the individuals in two pictures: Consider the age-old mystery of the identity of the model for the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Some historians believe she could have been Leonardo in drag. You can judge for yourself. See Figure 3.
Figure 3
Feature Article
Fun-Loving Bev Petersen Shares Her Good Humor With Fellow Genealogists Through Lighthearted (And Useful) Products
Jeannette Balleza
"I love genealogy more than anything, other than people, of course. As a hobby, it's something you can pick up any time. It's part of my art love, but I'm not an artist," Bev Petersen explained. Then her mouth widened in a cheerful grin. "I am, however, such a visual person. I've always had this visual thing."
Bev's journey in genealogy began in 1988 with a gift of an "autograph" quilt top. The quilt had places for names and dates. When Bev started embroidering her family names in the quilt's 20 separate blocks, she realized that she was missing a number of birth and death dates. Her efforts to finish the quilt with the correct information ignited her passion for genealogy.
In 1996 Bev attended an antique show in South Bend, Indiana, where she found a beautiful 1888 Family Tree Photo Holder. She had the 16" x 20" print for just a few years before it began to deteriorate due to acids within the paper. She was horrified by the print's poor condition, and her friends encouraged her to preserve the piece by scanning, digitally restoring and reproducing it. She made 500 prints from the original and attended a genealogy conference for the State of Indiana, marking the first of her many travels as a vendor at nationwide genealogy seminars, shows and events.
Her love for genealogy and her "visual thing" had finally commingled into what is now known as Petersen Reproductions, Fun Stuff for Genealogists, Inc.
Drawing from her previous career in Parks and Recreation, continual training in graphic design at the technical college, years of teaching genealogy at the university in South Bend and her close-knit group of creative, supportive friends, Bev continues to grow her inventory of fun, often completely original, genealogy products, which now includes the following:
- T-shirts for adults and kids with clever phrases
- Mugs
- Mouse pads
- Family trees and pedigree charts
- Bumper stickers
- License plate frames
- Genealogy-related cross-stitch and quilt patterns and books
- Note cards
- Archival supplies such as specialty pens
- Refrigerator magnets
- Luggage tags
- Keychains
- Clip art CDs
- Much, more more!
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One of Bev's favorites is a shot glass imprinted with the message, "Genealogy...a shot in the dark!" She designs the majority of the artwork featured on her products, which she characterized as "a little bit lighthearted." She giggled before continuing, "I've got some awesome friends with awesome ideas, and I suppose I'm the one to make things happen."
One such friend is Pat Oxley of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), whose ingenuity served as the inspiration for one of Bev's top-selling products, "Cite Your Sources" sticky notes. These notepads are designed for genealogy researchers to use at the library, at home or even at the courthouse. Each note includes the following space headings: Title/Name, Author, Publisher/Address, Date, Repository, Call #, Page etc., ISBN #, Web/E-mail Address and Misc. Info. Printed on yellow paper to stand out among piles of paper copies, the notes are 3" tall x 4" wide and are $4.95 for 3 packs per order, 50 sheets per pack, for a total of 150 source tags.
"Genealogists, especially those starting out, may forget to write information down about a source. It happens all the time. It's overwhelming, and they'll let it go. We've all done it wrong and learned it the hard way," commented Bev. "'Cite Your Sources' notes are great helpers in that respect. They help you prove your research."
Other top sellers are a new line of embroidered shirts, T-shirts and jewelry. With over 500 genealogy and family history items for sale, Fun Stuff for Genealogists attends approximately 25 conferences per year (including FGS and NGS) and takes orders online or by phone at 877.259.6144. In addition, Bev and her friends are working on a bricks-and-mortar storefront at 3213 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, Indiana.
If you have any innovative ideas for a fun genealogy product, submit your thoughts to Bev's "idea file."
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