All My Ancestors

This week at work I’ve been researching an Oklahoma family who had a family member imprisoned just prior to statehood. They said the family tradition was that he was at McAlester–site of the federal penitentiary here in Oklahoma.
However, a visit to the state’s Department of Corrections website about the establishment of “Big Mac” states [...]

One of the things that has emerged from family reunion are formal studio photos of most of my grandfather Osborne’s siblings. I am so happy to have copies of these photos–it’s sort of ironic that the one I don’t have is the one from whom I descend.
Here’s Aunt Becky–

…and here’s the one I knew best, [...]

This is a fun site–The Baby Name Voyager.
You can track the popularity of a first name through history.
It also pretty much confirms my theory that if your name is any iteration of Debra, I can guess your age within 5 years.

I’m just back from family reunion. That meant a drive to the Texas panhandle, which I truly enjoyed. I forget how much I love the expansive sky and the seemingly limitless shades of green in the landscape. A turkey hen and her teen-aged brood crossed the road in front of me–she [...]