Mary Emeline (WILBOURN) MIDKIFF

Source: Midkiff, Mary Emeline Wilbourn. Photograph. Taken before Sep 1919. Reproduction of original photograph in the possession of Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Spokane, Washington. 2008.

Mary Emeline WILBOURN was my husband’s Great-great-grandmother Midkiff. She was born 11 Aug 1839 in Sandoval Twp., Marion Co., Illinois to Dr. John Wilks WILBOURN of Orange Co., North Carolina and [...]

Mary Emeline (WILBOURN) MIDKIFF

Source: Midkiff, Mary Emeline Wilbourn. Photograph. Taken before Sep 1919. Reproduction of original photograph in the possession of Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Spokane, Washington. 2008.

Mary Emeline WILBOURN was my husband’s Great-great-grandmother Midkiff. She was born 11 Aug 1839 in Sandoval Twp., Marion Co., Illinois to Dr. John Wilks WILBOURN of Orange Co., North Carolina and [...]

New Genealogy-Related Websites

Interesting new (or new-to-me) websites I’ve discovered during the past week:

*Lost and Found Photos

*Photos (vintage and current) of county courthouses all over the U.S. (hat tip to Charles Hansen of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society)

*South Dakota State Archives has started databases of Civil War veterans (both Union and Confederate) listed in Dakota Territory’s special Veterans [...]

New Genealogy-Related Websites

Interesting new (or new-to-me) websites I’ve discovered during the past week:

*Lost and Found Photos

*Photos (vintage and current) of county courthouses all over the U.S. (hat tip to Charles Hansen of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society)

*South Dakota State Archives has started databases of Civil War veterans (both Union and Confederate) listed in Dakota Territory’s special Veterans [...]

The California Death Index on RootsWeb

I’ve been using the California Death Index at RootsWeb a lot this evening to look up Midkiff descendants for my husband’s family tree database. A distant cousin is preparing to publish a new book on the Midkiff family, and has asked that we submit updated descendant reports of their primary ancestors, Franklin Preston [...]

The California Death Index on RootsWeb

I’ve been using the California Death Index at RootsWeb a lot this evening to look up Midkiff descendants for my husband’s family tree database. A distant cousin is preparing to publish a new book on the Midkiff family, and has asked that we submit updated descendant reports of their primary ancestors, Franklin Preston [...]

The Legend of Joseph Josiah ROBBINS

See images of your Civil War ancestors’ Pension Index cards.
When I was growing up, one of the favorite things I loved to hear when I being tucked in bed by my father were the old family stories. Living in Southeast Alaska in the ’70s, no one had television, unless they lived in one of [...]

The Legend of Joseph Josiah ROBBINS

See images of your Civil War ancestors’ Pension Index cards.
When I was growing up, one of the favorite things I loved to hear when I being tucked in bed by my father were the old family stories. Living in Southeast Alaska in the ’70s, no one had television, unless they lived in one of [...]

Happy Birthday – March 3

Happy Birthday to:
Dorothy Zada (MIDKIFF) JOHNSON BENJAMIN, my father-in-law’s paternal aunt, who–if she had not died on 16 April 1963 at the young age of 49–would be 93 years old today. She was born on this date in 1914 in Idaho (probably in or near Challis, Custer County), the youngest of John Franklin MIDKIFF, [...]

Happy Birthday – March 3

Happy Birthday to:
Dorothy Zada (MIDKIFF) JOHNSON BENJAMIN, my father-in-law’s paternal aunt, who–if she had not died on 16 April 1963 at the young age of 49–would be 93 years old today. She was born on this date in 1914 in Idaho (probably in or near Challis, Custer County), the youngest of John Franklin MIDKIFF, [...]