The Genealogy Search

Sure do wish I knew the identity of the family and or at lest the first names of some of the subjects.   The only thing I do know is that the family had the portrait done in Panora, Iowa at the J. B. Carpenter Photographers.

Julietta Hyman Wills Sepia Saturday 164:  I decided to show off a picture of  a distant relative, Julietta, and her "lovely" and hopefully one of a kind hat.

Lorraine (Skibbe) Clark  1938, Chicago, Illinois This is a picture of my mother at age 4 outside her family home in Chicago, Illinois.  My mother spent her youth enjoying the snow including ice skating, skiing and playing in the snow.  Perhaps that is why she lives where it doesn't snow.

Irene Sobczak, Eva Urman holding Chris, and Dana Urman 1983, Tucson, Arizona

I came across this copy of a 1891 Plat Map of Avena, Fayette, Illinois.  I thought it would be interesting to highlight all the landowners with names in my family - here is the result: Alden, Ogle & Company. (1891).  Plat book of Fayette County, Illinois . Chicago: Alden, Ogle. So now I know why the Durbin's, Dial's, Clark's and Logue's intermarried. Looks like some in depth Fayette County research is necessary.