Linda B. Cole

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Herman or Ermin

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

In the photo album, we have an Ermin Coats, son of Henry Coats and Maybelle Walker but the pedigree chart lists a Herman Coats also the son of Henry and Maybelle.
Are they the same, should Henry be changed to Ermin in the chart or were they brothers? Jan, can you straighten us out o­n [...]

Effie Mae Smith

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Looking for a picture of Effie Mae Smith, b. Sept. 23, 1892, married to Gus Walker.
If anyone has a picture of Effie Mae, at any age, her descendants would love to have a copy. No known picture of Effie is known to exist at this time. We’re hoping that descendants of her siblings [...]

Who is Ned Coats?

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Does anyone know who Ned Coats is, and where he fits into the family tree?
See his picture here.

Great luck at Ancestry.com

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

I tried a two week trial membership at ancestry.com and found loads of census records on my family lines. The SSDI was also a pretty good source of information. The One World Tree doesn’t yeild much of anything but I understand it is still more of a beta than anything else. Perhaps [...]

An Eighth Grade Education in 1895

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th [...]