Happy 7th Blogiversary

Seven years ago, on April 25, 2006 I posted for the first time to this blog.  It has been a lot of fun and I've made some great friends and discoveries.  The Geneablogger community has been a wonderful support.

Thought I would take a look at some of the various highlights of the blog over the years :

• The very first post - Welcome

• Post with the most pageviews - Divorce papers William Clifford LeMaster

• This one is popular due to the keyword search below, apparently people who are searching for divorce paper templates are finding this page.

• Most comments - Building My 2011 Research Template

• Top referring site - Google.com

• Top three keyword searches :
• 1. Blank divorce papers - most be folks looking to divorce
• 2. Freezer slaw - a search for recipes land here
• 3. Harry Pierpont - my cousin, John Dillinger's pal

I appreciate each and every one of you who have stopped by over the years, and I hope to continue to find more information to share.

May Fest, Elwood, Indiana, 1937

Written on back :8th Grade May Festival
Bonnie Lambertson, Miriam, Virginia Ham, Wilma Marley, Louise, Anna Mae Hodson, Wanda, Jean Dever?

Written on back : Girls in May Festival and Festival  Queen
Wanda, Wilma, Jean, Louise, Anna Mae, Ann Louise Leeson

These photos were provided by my mother show my maternal grandmother, Bonnie Mae (Lambertson) Wright (1924-1984) when she was in the 8th grade, possibly 1937.  She is in the back row, far left.

Correcting Birth Date William Clifford LeMaster (1870 Darke County, Ohio)

While preparing an analysis for my paternal great-granduncle, William Clifford LeMaster, I began searching for documentation of his birth at FamilySearch, in an attempt to determine his correct year of birth.  Some sources said 1871, others 1870.

Browsing through the pages for Darke County, Ohio, I found the birth volume index and located him there:

His name was mispelled as Leamaster in the index, and the record, much as his sister's birth had as well.

Paging through the records, I did manage to find his birth record, and it was recorded as September 1, 1870, not 1871.  Time to correct my records.

A direct link to the record is here.

Source : "Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-2003." Index and Images. FamilySearch. (https://familysearch.org) accessed 24 April 2013, Darke County, Ohio Birth Registers with index 1863-1878 vol. 1.