The mystery photograph
by Julie Jeffery Manwarren, November 29, 2021 This post is dedicated to Paul Holbrook, who overcame so much in the past year and whose...
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Finding Freda Rose - part 3
This post is part of a series. To read from the beginning, go here. I was thrilled to be able to construct a small family tree for Freda...
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Finding Freda Rose - part 2
If you are just joining me on my latest history detective adventure, be sure to read part 1 of this series here. I loved having something...
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Finding Freda Rose - part 1
I was in a slump. I had come down from the high of having a book published and finally getting back to Springwater, NY in the western...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book - part 4
If you are just joining my blog, read part one here. My first visit to Springwater was full of discovery. Buildings and intersections...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book, part 3
(This post has no pictures or information on Floyd Ingraham, but is a 'rabbit trail' I took during one of my many visits to the...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book, part 2
To read the first post in this series go here. As Paul Holbrook began to scan and restore hundreds of Floyd Ingraham's original glass...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book
I have been holding this story in for a year, but it began long before. To start at the beginning I'd have to take you back 220 years....
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 4
When I purchased three 19th century photographs in Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico, I had no idea where the three men staring back at me...
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 3
If you are just joining me in this hunt for three 19th century men whose pictures I found in Albuquerque New Mexico, and want to read...
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 2
To find out how I picked up three 19th century guys in Albuquerque, New Mexico, read my first post in this series here. Albuquerque was...
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 1
I know I've been absent for a while. I have a valid excuse. I can't wait to tell you what I have been working on! But you'll have to...
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Frozen in Time
What struck me first was how much she looked like my grandmother, Marjorie. It was just another post on Facebook. People post links to...
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Finding Jersey - part 7
This post is part of a series. To start from the beginning, go here. I had the most trouble finding information on Shirley "Jersey" Buhl...
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1331 S. Webster Avenue
One of my favorite things to do is to research the history of a property. Any building or residence older than 50 years usually has great...
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Finding Jersey, Part 6
This post is part of a series. To start from the beginning, go here. In researching Shirley Buhl, nicknamed 'Jersey', I also wanted to...
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Finding Jersey - part 5
This post is part of a series. If you would like to start from the beginning, go here. I had so much fun uncovering all I could about...
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Finding Jersey - Part 4
This post is part of a series. To read part 1, go here. My hunt for a little girl nicknamed "Jersey" discovered in a collection by Paul...
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Finding Jersey - part 3
My hunt for little "Jersey" and her family was about to get a HUGE boost! Paul Holbrook, the owner of the glass negatives said that he...
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Finding Jersey - part 2
Although I was instantly enamored with the pouty doe-eyed girl from New Jersey I knew that identifying her would be difficult, if not...
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