My great-grandmother’s sister Laura Etta Jollett Sullivan died 30 July 1947. I love that Laura had a calling card in her single days. Now I ...

Ague. Dropsy. Consumption. Apoplexy. Biliousness. Child Bed Disease. Teething. Grippe. Whooping Cough. If you lived in the days before moder...

Back: Mattie and Johnny Front: Jack Coleman holding Russell, Virginia, Emma Jollett Coleman holding Reba Andrew Jackson “Jack” Coleman, husb...

Sepia Saturday  challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs. This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features Marlene D...

Here is another unidentified photo perfect for this hot July summer. The photo belonged to my grandaunt Violetta Davis Ryan, so I assume i...

In the world of fashion, fur never goes out of style. Of course, attitudes about wearing animal skin swing from year to year and from person...

6 Jan 1869 - 18 July 1939 My father’s maternal grandmother Mary Theresa Sheehan Killeen Walsh passed away on this day 18 July 1939. Daddy wa...