Family History Nuggets

I recently obtained a copy of an obituary that my mother has for her great-grandfather, James Robert (J.R.) OGDEN. According to that obitua...

One of the many benefits of reading genealogy blogs is that I often get ideas for new sources of potential family history nuggets. For insta...

My brother Ross was visting from Texas last weekend. He's done a lot of work on our genealogy and all of what I do is built on the fouda...

Above is a picture of my mother, Shirley OGDEN, with her mother, Esther (JOHNSON) OGDEN. According to the back of the picture, this was t...

The images below are from this Family Search database. According to the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center website “the actual 1905 cens...