My Box of Blog Food

My Family Quilt

My 3 New Year's Resolutions

Happy Birthday, Dennis and Becky

What a Group Sheet Tells Me About My Grandpa
My dad's father was John Ludwig Margheim, born in Wakeeney, Trego County, Kansas March 15, 1900. He was born the youngest of 9 children of German parents who had immigrated from Russia to Kansas in December, 1886. I recently spent a three week period trying to keep working on my genealogy r

Tombstone Tuesday: McMillan Cemetery
The McMillan family marker in the McMillan Cemetery. As shown on the sign below, the McMillan Cemetery was established in 1843 in Nunda Township, McHenry County, Illinois.

Tombstone Tuesday: Joe and Emma Becker
John Joseph "Joe" and Emma Cornelia Strait Becker are buried in the cemetery in my hometown, Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Barton, Kansas. There isn't anything particularly unique about this headstone, except that it has been in view since 1944 and I'v

On the Knee of my Uncle Albert
As I grew up I was especially fond of my uncle, Albert Flanders (1918-2002). This photo of me at age 2 on his knee is evidence that I was fond of him even as a toddler.