Wordless Wednesday - Botkin Photo Found on Ebay

I purchased the photo below on ebay:

Nancy Jean BOTKIN

Taken Oct 9, 1923

Age 11 weeks

I'm trying to locate the family of Nancy Jean.  This is what I know....

Nancy Jean was the daughter of Clarence Lee BOTKIN and Lillian Unknown.  Nancy Jean was in Illinois until the 1940 census and may have moved with her parents to Kansas after that.  She had a brother Clarence L. who passed away in 1948.

Any help in locating Nancy Jean's ancestors is appreciated!

Wordless Wednesday - Prague

Our oldest son (20) arrived in Prague this morning to begin his January term of studies for College.  Over the next few weeks he will travel around the Czech Republic studying the facets of business for the "snow industry".

How I wish I could have joined him on this journey!

In 1922 my husband's Grandmother Julia Marie Dolakova, along with a friend, immigrated from Czechoslovakia to New York City in search of a better life.  She was 19 years old.

Julia was the mother of five children including my mother-in-law.  In 1982 she died tragically in a fire in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  She was 79.

I only met Nanny once.  But I would love someday to see where she came from.

Wordless Wednesday - Organized Genealogy Files

Back in November, over at Legacy Family Tree Webinars, I attended a webinar presented by Mary Hill entitled "FamilyRoots Organizer System".  Over Christmas break I implemented the color coding system with GREAT results!  This is just a small sample of what I was able to accomplish!

The webinar is now available to purchase for $9.95 by following the link here.

Wordless Wednesday - Just Sayin'

Wordless Wednesday - William T. Botkin

Born: 9 Jan 1842 - Randolph County, Indiana

Died 5 Feb 1863 - St. Louis, MO (Age 21)

69th Indiana Infantry - Company D

Wordless Wednesday - Empty Nest.......

First the youngest left for college.....

Then the oldest went back....

After 20 years my husband and I are experiencing the "empty nest".

Wordless Wednesday - Marilla Elma Scott Brane

Marilla Elma Scott BRANE

Circa 1946

Marilla is my great-great grandmother.  She was born 26 May 1862 in Wabash County, Indiana and died 21 Mar 1948 in Marion, Grant, Indiana.

Her Find a Grave memorial can be found here.

Wordless Wednesday - Generations United

Mom and I at the gravesite of Isaac BOTKIN and Carolyn Minnear BOTKIN in Minnear Cemetery, La Fontaine, Indiana. 

Isaac and Carolyn are mom's great-great grandparents and my great-great-great grandparents.

Photo taken October 2010.  You can read the story of how we found Minnear Cemetery here.

Wordless Wednesday - Lincolnville, Indiana

(Photo provided by Doug Brane)

Wordless Wednesday - Elsie Marie Brane

Born: 6 Dec 1905

Died: 26 Sep 1906

Elsie died at 9 months of age.  She was crawling on the floor, picked up a button and choked on it.  Her Find A Grave Memorial is here.

Wordless Wednesday - The John T. Brane Family circa 1892

Left to right back row: 

Marilla Elma SCOTT BRANE, Charles Fremont BRANE, Grace Mabel BRANE, Clyde Arthur BRANE and John Thomas BRANE.

Left to right front row:

Florence Marie BRANE, Rhoda Mae BRANE and George Washington BRANE (baby)

Not yet born:

Nellie Myrtle BRANE and Ralph Wreford BRANE

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday - His Last First Day

My youngest is a senior.  Where did the time go?

Wordless Wednesday - The Grotto at The University of Notre Dame

© 2001 by Robert F. Ringel

All rights reserved.

Every university has a place where students hang out for their social life, libraries where they study, and playing fields where they play sports, but how many have a praying place?

                -- Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus

Wordless Wednesday - I'm At The Beach This Week

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

My son is home from college for the summer.

No words are necessary.......

Wordless Wednesday - Mariah Botkin & Pearl Stephens

Mariah Botkin (1863-1953) and her son Pearl M. Stephens (1882-1960)

Wordless Wednesday

Myself, my Aunt Sue and my brother Sterling

Christmas 1972

Wordless Wednesday - Where I Work

University of Notre Dame - Grotto