August 24, 2024: My Niece, Mary, organized a very nice lunch at Brandt Farm to celebrate the planting of three apple trees in remembrance of her Mom (my Sister), Joyce; as well as a tree for Calista and a tree for Joyce Eastburn.

She also invited several dear friends of …

August 7, 2024: My Cousin Julie was kind enough to send me a bunch of old family photos that she had and that her Mother and Father had kept. I volunteered to digitize and post on this website, if she could get them to me. Consequently, I was happy to …

April 23, 2024: Janet wanted to make a short trip to visit with her Mother, Virginia, in Mystic so that is what we did.

We got to see Virginia's wonderful garden, which she tends every day. We also got to see John at work on the boat his father started …

July 2, 2024: This is a copy of a White Binder that my sister, Joyce had been compiling on Eastburn Farm history.

Eastburn Farm History Pages

July 5, 2024: This is a copy of the Eastburn Farm Deeds and Plats White Binder. Again, something that my sister, Joyce, had put …

April 24, 2024: It's been 6 years since Janet and I have gone on a trip of any length and longer than that since we've traveled outside the USA. Two knee replacements, thumb reconstruction, broken wrist, Covid and Breast Cancer will slow a person down. But Janet felt like it …

April 20, 2024

My Mother had done a bit of Genealogy research. Here are her notes and the Family Tree items that she had compiled.

Genealogy Research and Family Tree

The following is an interesting compilation of things that had been stored in a plastic bin labeled Calista E Creel …

April 19, 2024: This is my mother's story, as she wrote during 1995. Scanned in April 2024. I've also included many miscellaneous scanned old Creel photos as well as a few more of my Father.

Pages and Photos

I also transcribed this document to make it a little more legible …

April 8, 2024: John and Sarah traveled to Indianapolis to see the total solar eclipse and luckily, for once, the weather cooperated. It was the first sunny day we've seen in quite awhile ... before or after. Looking forward to seeng everyone in 2044. The next day, we drove to Bloomington …

April 7, 2024: This is my father's story, as he wrote in 1996. Scanned in April 2024.

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I transcribed the document to make it a little more legible and is now a much smaller file. PDF format.

A Story of One Life by Charles E Brandt

Added my mother's …

March 31, 2024: It was nice to able to host Easter dinner for our family at our house this year. It's been awhile. I'm very thankful that Janet felt up to the task and that she is feeling stronger day-by-day. It was a pitch-in, but she still made the main …

March 30, 2030: We were notified earlier in the month that our electric utility, AES, was planning on a major line clearing, tree cutting, job along our southern property line, Raymond St. And they weren't kidding. I think Wright Tree Service had 3 crews out on Saturday to finish cutting …

March 27, 2024: This is a digitized copy of the Powers Family, 1654-1937 binder that my mother had purchased and gave to me back in 1984. I made a field trip in 1999 after my mother's passing and I've included some pictures from that outing as well. There is quite …

March 24, 2024: This is my mother's 8th Grade Diploma. My sister, Joyce, had kept. Again, I don't know why.

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March 23, 2024: This is my father's Baptism Certificate. My sister, Joyce, had kept. I don't know why.

Photos

March 22, 2024: This is an Angola, Indiana Newspaper from 1890

Pages

March 15, 2024: My sister, Joyce, had inherited Great Aunt Joyce's Senior college cook book from my mother some time ago. Since my sister's passing in December 2023, her daughter, Mary, inherited it. And she let me borrow it, so that I might digitize and share with the rest of …

March 11, 2024: Very large format old maps.

Benton County Indiana Map 1917 This is a large format scan (30mB) jpg file. It will take a little while to download and open.

Colton Map of Indiana 1860 This is a large format scan (73mB) jpg file. It will take a …

March 10, 2024: Very old Creel Wood Powers Payne Photo Album. Circa late 1800's? Anybody else know, please let me know.

Also included here are some old Creel and Wood family photos that my sister, Joyce, had kept. Some real family treasures.

Album Page Photos

Poster Scans

Creel Wood Powers …

March 15, 2024: My sister, Joyce, had inherited Great Aunt Joyce's Senior college cook book from my mother some time ago. Since my sister's passing in December 2023, her daughter, Mary, inherited it. And she let me borrow it, so that I might digitize and share with the rest of …

December 21, 2023: These were scans made from old photos, mostly from our days in the Collage of Architecture & Planning at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Mid 70's.

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