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 …
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White Binder Eastburn Farm History
July 2, 2024: This is a copy of a White Binder that my sister, Joyce had been compiling on Eastburn Farm history.
July 5, 2024: This is a copy of the Eastburn Farm Deeds and Plats White Binder. Again, something that my sister, Joyce, had put …
read moreCalista Creel Brandt Memoir 1995 and more Creel photos
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.
I also transcribed this document to make it a little more legible …
read moreA Story of One Life By Charles E Brandt
April 7, 2024: This is my father's story, as he wrote in 1996. Scanned in April 2024.
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 …
read moreThe Powers Family, 1654-1937
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 …
read moreCalista Elizabeth Creel 8th Grade Diploma 1935
Charles Edward Brandt Baptism Certificate
The Dunciad 1890
Joyce Creel Senior Cooking / Cookbook 1913
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 …
read moreBenton County and Indiana Maps
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 …
read moreCreel Wood Powers Payne Photo Album
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.
read moreJoyce's Family Ancestry Research
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 …
read moreCreel Photos & Letters
AUGUST 27, 2008: Jane Creel sent me several old pictures and letters that she had been keeping of the Creel family. This is a treasure trove of information on my mother's side of the family.
Be sure and read Lorenzo's autobiography, my Great Grandfather's brother.
read moreBrandt Rosenstiel 50th Wedding Anniversary
Summer 1956: These are pictures from old negatives I came across of my Grandfather's and Grandmother's 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary party held at Holcomb Gardens on the Butler campus in Indianapolis. You'll also find a picture from their wedding in 1906. I don't have the exact date of their wedding …
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