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 …
read moreApril 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 moreApril 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 …
read moreApril 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 moreMarch 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 …
read moreMarch 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 …
read moreMarch 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 moreMarch 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 moreMarch 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 moreMarch 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 moreMarch 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 moreNovember 23, 2023: What a beautiful day to travel to Bloomington to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday at Charles and Tessa's house.
And this year Will and Stephanie along with Ben, 6th grade, and Lilly, 3rd grade, were able to join us, so that made for a very special celebration. They …
read moreAugust 31, 2023: George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and New Harmony, IN: We took a little two day road trip with good friends, Don and Julie, to visit a few sites in southwest Indiana and southeast Illinois. Weather was perfect, sunny and in the mid seventies. Friday, we drove …
read moreOctober 30, 2021: EPIC CAMPUS TOUR: As part of Sam and Katie's Wedding Weekend, we were able to go see where Sam works at Epic in Madison, WI. Sam had arranged for one of his buddies, Ben, to be our tour guide. He provided a wonderful 2 hour narrated walking …
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