DNA test results show that four mountain lions seen in Missouri last year had traveled east from the West. One was from central Montana, two from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and another from Colorado. Fourteen reports of mountain lions were made in 2011, a sharp increase. There were only 12 documented cougar encounters during the previous 16 years. There have been [...]
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Before today I’d never heard of James Abdnor. He passed away today at the age of 89. From South Dakota, he knocked off George McGovern in 1980. Tom Daschle then ousted him, and John Thune, once a member of Abdnor’s staff, did the same to Daschle. Abdnor’s biography on Wikipedia might be indicative of a [...]
Yesterday I received a message from a woman about her brother. Hi Aaron, I commented on your blog post about Karl Kaaz but WordPress won’t let me follow up. My brother farmed some Fromke land. Was your grandparents’ place south of Mazeppa Church? I forwarded her message to my mother, who wrote me back. [...]
The Social Security Death Index, often abbreviated as SSDI, is a useful tool for any family historian. Unfortunately however, some feds got worked up about identity theft and control of information, and access has been restricted or removed from certain sites, including RootsWeb.1 Today though, someone posted on a mailing list a site where it remains accessible without requiring registration and [...]
Before it is taken down, I want to preserve the comments and memories folks have submitted to my aunt’s memorial page. The first to write something was Linda McIntyre of Winfred, South Dakota, one of my Aunt Carol’s cousins. Carol and I spent many happy times growing up near each other in South Dakota. Ballgames (she was a [...]
My aunt died on the 13th. I posted her obituary on Wednesday, after it had been published in the major papers in central Iowa. A longer obituary, what I’d rather call a remembrance, for my aunt was sent to several newspapers in eastern South Dakota, near where she grew up, including the Lake Preston Times, [...]
A gracious volunteer has snapped photos of the Goodell family gravestones in the Prairie Hill Cemetery near Bradley, Clark County, South Dakota. Levi Lincoln Goodell and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Parker are buried there as is their son Bert and his wife Nora Frances George, daughter of Wesley Calvin George and Rebecca Lurana Poteet. Wesley [...]
According to someone who apparently studies this and has a bit of time on their hands, Watertown, South Dakota is the fifth coldest city in the United States. Nearly half of the winter, there is snow on the ground in Watertown. 5. Watertown, South Dakota Average winter temperature 2009: 16.9 degrees Coldest day: -29.2 degrees, January 2 [...]
A kind soul on a genealogical mailing list for Los Angeles responded to my query on Fred George, including addresses where two men with that name were living. There is a Fred J. George residing at 532 W. 79th and Fred George residing at 1843 Wollam in 1939 according to the Los Angeles Extended Area Phone [...]
Another Prolonged Puzzle
Posted: November 22, 2011 in BONNER, GEORGE, Maryland, South Dakota, United States, VirginiaHere’s another one of my genealogical puzzles: Wesley Calvin George. I ordered a copy of his death certificate, which named his parents: Jacob Will George and a woman named Elizabeth. Unfortunately there was no maiden name recorded. I have had a heck of a time finding anything on a Jacob or Will or William or [...]
