The Familytomb wishes you and yours a safe and prosperous 2010!

In the next few days I will be upgrading the website. As with anything “techie” I am bound to mess things up. Hopefully all will go well, but if not I will try to have everything fixed by next week. Update: Everything seems to have gone smoothly! Robyn

While trying to fix the slideshow feature I deleted all the photos!  I am in the process of fixing the problem now.  If a photo does not correspond to a post or is still missing please contact me.

Merry Christmas from the Familytomb!  

The two photos were stored with photos of Elijah and Mary nee Wallis Ash’s children Sylvester and Jesse.  I think these may be photo’s of the other two sons Jackson and Elijah Jr.  and their wife’s.  Jackson married Nancy Gunn and Elijah married Mary Groner.  The photos were taken in Litchfield, IL about 1885.  If [...]

It is that time of year when I must put away dead people for awhile and concentrate on the living.  Most of my time last week was spent preparing my classroom for the 2009-2010 school year.  Next week is filled with professional development meetings and sending my baby boy off for his freshman year in [...]

Dating old photos can be a daunting task. If the photo is labeled with your ancestors name the dating becomes much easier. However, if the photograph is unlabeled with no photographers mark you have a real dilemma as to when and where the photo was taken. While doing research for Jewel’s Heirlooms I found this [...]