Iceman in New York. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-9cc1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99) It may seem odd to be writing about ice in the middle of winter since winter was the season coal was delivered, not ice. But winter is the season that ice was cutContinueContinue reading “The Icemen of Yonkers, NY”
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Mapping Your Ancestors
Washington Place Plantation, East Feliciana, Louisiana, ca 1822 I LOVE maps. Not GPS or GIS, but maps printed on paper, and the older the better. Atlases, survey maps, geographical maps, plat maps, navigational charts, subdivision plats, and sometimes even topographical maps. Each type of map shows different data that can be helpful in your familyContinueContinue reading “Mapping Your Ancestors”
Family Tragedy: Giuseppe Salvagione
The only known photograph of Giuseppe, taken ca 1911 in Corato.
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