Archive for the 'Obituaries' Category

Nancy B. Foster, Co-founder of the Hamilton County Chapter of OGS, Passes

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

SHARONVILLE [Ohio] - Nancy B. Foster was descended from Pilgrims, colonists, soldiers, saloon keepers and accused witches.
A professional Genealogist, she spent more than 40 years tracking down her ancestors. Then she joined every lineage society for which she could document her eligibility.
“She shared her passion with others and was always willing to help budding genealogists […]

Sherman & Grayson County Texas Historian, Jack Frost McGraw, Passes at 95

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

The following obit - family history - whatever you want to call it - has more information than I’ve ever seen in a modern obituary - up to now. I’m putting the entire obit on the blog, in that it’s really quite amazing.
Sherman author, educator, historian Jack Frost McGraw died peacefully Monday morning at her […]

Anne Morton Passes at 86

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

BEAVER [Pennsylvania] - When Anne Morton of Beaver retired in 1973, she dedicated more time to tracing her lineage, which went back to the early 1600s.
Genealogy was her hobby, and her husband of 31 years, Ralph Morton, said the quest took them all over New England and the Eastern United States. He was there when […]