Earlier this year, we began a new topic series for our Genealogy Tea & Sympathy events: Regional Research. Our very first event for 2021 tackled “Researching Eastern Kentucky Families”. We had a few special guests: Sharyn Mitchell genealogist from AAGGKY and Berea College. Linda McCauley genealogist from Mt. Vernon. Patty …
On a Burning Deck. The Road to Akron. An Oral History of the Great Migration vol. 1. & On a Burning Deck: Return to Akron. By Tom Jones. (2017. Pp. 298. $18.95. Paperback. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform: http://www.onaburningdeck.com/) ISBN: 978-1-5440-2537-7 & 978-1545565766. Akron, Ohio native Tom Jones presents a fascinating story …
Every once and a while, you come across one of those collections that is just a gem. A true diamond. The Robert Burns Stone Photograph Collection is one such collection. Stone was a telephone engineer by trade (between 1913 and 1954) and a Christian missionary by faith. Sometime in the early 1930s, …