American Legacies Organization, Inc.

Kentucky, 1916...

Caption

Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. Location: Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky...

Source

National Child Labor Committee Lewis Hine photographer

Harlan County, Kentucky, 1946...

Caption

Franklin D. Sergent sledding home household coal from the mine. The company charges $2.80 monthly for household coal, designating certain coal which the miners may haul away themselves; if the company does the hauling a charge of $1.50 per ton is made for haulage. P V & K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky., September 12, 1946...

Source

National Archives Russell Lee photographer

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75 years ago today, January 12, 1949, Kukla, Fran and Ollie premiered on NBC. Originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed. It was first aired from 1947 to 1957. The first NBC network broadcast of the show took place on January 12, 1949. It aired from 6–6:30 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday from Chicago.

Navy Patch

James Bullington

Does anyone know what the insignia in the shape of a book stands for on a Navy Uniform?

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Gen. Patton

Tom Mlinar

Picture: Tiny Broadwick seated in a sling hanging from the side of Glenn Martin’s plane, 1913. Thanks to Daniella Wild for calling my attention to her!

Georgia Ann Thompson, the first female parachutist and inventor of the rip cord, became famous under the name Tiny Broadwick. She weighed only three pounds at birth in 1893 in North Carolina, and never grew past 5 feet tall and 80 pounds. She married at 12, and bore a daughter, Verla, at 13. After her husband died in an accident, she had to work 14-hour days in a cotton mill.

I have no idea who put this together, but it is wonderful, especially if you’re North of 70!

Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,

Before the days of Dylan , or the dawn of Camelot.

There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me.

For Ike was in the White House in that land where we were born,

Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn.

We longed for love and romance, and waited for our Prince,

Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.

A Union Army band on Lookout Mountain, TN, 1864 during the Civil War.

Picture: Myra and Emma Feaster

Parker Family

From Helen Held nee Parker

The photograph to the left is of my grandparents Edward and Melissa Parker. He was a farmer and they also had a coal mine on their property at one time. I don’t know what happened, but one of their boys fell into a shaft and died.

Your Queries

If you can help any of these people with their queries, please contact this magazine with your information and we will pass it along to them. Please include "January 2004" and initials found below query.

You may also submit queries or your family histories to this magazine. Genealogy is a group effort, there are many others seeking the same families and hopefully we will be able to connect them with you!

Lucretia Mott, born January 8, 1793.

Lucretia Mott was the pioneer of the equal rights movement for women and one of the founders of the Equal Rights Association. A Quaker minister, Lucretia with husband and fellow teacher James Mott had also been actively involved in the American Anti-Slavery Society. Mott stayed active in the fight for women's equal rights into her seventies and died on November 11, 1880.

Florida Seceded from the Union on Jan 10, 1861.

Today is a day I'll not soon forget..

As I was combining today, I was unloading into the auger cart and I saw a vehicle go by a couple times slowly and then pull over and stop. I had a minor repair to make and the vehicle stayed... I was a little concerned until I happened to catch 3 little sets of eyes looking out windows.

Twenty years ago, in Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA's convention.

While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup of speakers scheduled to present during the weekend. One name kept resurfacing, always with the same sentiment — “John Scolinos is here? Oh, man, worth every penny of my airfare.”

Who is John Scolinos, I wondered. No matter; I was just happy to be there.

For those of you who live in Kentucky you might find this interesting.

And for those of you who don't, YOU might also find this interesting.

Today's history lesson!

1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the western frontier to join the Union .

A young man went to seek an important position at a large printing company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked,'

"Have you received a scholarship for school?" The boy replied, "No".

'It was your father who paid for your studies? '' Yes.' He replied.

'Where does your father work? ' 'My father is a Blacksmith'

The Director asked the young man to show him his hands.

Jackie Brown

Hi, I am seeking info for a friend of my daughter. He wants to know where his dad might be. Can you help? His blood father's name is Jackie Brown, possibly with the middle name Lloyd. He was born around 1960, possibly in Texas. Jackie had a child out of wedlock with Carla Denise Germann. This is a nice kid. He turned 17 years old yesterday. Thank-you for your time.

Becky B.

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Linda Josey

As we embark on a new year, I have been reflecting on the growth that was accomplished during the past year and busy planning new goals for the coming year.

I would like to start this editorial by thanking the many volunteers that have dedicated so much time, effort and energy into helping us during the past year.

Honouring WWI Mascot Dog Stubby, 1916 - 1926

Sergeant Stubby was an American dog who served as the mascot of America’s 102nd Infantry Regiment during the First World War.

Stubby was stowed away on a ship to France by a young soldier called Robert Conroy and went on to participate in four offensives and 17 battles.

Lest we forget

Thanks to Kingdom of Doggo 

The information gather in a Census has changed over the years. Below is a sampling of the information that was gathered in the 19th Century.

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Census of 1800

Entries list name and address of head of family;

number of free whites under 10 years of age, 10 and under 16, 16 and under 26, 26 and under 45, and 45 years and upward in the household;

A New Year. A chance for new growth, new accomplishments, new hopes and dreams. One of the traditional images of New Years Day, is the Old Man Time being replaced by the New Year’s Baby.

As we mature, our goals, ideas and thoughts change. As a young man, I would look forward to the celebrations and parties or new chances at having a better year facing me, then the year that had past.

RECIPES

Compiled by Women’s Society of Christian Service

Methodist Church

Grandview, Indiana

1955

Ginger Bread

Legacy of Mrs Rilla Parker

Grandview, Indiana

½ cup sugar

½ cup Spry or Crisco

Cream thoroughly.

1 cup molasses

Cora Culp

The photo above was purchased by U.S. Legacies in Huntingburg, Indiana. The following comments are written on the back. Cora Matlieny Culp B July 18, 1867. Property of Lucille Randolph, RR 2 Oblong, IL 62449.

Inside a young couple’s log home in Estill County, Kentucky. c. late 19th century.

Photograph by Coley Ogg.

Thanks to Jimmy Nickels.

'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore... So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'

Rebecca - age 8

'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4

'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.

' Karl - age 5

The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened and a homeless man stepped through.

An old boy was fumblin around one day

In a women’s clothing store

He’d found his wife a Christmas coat

And was headed for the door

When he bumped into a little boy

That looked like he was lost.

And he said “Mister can you help me

Find out how much something costs?

Here it is almost Christmas

And the nights are gettin cold

Winter time is on us

And my mom don’t have a coat.

I’ve been workin for the neighbors

And saving for a time”

And in his tiny outstretched hand

According to Paul Harvey, who retold this parable every Christmas for decades, “the story was originally published by United Press International by Louis Cassels, a longtime friend of mine and colleague. He and I tried for many years to trace the author of these words. We never could and it occurs to me that maybe some things are supposed to be written without credit to any particular individual …”

The Man and the Birds

**"Dear Santa"** letters run the gamut.

"My dad was a soldier in the World War," says one, written in 1939. "He got shot when he was a deputy sheriff by gangsters after he come home. I have a step dad but he is so mean he never buys me anything. Some day I will be a man and I want to be brave. I like books better than anything and I like boxing gloves & foot balls."

Santa's elves sort letters at the Santa Claus, Indiana, post office in 1970.

About a week before Christmas a family bought a new nativity scene. When they unpacked it they found 2 figures of the Baby Jesus. "Someone must have packed this wrong," the mother said, counting out the figures. "We have one Joseph, one Mary, three wise men, three shepherds, two lambs, a donkey, a cow, an angel and two babies. Oh, dear! I suppose some set down at the store is missing a Baby Jesus because we have 2."

I was born in the 1940’s and as you can see in the image we were able to SEE Santa Claus in the comfort of our own home.

I later learned that my Uncle Clyde Hostetter did the wonderful performance of Santa Claus for us.

***Christmas***Letter from the Editor

By Franklin T Wike, Jr.

What makes Christmas special for you?

As young children, our interest in Christmas leaned more towards getting gifts than giving them.