Fascination with names makes genealogy research interesting

Titan Seniors Jayden Rodriguez, Ava Hulvey, Katelyn Draeger, Piper Hayes, and Lemmie Stone each received a $300 CJSHS Business Scholarship from Instructor Laura Boeckman during the Columbus Unified High School Senior Awards Assembly, May 15, in the high school gymnasium.
Titan Seniors Jayden Rodriguez, Ava Hulvey, Katelyn Draeger, Piper Hayes, and Lemmie Stone each received a $300 CJSHS Business Scholarship from Instructor Laura Boeckman during the Columbus Unified High School Senior Awards Assembly, May 15, in the high school gymnasium.

Genealogy Corner

I have always been fascinated by names. I have encountered many names in my lifetime, first as an elementary teacher and for the last twenty-five years as a volunteer in a genealogy library.

The other day another volunteer came across an unusual given name in an obituary in a 1951 newspaper. The name was “Dola” who turned out to be a man. Later I came across a tombstone on FindAGrav…