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.
  • Greenbush and the Columbus Library partnered on July 23 to bring a planetarium experience to the children of Columbus. Kenzie Underwood talks to students about the many fascinations of the cosmos.
    Greenbush and the Columbus Library partnered on July 23 to bring a planetarium experience to the children of Columbus. Kenzie Underwood talks to students about the many fascinations of the cosmos.
  • At a monthly meeting of the Sheridan Homemakers, 4-H members had the opportunity to practice giving presentations on their Cherokee County Fair entries. Each presenter was given a backpack of useful items to use during fair week. Prior to the 4-H presentations, Sheridan Homemaker Treasurer, Evon Goettel, gave a talk on the history of the United States Constitution. Members participated in a pop quiz and Tara Underwood won a prize for the highest score. Courtesy photo.
    At a monthly meeting of the Sheridan Homemakers, 4-H members had the opportunity to practice giving presentations on their Cherokee County Fair entries. Each presenter was given a backpack of useful items to use during fair week. Prior to the 4-H presentations, Sheridan Homemaker Treasurer, Evon Goettel, gave a talk on the history of the United States Constitution. Members participated in a pop quiz and Tara Underwood won a prize for the highest score. Courtesy photo.

    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…