The Heritage Huntress

Yikes! Has it really been over a year since I have posted anything to this blog? (Edit: No, I posted something in July.) I suppose I can bel...

One of my favorite finds during my most recent access to Newspapers.com is also one of the most enigmatic. I am taking liberties in applyin...

Over the past two weeks I have featured my 2great-grandparents, Louis Fox and Cora Jones. This week it seems only fitting to feature their y...

Last week we did my 2great-grandfather, Louis Arthur Fox. Let's stay in that family for a bit and read about his wife, my 2great-grandmo...

Here's a tip: If you don't already have access to Newspapers.com , make sure to at least get on their mailing list. About once a yea...

Baseball runs in my family, though I thought it was on my dad’s side only. Much to my surprise, I have now learned that one of my Robinaults...

For this post, I will stay within the Robinault family, as I have for the past couple weeks, but feature the obituary of a more distant rel...

As last week’s obituary explained, my 3-great-grandfather Barney Robinault was “twice married.” This obituary is that of his second wife. A...

Since I have neglected writing anything on this blog for over a year (until Friday’s post two days ago ), I think I will attempt to get back...

Since I am currently focusing on the family of my 3great-grandmother Mary A. Howard, it seems appropriate that’s today’s obituary should ...

Previously we looked at the obituary of William Filby, my great-great-grandmother’s brother. Today we will take a look at the much briefer ...

I’m on a roll. Since I already posted one random obituary today, why not another? This one is perhaps a bit less random; it is that of Will...

Note: Further research has revealed that this Charles Francis Turner is not the same as the one who was a child of Richard Stebbens Turn...

Page 12 of the 29 Feb 1964 issue of Omaha’s Evening World-Herald : Harry Stroesser, 85, Courthouse Carpenter     Harry Stroesser, ...

Page 23 of the 3 Nov 1927 issue of the Evening World-Herald : STROSSER--Peter, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strosser, 417 N. 40th...

Page 19 of the 12 May 1925 issue of the Omaha World Herald : STROESSER--Joseph George, 417 N. 40th St., May 10; infant son of Mr. and Mr...