About Rosanna Ward
I am a devoted wife of 20 years and mother of four children, one of whom is currently homeschooled. My oldest two daughters have graduated homeschool and my youngest son is a toddler. My husband and I own a Daylight Donuts. I am a homeschool graduate and a graduate of ORU. I love History and Genealogy.
Today I got nominated for my first blog award! Deborah Sweeney of genealogylady.net did me the honor of nominating me. Thanks Deborah! The rules for this award are similar to several others: 1. Thank the person who nominated you and include … Continue reading →
Here is a fun sibling marriage puzzle from my family tree: My great great grandfather John Edward Tracy (1832) married Maria Artlysia Boblett (1839). He was the seventh child of ten children of Joshua and Rachel Dilworth Tracy. His older … Continue reading →
Here are some newspaper clippings my Grandma McConaughy kept. I have no idea how old they are but they all hold true today, especially The Lazy Man’s Psalm.
My maternal grandparents owned a small hardware store in a very small town in the 1970s. In fact, the hardware store was really a general store. I remember every time we came to visit grandma and grandpa if we arrived during … Continue reading →
Rusler Tombstone long ago. Council Cemetery, York, Nebraska
I found this letter mixed in with a box of letters written by Manuel Martinez to my Grandma Mabel. Mabel and Manuel were college sweethearts who wrote letters back and forth for over a year after teacher’s college ended. Manuel … Continue reading →
This is my great great grandmother Tracy’s obituary. I love the last couple sentences here and hope someday people can say this about me. “To her death had no terrors, and with a strong faith in Him she had served … Continue reading →
I have recently been moving all of my genealogy pictures to my laptop iphoto program. Over the years I have somehow duplicated many of my pictures and they aren’t really in very good order, nor do they all have good … Continue reading →
Here is a picture of my Grandpa Leo Gotcher’s class. They lived Omaha, Nebraska and from the ages of the children I think it was probably taken about 1923. My guess is that grandpa is 5th from the left on … Continue reading →
