Kreativ Blogger Award!

I am so honored and thrilled to have received the "Kreativ Blogger Award" for my posting last week on Wordless Wednesday!

Four fellow bloggers nominated me, Cindy whose blog is Everything's Relative, Janet Illes at Janet the Researcher, Alana at A Twig in my Tree and Andrea Christman who authors Family Tales. Check these blogs out, they are all so interesting to read and artfully laid out.

Instructions are as follows:

1. Copy the award to your site.

2. Link to the people for whom you received the award.

3. Nominate 5 other bloggers.

4. Link to those sites on your blog.

5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominate.

I nominate:

Seeking your Own Legends

Relatively Curious about Genealogy

Pieces of Wild Rose, WI

Nordic Blue

Mega Tree Genealogy

I chose these blogs for various reasons: Some based on originality, humor, layout, ease of reading and the topics. Check these sites out.

Once again, thank you for the nomination!

Wordless Wednesday

Daniel D. Hutchison, Jr.

Fifer

Company I, Iowa 33rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Sep 1862.

Mustered out on 11 Feb 1863 at St Louis, MO.

Photo taken ca 1860's?

Tombstone Tuesday

Hattie Isadora (May) Rings

Born March 5, 1901 Pumpkin Ridge, Near North Plains, Washington County, Oregon

Married to Vernon Everett Rings Sepember 25, 1920 in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon

Died April 28, 1982 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon.

Buried in Arcade Cemetery, Near North Plains, Oregon.

Great Aunt Isadora holds significance especially to my mother, Delores. When my Grandmother, Zelma May was giving birth in Salem, Oregon, Isadore was the midwife in attendance and offered her help and encouragement with her first child. All this occurred during the Great Depression in 1933 when times were tough and the funds weren't available to go to the hospital.

Wordless Wednesday

William Edward Ball

Working in a hop field in Salem, Marion County, Oregon

ca 1931.

Will was my maternal Great GrandFather.

Tombstone Tuesday

Arcade Cemetery

Pumpkin Ridge, Near North Plains

Washington County, Oregon

James Monroe May Born September 15, 1841 Henry County, Indiana son of James May, Sr. Elizabeth Ann Burns Married January 19, 1860 in Story County, Iowa Died May 27, 1922 near Mountaindale, Washington County, Oregon Susanna Arminta Ballard Born November 27, 1844 Vermilion County, Illinois daughter of Daniel Wilson Ballard Delila Ann Hollingsworth Died February 15, 1935 Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon Tombstone Reads as follows: Civil War Veteran "All Nations, as you pass me by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me."