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Sometimes I take for granted things I run upon in one of these boxes I pull off a shelf tucked away in my house. This 1919 yearbook from Newberry College in South Carolina is one of them. A quick Google and EBay search do not show another on the market. (No, not planning to part with it) It’s in perfect condition and gives depth to my young grandfather’s time in college. I have no memory of my Grandaddy Kyzer without dress pants and dress shirt and 95% of the time a suit jacket....even on the beach! My memories and photos are of a very polished gentleman. The last photo is my favorite. My Grandfather is second from the right. Crouching, tieless, vest unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up, hair tousled and appearing quite at ease in the moment. Fun to see that side of him. #findingprogenitors #newberrycollege #newberrian #1919 #suitandtie #malcolmandida #seniorclass1919 #grandfather #grandpaincollege #neverknowwhatyouaregoingtofind

Visited the genealogy room at the Halifax County Library today. The library occupies the former town elementary school. I noticed the sign across the street. Pretty sure it’s original. #halifaxcountylibrary #halifaxnc #genealogy #dickensland #charliebrownandlucy #keeptheoriginal

Nestled on my basement shelf between computer programming (which people will one day marvel over) and other couple decade old textbooks, was this. I remember putting it there. My memory wants to say I brought it back from Mom’s a long time ago but I don’t remember anything else about it’s origins. Doing some shuffling yesterday and ran across it. A date inside indicated printing in 1858....naaahhh, can’t be. Well....yeah it is! According to the web it was a popular 19th century schoolbook. Pre-civil war! Ummm. I think I’ll give it a better spot to reside.... #findingprogenitors #cornellsfirststepsingeography #oldtextbook #whodiditbelongto #1858 #precivilwar #precivilwarbook #thethingsifind

My handsome Daddy on the left. 1945ish in Japan. #findingprogenitors #veteransday #baseball #baseballinjapan

Interesting things I am finding out while writing Malcolm and Ida’s story. In one letter Ida mentions a visit from Aunt Ella and Blanche. Well, I have no one by those names in Ida’s tree. A little digging. Ella is the wife of Ida’s father’s brother and Blanche is her cousin. Hmm, where are they visiting from? Well, census show her Aunt, Uncle, and cousin living in California in 1920. It shows her Uncle being born in Georgia (where Ida lives) and Ella was born in Massachusetts. Blanche was born in California. A little more digging. No other family members seemed to have moved to California with either Ida’s Aunt or Uncle. Mystery for another day as to why they moved west. But given how mistakes happen in Census records, it still made me doubtful this was the Ella and Blanche I was looking for. South Georgia society newspaper records however gave me the confirmation I was looking for. Ella and Blanche did make a visit to Georgia in 1921 and then were to travel to Boston and Niagara Falls before returning to California. Wow....in 1921. That was some serious traveling for the day. The article also mentions them being a guest “of her sister”. Hmmm, neither have record of a sister. Well, that is a wormhole for a rainy day as it’s taking me away from the story at hand. #findingprogenitors #newspaperrecordsrule #malcolmandida #1921travel #movedwest #ancestry #censusrecords #EarlyCountyNews #roadtrip

Well, I bit the bullet and had the 561 typed pages of 721 letters printed. Malcolm and Ida’s love story in letters is spiral bound and awaiting transformation into their story. I hope I can pull it off! Stay tuned! #findingprogenitors #malcolmandida #lovestory #grandmaandgrandpa #sprialbound #theykeptthepostofficeinbusiness

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