Posts Tagged: Western Reserve

Online Guide to Historic Maps of Cleveland and the Western Reserve

Did you every wonder if a map was available for a specific location in the Cleveland area and for a specific time period? Well, there is a website for that: Cleveland Cartography at http://www.clevelandmemory.com/speccoll/maps/clevmaps.html The website was created and is maintained by Bill Barrow, head of special collections at Cleveland State University. You can read about

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Clues to Identifying an Unknown Vehicle

Family historians often are faced with the issue of trying to identify an automobile depicted in a snapshot in a family photo album. Today, I attended a workshop presented at Western Reserve Historical Society by the Genealogical Committee, an auxiliary of WRHS. The presenter was Derrick Moore, curator of the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum at

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Identify a Mystery Car in Your Family Photo Collection at Workshop at WRHS

Coming up on Saturday, April 4, 2015, the Genealogical Committee of Western Reserve Historical Society is hosting an event for people to learn about family automobiles and the automotive industry in Northeastern Ohio. Derek E Moore will be presenting information in a session titled “Love Those Cars–Automotive History & Our Family Cars.” The workshop session

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My Grandson Wins Family History Writing Competition

The following article was written by my grandson, Korey Wallace Huskonen, and entered in the Western Reserve Historical Society My Favorite Western Reserve Ancestor writing competition. He won $50 for first prize in the 18 and under category. Needless to say, I am quite proud of his article. My Favorite Western Reserve Ancestor: Walfrid Herbert

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