The Children of America Loyalty League was organized in St. Louis, Missouri on 29 June 1917. Its purpose was to teach children to love their...

Engraving of James A. Garfield's assassination. A. Berghaus and C. Upham. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper , 16 July 1881. Pub...

On 2 August 1900, my great-grandmother 's brother Garfield Graham (also known as Garfield Mapplebeck) and five other men left Alton, Mad...

According to the Internet Surname Database , the surname Graham comes from the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. It was recorded...

In 1907, my 2nd-great-grandmother Catherine Elizabeth (Winters) Mapplebeck and her granddaughter Vivian briefly visited Alton, Madison Cou...

My first cousin twice removed Kenneth Graham was an entertainer who performed in nightclubs in Florida, mostly in the Miami Beach area. He p...

On 10 April 1790, the Patent Act of 1790 was enacted. On 31 July 1790 (225 years ago today), the first patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins f...

My great-great-grandmother Catherine Elizabeth (Winters) Mapplebeck lived at 519 E. 9th St., Alton, Madison County, Illinois from 1902-1...

This picture is of both of my mother's grandmothers. My great-grandmother Paulina (Gersbacher) Schneider is on the left, and my great...

Jeanne D. Graham was born in Missouri on 10 March 1930. She was the daughter of Donald Graham and Virginia Carman. Donald was the son of ...

The Saturday before Thanksgiving is National Adoption Day . The day is intended to raise awareness of the large number of children in foster...

My great-grandmother Kathleen Graham was born on 31 October 1879. She was the daughter of James Graham and Catherine Elizabeth Winters . He...

Plan of the City and Harbour of Montreal. From A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation...

  Chicago Tribune , 11 October 1871 At about 9:00 PM on 8 October 1871, a fire broke out in Patrick and Catherine O'Leary's b...