Author Archives: Don Taylor

Donna Darling Collection – Part 93

Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor I’m looking at a page from the Donna Darling Collection for this week’s Treasure Chest Thursday. It consists of five images, four photos and one newspaper clipping. I only cropped the clipping. I cropped, … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 105

Photo Friday– Lowell, Nappi, Nason, Navaro, & Neal (née Capstack) By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who paid for … Continue reading

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“Chin Chin” – Majestic Theatre, Kankakee, IL – 2 Nov 1919

By Don Taylor Donna’s playing at the Majestic in Kankakee reminds me that not everything is online. In this case, I learned that “Chin-Chin” played in Kankakee only because the St. Anne Record (Saint Anne is about 5 miles southeast … Continue reading

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50.ii.b. – Eva Dent (McCarty) Johnson – Obituary.

Part 1 of 2 – Margaret Ann Swann – Do Over By Don Taylor As I began working on my wife’s 4th great-grandmother, Margaret Ann Swann, I found that many of my sources were corrupt due to a software problem … Continue reading

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Photo Friday – Nanos, Naples, Woodrow, & Woudt

Catherine Nanos (m. Hadjutanis) Viola Nanos (m. Imhoff), & Bernice Woudt (née Dunn) (m. Kerwin) By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain … Continue reading

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