The guy who bought Great Grandpa Will Luce’s ranch in Big Piney, Wyoming was Phil Marincic (1899-1969). I haven’t done any research on his family, although I’ve been intending to. It says he was born in Italy. I’m surprised. Somehow I had the idea he was from Croatia, like John Radosevich. I’m also surprised he…
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John Radosevich
The guy who bought the Swanstrom place in Farson, Wyoming was John Radosevich (1908-1986). He was born in Croatia and came to America as a child. He was part of an extensive family who settled in Rock Springs. I can’t remember when that was. Maybe 1966 or 1967.
Use Your Phone for Negatives
From Janet Maydem at Family History Daily: Wouldn’t it be nice to see what’s really on all those old family photo negatives or slides you’ve been carefully collecting and storing? If so, you might be ready to try out a negative scanner app (also known as a film scanner app). These free apps are designed…
Hard On Equipment
I participate in a genealogy community where I often end up working with this woman EH. She’s not a particularly good genealogist. In fact, she’s quite awful. Her confidence in her own abilities far exceeds anything rational, but that doesn’t stop her from having an opinion about anything and everything. Everyone loves her, though. She’s…
Rootsweb is back
Rootsweb is back up after 18 months in the toilet. I’m not cheering. The whole thing was mismanaged start to finish. It took them 18 months. Let that sink in. Rootsweb is one of the old guard of genealogy websites that host user-contributed data. When Ancestry bought Rootsweb in 2000 they promised to take good…