LIFE magazine photo archive now online
0 Comments Published by Jane on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 6:21 PM.
LIFE magazine has allowed google to index the entire photo archive. This image is from a Worcester, Massachusetts museum visit which appeared in the magazine in the 1940's. 
This is an image of a "typical farm in County Kerry, Ireland" which is dated 1941. You can search for more fun images here.Labels: History
Another book recommendation
0 Comments Published by Jane on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 8:05 PM.
Perhaps it is the changing season, but I have been on a bit of reading binge lately. I have just started the new Dennis Lehane novel The Given Day
. I picked it up since it looks like an entertaining read, but more importantly it is set in 1918-1919 Boston and the characters experience important local history that impacted my ancestors. For example, the Influenza epidemic that my Great-Aunt Jane Sullivan experienced first hand. The 1919 Police strike which left its mark on my Great-Grandfather, Maurice Sullivan. Even Babe Ruth and the 1917 and 1918 Red Sox are in the book.Soon enough I will get back to my more formal family research.
Labels: History
