Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas

Here is a 2007 picture of Dad walking in the same place his Grandfather Claude Eugene Cowdrey walked during the late 1890's. These are the same buildings that where there when Claude was residing in Yellville in his younger years!
This trip was an eye opener for me because I knew little about my father's family except what I'd found in the records. When Dad said we should take a 2500 mile jaunt across the US to meet his living relations and look for the places those now gone had come from, I said yes with a little trepidation. See, we covered that 2500 miles in just two weeks! Idaho to Mississippi, in some of the worst summer rains or summer heat depending on the location.
But the pictures I took and the things I learned on that trip connected me to my father and his side of the family. I am glad we went.

Family History and American History

This is going to be my Family History blog.
I have been researching my family [maternal and paternal] since 1996. My father has been working on his for about ten years longer.
From this hobby I have developed a love for American History and have found excitement in the search to relate my family members to the times they lived.
I haven't been willing to recreate my Family History pages after Lycos destroyed them, so maybe I'll be more involved with this newer format.I've looked at others pages and been very impressed.
Let's see if I can do something entertaining, at least.
Smiles!
Carla