Members of an eclipse aerial expedition ready to Roosevelt Field to climb 30,000 feet to photograph the eclipse. Left to right: Aaron "Duke" Krantz, Pilot; Herbert Partridge, Technical observer; Robert Donahue, movie camera operator; and Buck Baron, camera operator.

Excerpt From: Get That Picture! The Story Of The News Cameraman By A. J. EZICKSON The steel strike disorders everywhere were terrifying experiences for the news photographers. At Warren, Ohio, three cameramen, Charles Wilk, Cleveland manager of Wide World Photos, Mack Baron, of International News, and Jack Hines, Associated Press staffer, were fired upon and

EXCERPT FROM: A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County, Volume 2 By Everett Gleason Hill Hon. John Orrin Shares Hon. John Orrin Shares is well known in business circles of Hamden as a successful operator in the field of real estate, but is even more widely known because of the important

Robert M. Goldberg Born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 27, 1937 Departed on Aug. 26, 2009 and resided in Coventry, RI Coventry – Robert M. Goldberg, 72, of Sandra Circle, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. He was the beloved husband of Jane A. (Wowk) Goldberg. Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on

It's not to often you find a photograph of  four generations of one family.  So when I came across one of my wife's Uncle's family photos, I decided it deserved a blog post of its own! Ricky Barnes of Georgia has a boat load of Barnes and Shares photo's letters and other historical documents that

The following is part of an Genealogical Assessment provided by the nice people at Eneclann.  The purpose of the assessment is to help me evaluate whether it makes sense to move forward with a more in-depth investigation of my Roche (Roach) relatives of Dublin, Ireland..  The people there are very nice and curteous.  They did

I have finally found the elusive Frank Edward Smith, estranged husband of Jean Louise Baron Smith and estranged father to Marie, Patricia and Eileen Smith . Frank Edward Smith was born February 27, 1893 in Humboldt, Iowa to Hiram Gregg Smith and Julia Geeslin Smith.

Hiram Gregg Smith was born in New York State circa 1864 to Caroline E. and Benjamin H. Smith.  He was one of 10 children. Somewhere between 1873 and 1878, the family picked up and moved out to the Humboldt, Iowa area. On December 17, 1884, Hiram Gregg Smith married Julia Geeslin in Rutland, Iowa.  There

After the major "Smith" family break through earlier today,  I came across a very interesting geneaology query posted on July 14, 2001 at the genealogy.com Smith surname forum: I am looking for any information on  Hiram Gregg Smith. He died sometime before 1913 in Iowa and was married to Julia Ann Geesline in 1884 in Humboldt Co., Iowa. They