https://rogers-jones.com/about/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dancing-skeleton.jpgDancing Skeleton2018-10-06T19:57:50+00:00weekly0.6https://rogers-jones.com/2018/10/06/buttons-snakes-and-strychnine-the-mysterious-death-of-david-vandeveers-dog/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/antique-dog-muzzles.jpgAntique Dog Muzzleshttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/relationship-calculator.jpgRelationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/newfoundland-dog.jpgNewfoundland Doghttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1901-dwv20.jpg1901 (DWV20)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/article-from-kentucky-advocate-1889-05-24.jpgArticle from Kentucky Advocate (1889-05-24)https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/article-against-buttons-1889-05-28.jpgArticle against Buttons (1889-05-28)https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/timber-rattlesnake.jpgTimber RattlesnakeAntique illustration of eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) and timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/article-about-stanfords-frost-1889-05-29.jpgArticle about Stanford's Frost (1889-05-29)2018-10-06T15:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2018/06/13/the-elopement-of-lida-pratt-hornsey/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/relationship-calculator.jpgRelationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kc-map-1860.jpgKC Map (1860)https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the_courier_journal_wed__oct_13__1897_.jpgArticle from The Courier-Journal, 13 October 1897An article describing the elopement of Lida Pratt Hornsey and Ernest Frazier from the Wednesday, October 13, 1897 edition of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. The article salaciously describes Lida as "just past fourteen," but all other records indicate that Lida was seventeen at the time of her wedding.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the_bourbon_news_fri__oct_15__1897_.jpgArticle from The Bourbon News, 15 October 1897An article describing the elopement of Lida Pratt Hornsey and Ernest Frazier from the Friday, October 15, 1897 edition of The Bourbon News of Paris, Kentucky.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lexington_leader_1910-02-08_10.jpgArticle from the Lexington Leader, 8 February 1910An article describing the death of Ernest Weimer Frazier, Jr. from the February 8, 1910 edition of the Lexington Leader of Lexington, Kentucky.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/men-in-front-of-fordham-hotel-paris.jpgMen in front of Fordham Hotel Parishttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ln-depot-paris-1909.pngl&n depot paris 1909https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wun-hos.jpgWun Hoshttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/north-broadway.jpgNorth Broadway2018-06-13T18:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2018/05/08/oscar-brewer/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/i-long-to-be-there-copy.jpgI Long to Be There - Copyhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/relationship-calculator.jpgRelationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/i-long-to-be-there.jpghttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tombstone-od-brewer-1874.jpgTombstone for Oscar D. Brewer at Coal Bank Cemetery in Crab Orchard, Illinois.2018-05-08T18:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2018/01/12/doppelgangers-golda-daisy/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/how-they-met-themselves.jpgHow They Met Themselves by Dante Gabriel Rossettihttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/golda-jane-ahlfield-daisy-louise-ahlfield.jpgGolda Jane Ahlfield & Daisy Louise AhlfieldFamily Tree Maker Relationship Calculator for Golda Jane Ahlfield and her paternal first cousin, Daisy Louise Ahlfield. Golda Jane Ahlfield is my paternal grandmother.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1930-gja131.jpg1930 (GJA13)Golda Jane Ahlfield at about age 17 in 1930. This photo is in my own personal collection.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1935-dla15.jpg1935 (DLA15)Daisy Louise Ahlfield at about age 20 in 1935. This photo was shared on Ancestry.com by user ArlineCampbellBrown.2018-01-13T05:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2018/01/10/mabel-holle-the-all-american-girls-professional-ball-league/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1938-mbh20.jpg1938 (MBH20)A photo from the 1938 yearbook from Jacksonville High School of Jacksonville, Illinois, picturing Mabel Bernice Holle (1920), president of the Girls' Athletic Association, in the center of the front row.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1938-mbh20-2.jpg1938 (MBH20) (2)Mabel Bernice Holle's (1920) senior photo from the 1938 Jacksonville High School yearbook of Jacksonville, Illinois.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1940-mbh20.jpg1940 (MBH20)Mabel Bernice Holle's (1920) sophomore year student photo from the MacMurray College yearbook in 1940.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1941-mbh201.jpg1941 (MBH20)Mabel Bernice Holle (1920), seen in the lower right corner, in a photo of the women's hockey team from the 1941 Illiwoco yearbook of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1941-mbh20-2.jpg1941 (MBH20) (2)A photo of the women's basketball team from the 1941 Illiwoco yearbook of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, in which Mabel Bernice Holle (1920) is pictured in the middle of the back row.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1941-mbh20-3.jpg1941 (MBH20) (3)Mabel Bernice Holle's (1920) junior year student photo from the 1941 Illiwoco yearbook of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/relationship-calculator2.jpgRelationship CalculatorFamily Tree Maker Relationship Calculator for my third cousin once removed, Mabel Bernice Holle, and me. I have blurred the information of living individuals, as well as my own personal information.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/relationship-calculator1.jpgRelationship CalculatorFamily Tree Maker Relationship Calculator for my third cousin once-removed, Mabel Bernice Holle, and me.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/main.jpgmainhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/relationship-calculator.jpgRelationship CalculatorFamily Tree Maker Relationship Calculator for my third cousin once removed, Mabel Bernice Holle, and me.2018-01-10T21:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/12/11/the-ahlfield-women-their-famous-pants/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/relationship-calculator2.jpgRelationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the_miami_news_sun__mar_28__1954_.jpgThe_Miami_News_Sun__Mar_28__1954_https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/merit-matchbox.jpgMerit Matchboxhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ad.jpgadhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5620.jpgIMG_5620https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5619.jpgMinnie Maye Ahlfield Clark retired from the Merit Clothing Company as a "floor lady" in Spring 1975.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/merit-mural.jpgA mural created by Rudy Holmes paying tribute to the Merit, Curlee, and Andover clothing companies that helped make Mayfield, Kentucky, a clothing capital of the United States in the early 20th century. The mural was installed on the former Merit Clothing Company building in downtown Mayfield in 2012.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/merit-clothing-building-sign.jpgMerit Clothing Building Sign2017-12-11T21:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/12/04/hugh-lonney/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1863-01-obituary-from-unknown-newspaper-h-lonney-1794.jpg1863-01 (Obituary from Unknown Newspaper) (H Lonney 1794)Obituary for Hugh Lonney from an unknown Lexington newspaper from January 1863.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tombstone-n-harris-181x.jpgTombstone (N Harris 181x)Tombstone for Nancy Harris Lonney in Lexington Cemetery.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/funeral-flyer-n-harris-181x.jpgFuneral Flyer (N Harris 181x)Funeral notice for Nancy Harris Lonney.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/funeral-flyer-h-lonney-1794.jpgFuneral Flyer (H Lonney 1794)Funeral notice for Hugh Lonney.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/relationship-calculator1.jpgRelationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tombstone-h-lonney-1794.jpgTombstone (H Lonney 1794)Hugh Lonney's tombstone in Section G, Lot 41 of Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1901-08-25-article-from-the-lexington-leader-h-lonney-1794-page-001.jpg1901-08-25 (Article from the Lexington Leader) (H Lonney 1794)-page-001A clipping from the August 5, 1901 edition of the Lexington Leader newspaper of Lexington, Kentucky, which references an article from an August 1833 newspaper that lists Hugh Lonney's mother and wife among the recently deceased cholera victims.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1954-02-10-article-from-the-lexington-leader-h-lonney-1794-page-001.jpg1954-02-10 (Article from the Lexington Leader) (H Lonney 1794)A clipping from the February 10, 1954 edition of the Lexington Leader newspaper of Lexington, Kentucky, referencing Hugh Lonney's bath house.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cholera.jpgCholera"Cholera Tramples the Victors and the Vanquished Both" by Robert Seymour, 1831.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lexington-e1512440021153.jpgLexingtonA Lexington street in the 1850s.2017-12-05T02:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/11/12/elnora-the-flour-sack/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/aunt-jemima.jpgAunt Jemimahttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1950-ec81.jpgElnora CalhounElnora Calhoun Ahlfield in approximately 1950.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1940-lme84-ec81-lda77-uoa67.jpg1940 (LME84, EC81, LDA77, UOA67)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/relationship-calculator.jpgRelationship Calculator2017-11-12T18:48:39+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/10/31/where-do-i-begin/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/norman-rockwell.jpg"A Family Tree" by Normal Rockwell2017-10-31T19:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/10/23/helene-kruger/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/relationship-calculator2.jpgFamily Tree Maker Relationship Calculator for my third great aunt, Helene Kruger and myself. I have blurred out the names of living relatives, as well as my own personal information.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tombstone-h-krc3bcger-1882-f-mc3bcllner-1880.jpgTombstone for Helene (Krüger) Müllner and her husband, Ferdinand Müllner, in the Sunset Burial Park in Affton, Missouri. The more Americanized spelling of their names was used on the tombstone.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1945-ccl98-hk82-ehm09.jpgHelene (Krüger) Müllner (1882) with her niece, Charlotte Caroline (Laurisch) Turpen (1898), left, and her daughter, Estelle (Müllner) Schneider (1909), right, in approximately 1945.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/s-s-imperator.jpgS.S. ImperatorThe S.S. Imperator of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, upon which Helene sailed to the United States with her daughter and niece in June 1914.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/little-dry-creek.jpgLittle Dry CreekA recent photo of Little Dry Creek in Englewood, Colorado.2017-10-23T19:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/09/29/why-genealogy/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2009-06-05-downtown-evansville-772-e1507918389315.jpghttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2009-06-05-downtown-evansville-771.jpg2009-06-05 (Downtown Evansville) (77)https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRender2017-10-13T18:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/10/01/james-h-turpin/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/relationship-calculator-for-james-h-turpin.jpgRelationship Calculator for James H. Turpinhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/694e31a3-155d-4519-3e2eb6072b3d1f64.jpg694E31A3-155D-4519-3E2EB6072B3D1F64https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wilsons-creek.jpgwilsons-creekhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1965-ljt31.jpg1965 (LJT31)Laverna Jean Wildt-Kerr, née Turpen (1931-2012)https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1955-emt33.jpg1955 (EMT33)Esther Melissa Bauman, née Turpen (1933-2015)2017-10-13T18:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/10/04/mourning-myrtle/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1920-hjr89-1.jpgHenry Jasper Rogers, a school teacher, with his class in Williamson County, Illinois. The photo is undated, but was likely taken in the 1920's.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/myrtle-relationship-calculator3.jpgMyrtle Relationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1909-l-r-hj-rogers-1889-me-mcanelly-18881.jpgHenry Jasper Rogers & Myrtle E. McAnellyhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/marriage-certificate-hj-rogers-18892.jpgMarriage certificate for Henry Jasper Rogers and Myrtle McAnelly from Marion, Illinois on February 13, 1909.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1964-02-06-article-from-unknown-newspaper-hj-rogers-1889.jpgMemorial from 1964https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1960-02-06-article-from-unknown-newspaper-hj-rogers-1889.jpgMemorial from 1960https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1959-02-06-article-from-unknown-newspaper-hj-rogers-1889.jpgMemorial from 1959https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1953-02-06-article-from-unknown-newspaper-hj-rogers-1889.jpgMemorial from 1953https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1952-02-06-article-from-unknown-newspaper-hj-rogers-1889.jpgMemorial from 1952https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1915-ceu71-gmm03-jhm56-mbr14-mem88-lrr10-hjr89-jwr52.jpgFrom left to right, (1) Myrtle's stepmother, Cordia Utely, (2) Myrtle's half-sister, Georgia Mae McAnelly, (3) Myrtle's father, John Henderson McAnelly, (4) Mary Berniece Rogers, (5) Myrtle McAnelly, (6) Lowell Ralph Rogers, Sr., (7) Henry Jasper Rogers, (8) Jasper's father, Jesse W. Rogers2017-10-13T18:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/10/08/golden-helen-ebrecht/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/st-louis-city-hospital.jpgThe St. Louis City Hospital, circa 1920, where Hammie Shane was taken after his arrest.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/relationship-calculator.jpgRelationship Calculatorhttps://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tombstone-gh-ebrecht-1899.jpgTombstone for Golden Helen Ebrecht and her husband, Said Alawi in the Knights of Pythias cemetery in Farmington, Missouri. The dates on the tombstone are mostly incorrect, though this is certainly the couple's marker.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1923-ghe99.jpgGolden Helen Ebrecht at about age 25.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4938.jpgThe building at 1929 Hickory Street in St. Louis Missouri in 2017. The first floor had been converted into an art gallery, and the second floor apartments are still inhabited.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1923-ghe99-ssa9x.jpgGolden Helen Ebrecht and her husband, Said Alawi in about 1922. Said's cousin, Hammie Shane, is featured in the inset.2017-10-13T18:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/2017/10/13/hog-heaven-the-death-of-earl-pierce/https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/relationship-calculator1.jpgFamily Tree Maker Relationship Calculator for Earl Pierce, the husband of my first great aunt, L. Deana Ahlfield, and myself.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kentucky-death-records-1852-1963-e-pierce-1898.jpgDeath record for Earl Pierce.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1916-gja13-ec81-wla03-lda00-mma07-uoa67.jpgL. Deana Ahlfield, center, with her family in about 1916. From left to right: Golda Jane Ahlfield (my grandmother), Elnora Calhoun, Willie Lee Ahlfield, L. Deana Ahlfield, Minnie Maye Ahlfield, and Ulyssis Otto Ahlfield.https://rogers-jones.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hogs.jpgHogs2017-10-13T22:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://rogers-jones.com/contact/2017-09-30T23:57:35+00:00weekly0.6https://rogers-jones.comdaily1.02018-10-06T19:57:50+00:00