Illinois Research – Digitized colletions

I am getting ready to visit family in Illinois and decided to get my to do list completed.  There are several books I need to check out located in various libraries in the area.  I decided to check the several online catalogs of nearby universities to see which of the books I needed where located where.  Imagine my surprise when I found quite a few of the books I needed online and digitized.  Here are a few of the digital books I located through the University of Illinois:
Fayette County in the World War, by Hanes, Rederick M., published in 1922,
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, by Bateman, Newton published 1901-1902

History of Fayette County, Ohio : her people, industries and institutions /

by Allen, Frank M. Published 1914

History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876

by Smith, John W. Published 1876

I think I will spend part of the day checking the other universities online catalog to see what else I can cross of the list.  

Wordless Wednesday – Michael and Steven Urman cir 1963

Michael and Steven Urman cir 1963, Phoenix, Arizona

Memorial Day – My Military Ancestors

Otis Elmer Clark, Army, World War I

Lloyd Clark, Marine

William Skibbe, Army, World War I

William Skibbe, Jr., Army, World War II

Wordless Wednesday – Frank (Yurmanovich) Urman

1930 Acadian Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Frank Urman is standing on far right.

Frank 1975 Milwaukee Wisconsin

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Wordless Wednesday – Robert and Daniel Urman 1944

1944 Bob Urman and his catch with Dan Urman in the background

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Wordless Wednesday – Daddy and Me Christmas 1967

The know and unknown Clark and Damery photo….

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Row 1:  Glenda Clark, Liz Clark, Nina Damery, Ruby Poundstone Clark (Grandma), Wilma Clark and Maxine Damery.

Row 2:  Ann Clark Ray, Irene Clark Baker, Marsha Clark Chappell

Row 3:  Dennis Michael Ray, Charles Dean Clark, Leo Otis Clark, Max Damery, Bill Damery, John Clark,  David Kent Clark, Otis Elmer Clark (Grandpa)  

UPDATE:  Irene Clark Baker provided the following information: Ann Ray Clark, she is deceased. Then I think the next one may be me Irene Clark Baker, and the next one is Marsha Clark Chappell, she is also deceased. Back row is Dennis Michael Ray he was Ann’s husband and he passed this last week. The second guy is Charles Dean Clark, Deceased. these are all brother or sister of mine and Dennis Michael Ray was my brother in law the third guy I believe is Otie Aunt Ruby and Uncle Otis’s son.  Thank you Irene!

This is a new found favorite photo of mine.  One of my cousins provided this photo to the funeral home when my Aunt Maxine passed away.  I had never seen this group shot before.  It looks like it may have been taken on my grandparents picnic table in their backyard, that is just a guess on my behalf.  The clothing makes me think perhaps late 50’s or early 60’s.  I would love to identify the folks that I do not know.  Are they relatives?  What are their connections?  Aunt Maxine looks so pretty with her white blouse and long flowered skirt, was she dressed this way for an event or did she just wear this type of fashion?  Filling in names to the missing folk in this photo may lead to more clues to our family history….does anyone want to hazard a guess to who some of these folks are?