In this lovely photo taken one hundred years ago for the Barnard College yearbook, The Mortarboard, Cornelia "Nina" Heal Dakin (1888-1963), class of 1912, is wearing her graduation cap and gown. She attended Barnard College in NYC from 1908 through 1911, but left school shortly after announcing her engagement to be married. What fascinates me … Continue reading Cornelia Dakin’s college years (1908-1911)
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Filling in the blanks – NYC Vital Records Index online
Every once in a while I devote a little research time to filling in the blanks in my family tree database. Today I decided to look for some missing names and dates that might be in the online New York City vital records collection, which includes all five boroughs and some additional records from Suffolk … Continue reading Filling in the blanks – NYC Vital Records Index online
Gussie H. Heal’s Recipe Journal: not just a cookbook
I'm in the process of transcribing a handwritten family recipe journal into digital format. The recipe journal was given to Mildred Horn by her grandmother Augusta Hosmer Heal (Mrs. John B. Dakin). The paper has become very fragile and stands a good chance of disintegrating in a few years. The binding is broken. Gussie's handwriting is … Continue reading Gussie H. Heal’s Recipe Journal: not just a cookbook
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