Meet Grace and Frank Jones

Meet Grace and Frank!  This is a photo of Grace and her second husband Frank Jones.   Grace was one of four sisters to Walter Tivis Beck and she wrote the "Treatise on William H Beck" which is in your family history packet.   This picture of Grace and Frank is a cutaway from a wedding photo of our cousin Arlene Buffington.  Arlene who just turned 93, has been a treasure in that we've found a branch of our family that was lost through the years, and she has kindly shared some of her precious family photos and history with us.  The photos she has shared are truly precious to us because had we not found...

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Slide Show Number One!

Recently, thanks to my cousin Kevin Copp.... I was able to scan pictures which originally belonged to our grandmother, Zada!  Thank you Kevin for being the person to share these with the rest of the family!   You rock!  The photos in this slide show are only a sampling of the entire collection.  I hope you enjoyed looking at these as much as I did.   If you have already received your family packet, I'll send you a CDrom with all the 'new' photos so you can have and print the ones you love.   If you haven't received your packet yet, these will already be includ...

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Zada & Larry: Part One

Before Larry and Zada met, she had been married to Clifton Paul Moore (AKA: Jack). They had a rough time in their marriage…. personally and financially during the Great Depression. By all accounts Jack was not a nice man, and had few redeeming qualities...but that's a different story. After their divorce Zada held many jobs including: working at a café, owning/running her own small diner (Zada’s Diner), as a Dental Assistant and as a Switchboard Operator for the Telephone Company.  Her daughter Beverly remembers helping her mom study for the Switchboard position to help her “learn the board”. Zada was a hard worker and...

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Update

As you can probably tell, I'm back working on the Family History project! You'll notice we have a new look on the blog, and I've just begun posting the photos, clippings, history etc.   There is MUCH more than what's on the site today, so check back. December 19th we had a Christmas Party at Beverly Groces house in Twin Falls, and had a great time.   It was really neat to have so many Cousins, Siblings, and Uncles etc able to make it.   I handed out the Family History packets and hope everyone has had a chance to enjoy them.    If you haven't received yours in the mail yet, don't worry I haven't...

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Family Pics Sample

So far we have about 400 plus pictures, but not everyone is represented as well as they could be.  There is still time (about 2 weeks from 9/29/10) to get yours included.  Call me if you need my email or address!  This is turning out to be something really special! The slideshow above is just a sample of what we have at this poi...

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Video Update!

Another Segment almost done! At the bottom of this post is a short clip of the Family Cemetery portion of the DVD. The full segment is about 8 minutes long and features the headstones pictures, cemetery info and personal photos of many of our ancestors and recently passed family. I've watched it on television and the clarity is great. (Also....just in case you think I have questionable taste in music when you watch this segment, the choices are explained at the beginning by Bev Groce.) There are several segments left to produce and I would like any family that would be willing to do some more of the voicework. So far, Beverly Groce,...

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Walter Beck

From the "Moore / Beck/ Howard Family History DVD...

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