• 1932 – Photograph of small airplane with four eclipse observers including Buck Baron

    By Published On: August 30th, 2009Categories: In History, Surname: Baron

    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.

  • Michael A (Buck) Baron Tells The Story Of A Photograph He Took That Is Eteched In History

    By Published On: August 30th, 2009Categories: In History, Surname: Baron

    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

  • Biography of John Orrin Shares, Brother of Ella Shares

    By Published On: August 30th, 2009Categories: Surname: Shares

    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

  • Obituary For Robert M. Goldberg, Husband to Cousin Jane Wolk Goldberg

    By Published On: August 29th, 2009Categories: Surname: Wowk

    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

  • A Rarity – A 5 Generation Photo

    By Published On: August 29th, 2009Categories: Surname: BarnesTags: , ,

    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 Ricky Barnes of Georgia has a boat load of Barnes and Shares photo's letters and other historical documents that

  • Eneclann Genealogical Assessment For The Roche Family of Dublin

    By Published On: August 7th, 2009Categories: On The Genealogy Trail, Surname: Roach

    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