Virtual Hike to Danville, Kentucky

Posted on December 9, 2023 by vanbraman

The next destination on my Virtual Hike was Danville, Kentucky.

Virtual Hike, Paris, Danville Kentucky, Kentucky, Medical CenterThe previous destination on my virtual hike was Paris, Kentucky.

I could have taken a route through Lexington, Kentucky, but decided to skirt around the city and take country roads.

Virtual Hike, Paris, Danville Kentucky, Kentucky, Medical CenterOn the edge of Lexington there were some warehouse areas.

Virtual Hike, Paris, Danville Kentucky, Kentucky, Medical CenterI then made it into the country where there were tree lined roads.

Virtual Hike, Paris, Danville Kentucky, Kentucky, Medical CenterThere were also some scenic views like this river going over some small falls.

Virtual Hike, Paris, Danville Kentucky, Kentucky, Medical CenterFinally I made it into Danville, where I chose my destination to be the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.

This brought back some memories as long ago when I lived in Akron, Ohio one of my trips was to install a laser at the hospital in Danville. I am having some memories of the trip as I write this.

Why did I pick Danville? It was someplace that brought back memories of being there. Also, I have some friends that have lived in Danville in the past and I am thinking of them.

Danville is also about half way to a destination where some family history took place.

The next stop on my Virtual Hike is a secret now, but the family history does have an interesting Presidential connection.

I will then turn north toward Indiana to some other places with family connections.

Steven

Images in this post are from Google Maps and Street View

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Closing Family History Gaps

Posted on December 8, 2023 by vanbraman

Yesterday I wrote a post about a cousin-in-law that I recently discovered a connection to. This made me think about a post that I wrote last year about why I have some family history gaps in one of the branches of my family. I shared some of the reasons in my post yesterday, but thought I would share the post the I wrote last year. See: Pearl Harbor Connection

I have some more cousins from this branch of the family I want to write about, but am still doing some research on them. There is also another significant gap which kept family history on a female line from being passed down.

Here is the post from last year.

Steven

Tonight I started to work on a blog post about someone who my ancestors lived near in Wisconsin.

Old Barn, Rome Wisconsin, Orsamus Braman, Family HistoryInstead, I started to follow some branches of my family that I have not done much research on.

There are several reasons why we do not know as much about the extended Braman family.

Rome Wisconsin, Cemetery, Family History, GeneaologyThe first is that my 3rd Great Grandfather Isaac Braman died when my 2nd Great Grandfather was only about two years old. His window remarried and they moved from Rome, Wisconsin to Iowa. They probably had very little contact with any of the Braman family after that point.

Isaac Braman Tombstone, Rome Wisconsin, 1826-1860I have researched some of the descendants of Isaac’s siblings, but not extensively. There are a few interesting things I have found out, and I need to of course do more research. I have also in the past received information from other Braman descendants.

Orsamus Braman, Tombstone, Cemetery, Rome Wisconsin, GenealogyThe grave of my 4th Great Grandfather Orsamus Braman is badly damaged, but I did get a picture of it. I actually have a nice description of him that I have written about before. See: Ancestor Description

Great Grandpa Braman - Wedding Picture 1911 - Ford Motor Company - Old Wedding PicturesAnother gap is that my Great Grandmother Braman died when my Grandfather Braman was only ten years old and he went to live with her parents. His father was not around much and many family stories were not passed down during this generation. It is interesting to try and reconstruct family history by searching through public records.

I have found some interesting cousins who were involved in politics, the military or science and someday will share some of what I have found out.

I am thankful for branches of the family where memories were handed down.

Steven

 

 

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