Category: Places

  • Grave Stories, Part 2

    This is the second post of a multi-part series. For Memorial Day 2022, I thought examining the Randolph and Hultin-Thrush Cemeteries would be interesting and a quick, fun investigation into the past population of Randolph. I mean, there are only nine individuals to research: how much could be involved with such a narrowly defined project?…

  • Grave Stories, Part 1

    This is the first post of a multi-part series. I’ve recently registered Randolph, Coos County, Oregon, as a one-place study (OPS). Now I’m in the process of learning how to conduct a OPS so that I can start adding content to its dedicated WikiTree webpage. Many one-place studies (OPS) begin defining a place and its…

  • A Randolph-Centered Childhood

    Almost every weekend during my childhood, my parents would pack me, my younger sister, and a pair of dachshunds into the back seat of the family car. After a thirty-minute drive we arrived in Randolph to visit both my dad’s parents and my mom’s parents. Sometimes we spent the entire weekend at one of their…

  • Remembering Randolph

    I’ve dabbled with genealogy for several years and just couldn’t figure out how to write a family history that I wanted to share with others. This year I was inspired to begin writing family history narratives after watching Beth Stahr’s webinar explaining how she infuses social history into ancestor profiles. Then I found Lorelle VanFossen’s…