A Couple of Old Photos

This is a picture of my dad, Elmer Kofoid, my mom, Alice Kofoid and me. It was taken about 1939 in North Dakota. This is the home of my Aunt Viola and Uncle Walter Kofoid. It is where my Aunt Viola lived as a child. Located in the Cordelia school district, it is very near the Cordelia School where my mother was a teacher. My mother boarded with the H.R. Kofoid family, who lived near by. Below is a photo of the same house that I took when we visited the area in 2001.

On the left is my cousin, Rosemary Raftery, daughter of Bill and Helen Cornwell Raftery. Next to her is my cousin, Jean Cornwell, daughter of John and Marie Cornwell and on the right is my cousin, Mary Ellen Cornwell, daughter of Percy and Mary Cornwell. I'm the little kid in the middle. Dolph said, "Look, you were even complaining then!"

Mary Ellen was also an only child. Jean had an older brother, Charles (Pat) and Rosemary had an older brother, John (Jack). My cousins Elaine and Eldon are my only other cousins on the Cornwell/Allen side of the family

Family History...not blogged!

I have been adding photos and stories to my pedigree on www.familysearch.org. By the time I add them to my family history software and to FamilySearch, my ambition ebbs...and I don't get them on the blog. So...following are the steps to see what is on FamilySearch on my pedigree (and yours). I have uploaded photos (and a few stories) to each of the four lines...see if you can find them! I'm going to start scanning again...so more photos will be posted.

To see your family lines, pictures and stories on familysearch.org,,

do the following...

·        Go to www.familysearch.org

·        Click "sign in"  (use your FamilySearch or LDS account)

If you do not already have an LDS or FamilySearch account, click "create an account". Follow the instructions to open an account. (Be sure to write down your user name and password and put them where you can find them later).

Click on "Family Tree", then click "Tree"

Look for the magnifying glass icon and click "find".  Choose "ID Number".  Search by typing in any one of the following personal identification numbers (PID).

·        For Lundholm line, use KWZC-NQ5 (Adolph Lundholm)

·        For Brown line, use KWZC-N79 (May Brown)

·        For Kofoid line, use KHJ5-5GY (Elmer Kofoid)

·        For Cornwell line, use KHZR-9VB (Alice Cornwell)

Once you have entered the PID (see above) and clicked "find", click on the blue underlined name (link).

·        This will bring up the "summary" page.

·        At the bottom of the "summary" page, click on "tree" to see the pedigree chart of this person or on "person" to see personal information for this person.

·        At the top of the "person" page, click on "memories" to see photos and stories that have been uploaded.

·        Double click on photos to make them larger.

Note: You can click on any deceased person in the pedigree chart to see their information by clicking on their name and then selecting "person".