Category Archives: Historic Events
The Lady Engineer: Olive D. Wetzel Dennis
Another fearless female, though not in my family tree. Olive Wetzel Dennis was a university graduate and became the first female engineer for B&O Railroad. This is her story. Olive D. Wetzel Dennis was born in 20 Nov 1885 (some sources have her born in 1895) and died in 1957. She held degrees in science …
My Ancestors and the Google News Timeline
Ever since this link made the rounds yesterday, I have been playing around with it. It’s the new toy from the Google Labs folks: The Google News Timeline. You enter a date then it gives you information on events that happened that day. It provides a link to the original source so you can learn …