Category Archives: Treasure Chest Thursday
Treasure Chest Thursday: Will of Thomas A. Jones
I was going through my binder and found my great great grandfather’s will. I thought I would post it for today. This is the outer sheet: This is the will of Thomas Augustine Jones who died in 1923. The probate file is several pages long, so I’ll post the last page which is his actual …
Treasure Chest Thursday: K Chin Prints
Last year when I was packing stuff up to move I came across these lithographs: The prints are very colorful. All of them have the name K. Chin on them somewhere. (You can see a little bit of the name in the bottom left hand corner of the tiger.) The prints are probably from the …
The International Date Line
For Treasure Chest Thursday, I’ve selected this cerficate from my Dad’s file: It was issued on the 4th of February 1952. My Dad was stationed in Japan and Korea during the Korean Conflict. I find on Wikipedia the article “Line-Crossing Ceremony” which shows different rituals used in the Navy. My Dad was in the Army …