The Best History is Always Your Own

Longtime Clevelander, longtime historian ... I've spent decades researching other people, so now it's time to research MY people. I've officially gone off the deep end into genealogy!

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Among the Missing

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I have to say that while it's been very gratifying with some of my early successes in uncovering the hitherto-unknown history of the Gra...

Thursday, June 19, 2025

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Ida Belle Barry was no stranger to the oil business or oil men. This is because she was born on the "oil trail," as her father, Jo...

Tuesday, June 03, 2025

JW

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It's kind of ironic that two of the Grace siblings that the family know mostly nothing about, I end up finding out more about them than...

Thursday, May 29, 2025

But wait, there's more!

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Digging for newspaper accounts on James Lawrence Grace allowed me to actually find the little ads that Margaret had put in newspapers, sear...

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Go East, Young Man

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Before I get into the mysteries of James, the youngest Grace son, first we have to talk about oil. Because when it comes to the Grace family...

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Redbeard: Cleveland, Ohio, United States; What you see is what you get ... which isn't very much, but it's authentic.

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