Travel to the land your ancestors walked

I wager you might be wondering now how Harvests Hosts aided me to advance my household research.  

When signing up for Harvests Hosts, my partner and I eagerly browsed the options for parking our journey trailer right away. We before long observed an historic grain elevator together Route 66 in Logan County, Illinois that was in close proximity to the similar location my maternal ancestors experienced lived.  

The J. H. Hawes Grain Elevator in Atlanta, Illinois had been constructed by John Hardin Hawes in 1903. Due to the fact Hawes is a spouse and children surname, I referenced my household tree and located that he was my initial cousin a few occasions taken out.  

So, in less difficult terms, John Hardin’s father and my great, great grandfather have been brothers! I commenced to dig further to master more about J. H. Hawes, and shortly observed the Atlanta Argus historical newspaper on the web.  

There were many tidbits which described J. H. Hawes, and with time and tolerance, it was not very long before I situated his 1938 obituary. Obituaries can be a prosperity of information, and this a single was no various. The heading shared his title as “Uncle Hardin” and as I ongoing to examine, I figured out the group experienced assumed extremely of him given that a description integrated “worthy and kind.”  

My spouse speedily booked the dates we wished to visit so we could shell out time in the location doing some arms-on investigate wherever ancestors had lived and worked.  

Anticipation grew, what extra would I find? In planning for the visit, I laid the groundwork and emailed the Atlanta Library and Museum. The librarians responded speedily and ended up seeking forward to my visit.  

Upon arriving in Atlanta, we parked in the shadow of the J. H. Hawes Grain Elevator and could see the Atlanta Library was a small walk throughout the railroad tracks. We before long made our way to the library, and on moving into, have been welcomed warmly by librarians, Julianna and Christina.  

Following browsing genealogy books, Julianna took me on a non-public…