This is an audio interview from a conversation we were honored to have with Lester Bruns from Nokomis IL, two months before he passed. By li... Read More...
Hello! Issue 3 of The Family Historian Journal Radio program airs tonight. Click here to listen live or download for later. Enjoy listening to the great stories... Read More...
By Sue Johnson
I worked at Bowl Land in Granite City, Illinois, for 36 years. When my daughter, Terri Bast, bought the bar down the road from Bowl Land I pitch... Read More...
We're happy to announce that on June 13 One Legacy will be at Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) Programs and Services for Older Persons. If you live near Bel... Read More...
Last week One Legacy was happy to sponsor the Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob/Marine Chamber of Commerce Community Expo, hosted by the TMSM and Highland Chamber of Com... Read More...
In the summertime, there were 3 or 4 of us girls and we each would get a card table and put it up in the backyard and get a bedspread and put over it and nail i... Read More...
When my daughter was eleven years old, I decided that a good introduction to the birds and the bees would be watching our friend’s beagle, Sammy, when she had h... Read More...
I think it was 1951. I was looking for a summer job and a high school teacher in the small town in Western Michigan where I lived suggested I apply to the Culve... Read More...
Story shared by Julie McFarland (Sandi’s Daughter) Gene proposed in the driveway of Sandi’s house. Here is what happened in Sandi’s own words...
“Gene had the ... Read More...
My brother-in- law, Jack Holden, was a regular at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois. He loved watching people race cars. He sponsored several young, e... Read More...
I remember when I was smaller, when I’d be walking in the park with my grandmother or sitting in her living room, we’d talk about our family. I used to love hea... Read More...
By Irene Leland
My mother is Dorothy Leland Follansbee, quite an unusual and striking woman. She was a dichotomy of high caliber poise and graciousness on t... Read More...
Gertude Hern
Gertrude “Gert” Hern, 94, began playing baseball when she was 6 years old and likes to say she was born with a baseball in her hand. Her uncle,... Read More...
Rudy, an Italian Greyhound, worked with me for five years. He was a former puppy mill dog with a gift for comforting people. One of my most distinctive memori... Read More...
It all started after I proposed to my wife. I spent about a month planning my proposal and at the time I thought all the planning and details I put into my prop... Read More...
By PJ Gretter
My dad, who dropped me off and picked me up from school every day until I could drive, was amazing at helping my sister and me make the most o... Read More...
The horse head was bought for me as a joke because I thought it was hilarious. I gave it to my brother, Don, because he thought it was hilarious. It showed up ... Read More...
Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob/Marine Chamber of Commerce has reached the 500 member mark and One Legacy is happy to be a part of it! Check out our 10 sec clip (don't... Read More...
Every Easter my large, extended family gathers at the Baldwin, IL, farm of my sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Ron Fehr. We are a playful family with a long... Read More...
I was born in Detroit, MI on April 4, 1956 and when I was seven, we moved to Southfield, a suburb. I went off to college at Central Michigan University and earn... Read More...
Submitted by Juan Carlos Franco
"No, not like that!" yelled Pavarotti as I fumbled through the Traviata aria. The maestro was in a bad mood. He had sung poorl... Read More...
