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MEET YOUR KIN.

ABOUT ME 


My name is Shannon (Smith) Hames and I cannot really pinpoint when I first started doing genealogy, but it's been a long time ago now. I think it's genetic, because I'm pretty sure it was passed down to me from my mother and her father and his parents before him. 
​I work in communications, and I have a B.A. in Anthropology for Colorado State University.

ABOUT KINDRED SNAPSHOTS

This site was primarily created to host a repository of photographs. I have thousands of physical photos that I don't want lost to time or stuck in someone's closet without others having access to them. ​As I continue to digitize the photos and do family history research, I also come across archived newspaper articles and other documents. When I learn the stories of our ancestors, I want to share them, so this has also become a place for us to meet our kin.


Some of the photos here have unidentified individuals and I am hoping that we can all fill in some of the mysteries. I also hope that if you are family, you find some previously undiscovered gems. Please use the comments section on each blog page frequently! ​

Photographs and documents hosted here are from eight main family lines, stretching both back in time as well as into the future from the couples listed here:​

    COLEMAN | ANDERSON - Edward S. COLEMAN (1873-1947) and Lizzie Ellen ANDERSON (1877-1900)​
    CARR | MOORE - Thomas James CARR (1871-1920) and Bessie May MOORE (1878-1928)​
    KIDDER | FREEMAN - Albert A. KIDDER (1869-1946) and Grace Elton FREEMAN (1879-1972)​
    McGINNIS | HASSTEDT - John Luther McGINNIS (1877-1941) and Julia Margaret HASSTEDT (1881-1973)
    LEE | BALES - Cecil Byron "Ted" BALES (1893-1970) and Hazel Jennie LEE (1892-1975)
    SMITH | HERVEY - Robert Lyman SMITH (1889-1979) and Gladys Louise HERVEY (1891-1930)
    AUSTIN | MOON - Richard Linford "Dick" "Roy" AUSTIN (1882-1939) and Ruthanna Faye MOON (1888-1971)
    DAVIES | BISHARD - Richard Hatherly "Dick" DAVIES (1885-1958) and Elsie Belle BISHARD (1890-1966)

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I've done my best to keep everything sorted by these general lines, but as my research expands, the list of names tends to grow too. 

In addition to this page, I also keep records on ancestry.com to associate them with my work-in-progress tree. You may need an account to view them there. I am happy to share any particular files off-site as well.

Photos online are lower quality and not meant to be reprinted as they will be fuzzy. If you would like higher resolution photos, or even a thumb drive of all the photos of a particular line, please let me know and we will make it happen! ​


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