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Seig - Sieg Family
Photographs of the Seig / Sieg family and Weidenkopf family found in the files in the Surname Files in the Genealogy Collection at the Orange County Library System. Some of the photos are marked with "Harper's Weekly" but it is unclear...
Organizations
Haynes Bible Transcription
Transcription states Bible was printed by Hopkins and Seymour, New York in April 1806. At the time transcription was donated to the library it was in the possession of Mrs. C G. Smith of Atlanta, Georgia. Surnames include Haynes, Baber,...
Events
Gettysburg Reunion 1888
Newspaper clippings and personal account of the Gettysburg Reunion 1888, in the Genealogy Collection at the  Orange County Library System. Personal account is not signed.  Pages 1-2         3-4 Newspaper articles from The World newspaper. June 3...
People
Charles L. Albertson
Photographs, documents and recorded memories provide us with a glimpse into the world of Charles L. Albertson - including his career with the New York Police Department (1879-1905), his life in Waverly, New York, and time spent in Orlando up...
Places
St. James Roman Catholic Church
ABOVE: "A new, ecclesiastical look is given the downtown Orlando skyline with completion of St. James Roman Catholic Church." Illustration caption, Orlando Sentinel-Star, page 35, section 4, March 9, 1952.  Newspaper article announcing a new era for St. Jam...
Places
A Short Tour of St. James Cathedral
ABOVE: Image 1 - Front cover - A Short Tour of St. James Cathedral 1999 brochure, "A Short Tour of St. James Cathedral", with photos and a brief history of Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 ABOVE: A...
Events
Grand Millennium Celebration - Reflections of Earth
A celebration was hosted at Epcot on 2 October 1999 to recognize the people who created the Tapestry of Nations parade and Illuminations 2000: Reflections of Earth to celebrate the new millennium. Images are of an actual invitation and guest pass...
Organizations
French Family Photographs
ABOVE: Photograph of Lee Shepard Smith January 25, 1917 age three on the front of a postcard send to T or J R. French at the Bradley Hotel in Chicago Illinois. Inscription on postcard: "Lee Shepard French age 3 years....
Places
Growing up on Lake Eola with Grace
Alice Buning grew up in the last family home on Lake Eola at the corner of Robinson Street and Rosalind Avenue. Her father, Mr. Bill Buning, had his insurance office downstairs, and her grandfather had his insurance office downtown. Alice...
People
Anne Leigh Goodman - Her Book of Genealogy
Small soft bound brown leather notebook (about 3" x 6") with lined paper and the following on the cover in gold lettering. Pages numbered by the author. ANNE LEIGH GOODMAN HER BOOK OF GENEALOGY To "Aunt Hals" dear little neice [sic] Anne Leigh...
Organizations
Father John McCormick - Googling Salvation
Past, present and future converge in this excerpt from an oral history interview with Father John McCormick, Rector of Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. LISTEN (7:21) [audio mp3="https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Google.mp3"][/au...
Places
Betty and Corrie Cangelose at Lake Eola, 1945
1945 photos of then six month old Orlando native Betty Cangelose (Wheeler) with her mother, Corrie Cangelose, at Lake Eola. These photos were sent overseas to her father, Joseph J. Cangelose, in Europe serving in the Army Air Corps in WWII.  Joseph...