Using This Blog

Thanks for stopping by! If you're viewing this blog, you may have discovered that we're somehow related. Please feel free to poke around and make use of the resources I'm sharing, leave comments to add to the histories, or correct me if I've gotten something wrong. Here are some tips on this blog: 

• Scanned Photos or Documents - The image you see on each blog post may be small, but if you click on it, you can get the big image. From there, you can right click and save the image to your computer. Contact me if you need a higher resolution image. 
• Permissions - Please contact me to use any of my images. 
• Altered Images - Sometimes I may increase contrast to make details clearer. Sometimes I may upload both an untouched image and a computer-corrected version for you to compare. I promise never to add color where none exists. 
• Searching Family Names or Related Topics - Each blog post is tagged by last name to help you cross-reference related posts. Or you can look to the right for a list of tags/labels to call up all posts related to that topic/family member. 
• Corrections - If you see comments for a blog post, please explore them for edits. I may have misunderstood handwriting on the back of a photo. Please let me know via commenting on the blog or contact me so others can correct. 

The image for this post is not marked on the back. Early 1880s? Signs for both J. J. Costello and Progress House appear in the image. 

Thanks for again for visiting! I hope you find my blog an enjoyable, informative resource as you track down your own family vines!