Hi. Welcome to ‘Oma’s Attic Treasures.’ I chose this name because I thought it sounded better than ‘Oma’s Basement Bootie’ or ‘Oma’s Closet Clutter,’ although, if your mother is anything like mine, you can find

Oma is my mother. She was not always Oma. ‘Oma’ is what some German children call their Grandmother (and ‘Opa’ is for ‘Grandfather’). Oma became ‘Oma’ when she became

I think I became interested in knowing my antecedants when I was around 16 years old. I remember asking my grandmother, Hazel Gambill (we called her “Mom”) about her mother. She told me her mother’s name was Elmira Mellen and her father’s name was George. After I was married, I started quizzing my mother and […]

All of my great grandparents had large families. One set had 14 children. Another set had 12 children. Two sets had 6 and one of the Great-greats before them had 12.

What is it that makes one person happy with the status quo, and another person need to know details? Almost obsessively.

Oma has several large family Bibles. A family Bible is one that has special pages in it where you can write in births, marriages and deaths. Family Bibles are wonderful places to learn about family history.

These are my great-great grandparents, John G. Taylor and Margaret Catherwood-Taylor. They were married for 60 years and had 6 children. They lived together on their farm in Putnam

Want to know more about the Taylors? John and Margaret had six children. The oldest was Samuel Joseph Taylor, born October 13th, 1842. Samuel was named for

Will Taylor-A Sketch- read at the funeral of William V. Taylor, July 8, 1871. William V. Taylor was born in Putnam Co. May 3d, 1844. Of a frail constitution naturally, he was taken with Hemorrhage of the lungs in Feb 1 ’68. From that time he lived in imminent danger of death. Four weeks ago […]

My mother has a very old volume called, “Portrait and Biographical Record: Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, 1893. In this volume are biographies of several members of the Stultz Family. The bio on Edward Stultz is on pages 687-688 and is transcribed below. EDWARD STULTZ, who since 1865 has resided upon his present farm of […]

On a Putnam County farm in the early days of October’s bright blue weather, Catherine Leah Taylor first saw the light of day. She was one of a family of eight children of John G. and Margaret (Catherwood) Taylor. Of these only Albert H. Taylor of Roachdale survives. She married Edward L. Stultz, May 29, […]