The Explorations of a Holloman Genealogist, Part 3

by Glenn N. Holliman

This is part three, the last article written by Bob Fusinato describing the genealogical trip he and his wife Lynn Holloman Fusinato took in March 2017.  Sadly Lynn passed away earlier this year, but Bob as a memorial is sharing her family history knowledge with us.  We are grateful to Bob for this remembrance of a devoted, careful researcher of our family and country. - GNH

Research Trip to Missouri Comes to a Close
by Bob Fusinato

Monday, March 27, 2017

We had breakfast at the Arcadia Academy B and B. The proprietors were interested in Lynn's information about her family's connection with original Academy founder, Jerome C. Berryman and about Hinchey paintings, stories, and photographs.

Much of the morning we spent walking around the academy and then re-visiting the location where the A .W. Holloman house had stood before it burned down many years ago.

Later that afternoon we drove down to Rolla, Missouri  area where we were planned  to visit the Missouri Historical society on Tuesday.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

We visited the Historical society office in the basement of the Missouri School of Mines library.   Beth Lane had the boxes of Hinchey papers Lynn requested ready and waiting.  Lynn read through documents and Bob used a scanner app on his iPad to record them.  Bob also worked on the first segment of the travel log.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

We drove up to Columbia, MO where the University of Missouri is located.  On the way we stopped at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, the state capital.

Having arrived around noon, we decided to go up to the break room on the second floor to share a package of peanut butter crackers and a bottle of Diet Coke that we brought with us.  The room had big windows with a view of the state capital.

We then stowed our stuff in a locker and went into the reading room.  Lynn was able to access some information concerning Spanish land grants which she downloaded to her WiFi thumb drive.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Up early to go to the Historical Society Research Center located in the Ellis Library of the   University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri.  They had newspapers from the period on microfilm which Lynn was able to copy to her thumb drive.

In addition to the historical collections of manuscripts and other papers, the society has collections of other art which it displays from time to time.  The hallways were lined with original art for newspaper editorial cartoons.   On the way out, we passed by an interesting bronze statue of the cartoon character, Beetle Bailey. Bob just had to get a few snapshots.

Friday, March 31, 2017

Lynn decided to go back to the state archives in Jefferson City, since they would be closed on Saturday.  We had a reservation at a motel in Jefferson City. So, we packed up our belongings and took them with us.  At the state archives,  Lynn downloaded some additional files of land records from 1848 to her thumb drive.  

I have to say that Lynn does not go on these genealogy trips willy nilly.  She comes with a set of questions and a plan for where she might find the answers.  She originally planned to continue her research through next Monday and drive back on Tuesday.  Sunday would be wasted from the genealogy standpoint since everything was going to be closed.  I think she felt that she would get what she needed after one more trip to the Ellis library in Columbia. So we decided to drive back home on Sunday.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

We drove up to Columbia where Lynn collected some more data and Bob busied himself with taking a few pictures of the cartoons.  

Sunday, April 2, 2017

We got up early, ate some complimentary breakfast at the hotel, and then hit the road for the roughly 8-hour trip back to the DFW area. 

On arrival we found the computer where we stored our data, including Lynn’s family history data, would no longer boot up.  It took some time to get everything restored. But that’s another story.  Lucky she had everything from this trip on her thumb drive.

Such is the life of a dedicated family historian and her loving husband. - Bob Fusinato