Timber/Hardwood Related Photos
As most family members know, the lumber industry and its associated history played a large part in our family history too. A visit to my Uncle Burt (C.A. Weis III) during Christmas 2001 yielded dozens of photographs of both historic and family interest. Photos include Pensacola, Alexandria, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Belize and more.

Application for Confederate Veteran's Benefits, J.C. Land, 1902
In 1902, James Calvin Land applied for veteran's benefits after serving in the 15th Confederate Calvary. I found copies of his application online at http://www.floridamemory.com/.

Carl Lineage
This graphic traces the Carl name from Carl Albert Weis I to its contemporary holder, Carl Tora Weis.

Evelyn Lineage
This graphic traces the Evelyn name from the 1800s to its contemporary holders, Evelyn Wilder Scott and Cindy Evelyn Wing Sclease.

Death of a Teenager
Carl Albert Weis II died and was buried on what would have been his graduation day in 1918. Through letters and telegrams, we can reconstruct the community's response to this tragic loss.

Family Tree #1
This graphic traces family members from Merck/Wing times to my generation of first cousins. Names are hyperlinked; click on a person to find out more.

Elizabeth Lineage
This graphic traces the Nancy Elizabeth name from the 1800s to its contemporary holders - over 20 family members involved!

Land Family Lineage
This graphic traces the Land family from the 1700s to Dixie and Proctor Land's children.

Boys Trapped in Bear Cage
Funny newspaper clipping found in the Merck/Wing scrapbook; Ashford Daniel and a friend accidentally locked themselves in a (thankfully) empty bear cage. I would guess this took place in Tallahassee.

Crescent City - Captain Andy Wing
Photograph of the steamboat the Crescent City, captained by Andy Wing.

Wing/Merck Reunion
Article with pictures; this page is password-protected.

Henry Culver Land Turns 70
Early in 2001, H.C. Land turned 70 and we had a professional photographer present to mark the event. Over 100 extended and immediate family photos. This page is password-protected.

Evelyn Jane Appleby Ashford Biography
Evelyn Jane Appleby Ashford dictated this biography herself while visiting her daughter in 1908. Lots of references to Bishop Thos. Fielding Scott.

Poem by Evelyn J. Appleby Ashford
This poem was hand written in the large Merck/Wing scrapbook that has been the source of much information on this web site. This was the only poem signed, though, so I believe it was written by Evelyn J. Appleby Ashford (1835 - 1923).

International Ancestry Guild Research on the Surname Wing
I don't have an original copy of this but it looks like it appeared on a very formal certificate. No date or source.

School Receipt, 1872
The text reads, "Received of J.Y. Ashford $27.50 payment in full for tuition of son William for Spring Session 1872. S.F. Trimble"

Receipt for Replacement Teeth
My grandmother, Dorothy Wing Weis Swofford, must have found this as funny as I do. She saved a receipt for replacement teeth lost in a fire! The text reads, "One upper and lower teeth with two gold teeth For $290, Elisea Ingram Castillo (??)" In Nama's writing at the bottom it says, "Bluefields - teeth of cook - lost in fire - 1949."

Dorothy Weis Issued Back Seat Driver's License
I guess other people's driving - specifically my father's - made Dot Weis nervous. He went to the trouble of getting her a special Back Seat Driver's License, and she went to the trouble of saving it. I can't vouch for her in the 1950s, but in the 1980s? Her driving scared me silly!

Invitation to White House, H.M. Weis
This invitation to H.M. Weis to attend a briefing at the White House was issued in 1969, during the Nixon Administration. Attendees included Richard Nixon, David M. Kennedy and George P. Schultz.

Certificate of Recognition, War Production Board
The text says, "The United States of America, War Production Board, H.M. Weis, Member of the Mahogany Importer Manufacturers Industry Advisory Committee, Has given freely of his time, judgment and experience, and for loyal service to the war effort merits this recognition on behalf of a grateful Nation." Signed J.C. Krug, Chairman, War Production Board.

Picture of boat, the Dorothy Weis.

Marriage Certificate of Dorothy Wing Weis and Mahlon Weis, 1930.
Caution - large file!

Weis Tombstone
Photograph.

Snow 2003
Photographs of an ice/snow storm in Indiana.