by Laurel | December 1st, 2011
1924 Yearbook
01 December 2011
This HolyokeMass.com blog is only one small part of history available for viewing on HolyokeMass.com.
The HolyokeMass.com website was started in the mid 1990s when I began to digitize some material in my personal Holyoke collection for online viewing. Around the same time I also began creating cemetery inventories (a list of names and gravestones in a database) for Holyoke and other cemeteries.
The reason why is pretty simple. I love Holyoke and like having an element of preservation available to the online community. For a number of years I maintained genealogical websites for a non-profit national organization that focused on western MA counties. The sites essentially offered some assistance to people researching from distant locations. As a genealogy researcher myself, I know how difficult it can be to work on family history from a distance.
Today I want to highlight one online resource you may enjoy looking at, the Holyoke High School Yearbook for 1924. You may find some of your ancestors in this class — a few of my extended genealogical connections are depicted — in addition to my grandfather (A former player for the Falcos) who may be seen in the soccer team photo.
You can see a list of all the HolyokeMass.com history resources at this link: http://holyokemass.com/hmhistory.html.
Enjoy!
Laurel
