More Bits & Pieces
MaryLynn recently wrote about piecing together snippets of information ; I came across some more recent history recently. By chance Ancestry.com landed me on the profile of my uncle Hollis McBee, and I noticed a couple of new newspaper article hints, which can be a rich source of information. Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Thursday 8 November 1945, page 8, column 3, news article "Trucks Damaged, Drivers Unhurt" mentioning Hollis McBee; Newspapers.com : accessed 11December 2025. At first glance, the story reveals few facts, besides that Hollis was unhurt. But it shows me what he was doing in 1945; which was driving truck in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, and that he had been in an accident. The second article places him and his first family in Great Falls, Montana, 375 miles south: Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana, Friday 31 October 1958, page 11, columns 4-5, "Nine Marriages Dissolved" incl...