Roberts, Ramona 2012-03-12
Ramona Roberts and J.B.Roberts talk about their early life, developing interest in history and genealogy, immense work done by them in genealogy and how they loved doing this work
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Interviewee Name: Ramona Roberts
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Date: March 12, 2012
Location: Plainview, Texas
Interviewer: David Marshall
Length: 01:38:23
Abstract
Introduction, Background, Mother’s love for Oklahoma, Parents were farmers, Mother’s history, Father’s history, Growing up in Plainview, Early memories, About Plainview, Economic boom, Outlying communities, “Broke out the land”, January the 12th 1909, Memories of Plainview, Getting a job in the bank, Halloween dance, About grandfather, Family and more, Livestock, Growing wheat, Lots of contacts in West Texas, Dug outs in plain view, Being with the family, Teaching experience, Raising kids in a joint family, Learning about agriculture in school, Listening to music as a hobby, Rotarians, Growing strawberries, Developing interest in History, Listening to historical stories, Texas centennial, Reading books, Childhood memories, Reading Nancy Drew, Playing Jacks, Teaching music and recitals, School days, Halloween Carnivals, Son of a guns, Square dance, High School memories, Love for Geography, Dust storms and droughts, Accident during dust storm, High School time, Consolidation of schools in late 50’s, Being in the same class as JB, Dating in High School, Buying an airplane, A funny incident, Motivation, Old times, Perfect marriage, Not having a car in school and college, Transportation those days, SMU days, Birth of the first child, Moving to Washington D.C, Start of Genealogy work, Researching about ancestors, Prisoners lived on black eyed peas during war, Black eyed peas for good luck, Cousin restoring murals at the Umbarger Catholic Church, Chairman of Hale County Historical commission, Raising funds for the commission, Working on the Genealogy project, People donating money, Plainview daily herald, Mainstreet Project, Doing home tours, Background in history, Start of world history project, About the progress in work, Lack of photographs of that era, Involved in Plainview county history, Historic homes of Plainview, Identifying pictures, Working with mother-in-law in genealogy, Memories of doing all the work
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