I am an English teacher and freelance writer, but much of my writing time is now taken up by parenting. That's just fine. Whenever possible, I squeeze in time to read a book or two. I just finished reading a book called What's Next?: God, Israel and the Future of Iraq, by Charles H. Dyer and published by Moody. It's about the Bible prophesies relating to Israel and Babylon. I highly recommend it. Dyer's approach is very balanced, with views from many perspectives on the current situation in the Middle East.
I've been enjoying a new experience recently--maintaining my mom's official author page on Facebook. Susan Page Davis has written dozens of inspirational romance novels in many genres, including suspense, historical, and contemporary. She recently won some prestigious awards for her Heartsong Presents novels, so search for Susan's page!
Another "hobby" of mine is helping my husband with his used book business, Lightning B Books. If you'd like to check out our used book sales on Amazon.com, click here. Lightning B Books has 99% positive feedback.
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Being on the Camas County Historical Society Board, I get a lot of e-mails from people looking for information about the Camas Prairie because their ancestors lived here. If you think I can help you, please contact me. I'm interested in all areas of Camas Prairie history.
Have family heirlooms to donate to the historical museum? Here's the mailing address: Camas County Historical Society, P.O. Box 571, Fairfield, ID 83327. Their Web site is under construction.
Here are some links that have helped me. If you know of other sites related to Camas Prairie, Idaho history, please drop me a line. These links will navigate you away from amyballard.com, so click your "back" button to return.Enjoy!
http://www.kindredtrails.com/ID_Camas.html
KindredTrails has lots of helpful research links on one page.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idcamas/
Camas County Idaho Gen Web is probably most comprehensive site for general historical information and genealogy research on Camas County. Includes obituaries, newspaper articles, etc.
http://www.topix.com/county/camas-id
Topix synthesizes many news sources on one page tailored to your search. For my search, articles were drawn from the Times-News of Twin Falls and several other area newspapers.
http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0312.pdf
The Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series has many papers related to Camas County History. Here’s the one on the Camas Prairie in Camas County.
http://www.rivda.org/COUNTIES/Camas.htm
Addresses of Camas County officials on one clean page.
http://www.fairfieldidaho.us/history.htm
Historical page of the Chamber of Commerce’s site on Fairfield, Idaho
The Camas County Public Library’s collection is searchable on their site.
Muffley family history
Image: A stagecoach in the Sagebrush Days Parade July 4th in Buhl, Idaho. Copyright Amy Ballard, 2008.
