The Stores of My Childhood

There has been a meme going around the genealogy blogs, started by Lori Thornton of Smoky Mountain Family History about long gone stores of yesteryear.  I’ve read a few of them and it sparked my own memories of the shops we’d go to in downtown Dayton.
Those were the days of department stores where each department [...]

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Progress Update

I didn’t check back in last night to update my progress in the Genea-Blogger Group Games.  I realized I could do an indexing project (Number 5 “Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness; Part E. “Participate in an Indexing Project”).  I went on Find a Grave and added 20 new names with pertinent information [...]

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Status Update - Day 3

Already been pretty busy this morning.  The tasks I’ve completed this morning include:
Write! Write! Write!
Task A.  Write a summary of what your blog is about and post it on your blog - you may not have done this since you started the blog and it is a great way to have new readers learn more [...]

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Why “All My Branches” . . .

One of the challenges of the Genea-Blogger Group Games under “Write! Write! Write!” is to Write a summary of what your blog is about and post it on your blog – you may not have done this since you started the blog and it is a great way to have new readers learn more about [...]

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Day 2 - Organization & Genealogical Acts of Kindness

I’ve discovered that I might need to write a few posts each day on my statistics as time has a way of getting away from me plus other people use the same computer!
Today I’ve participated in Part B of “Reach Out and Participate in Random Acts of Kindness”.  I’ve joined 5 Blog Networks: Elyse’s Genealogy Blog, [...]

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Tasks Completed for the “Games”

DAY ONE
This will be a very short post (we had grandson’s 2nd birthday party today) as I haven’t had much time today to do very much.
I’ve begun listing descriptions, authors, and dates to photos that I took this summer.  I finished 29 in about 40 minutes.  Descriptions included: who is in the picture, how persons [...]

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Flags of The Participants!

Miriam at AnceStories has posted the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer 2008 Genea-Blogging Group Games. Make sure you drop by to see all the beautiful flags created by everyone via WeAreMulticolored.
As I sit watching the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics from Beijing, I’m reminded once again how we are descended from different nationalities, [...]

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Freaky Friday - 1st Edition

This picture (look at the door) reminds me of the homes in the “shire” in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Large doorknob in the center of the door!  This picture was taken in California during the trip I took with my parents in the mid-60s.  I don’t remember if this was at Disneyland or [...]

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New Friday Challenge

As I prepare for the Genea-Blogger Group Games, I decided that I would start my own “prompt” or “challenge”. If anyone wants to play after today - that would be great but not required.
I have participated in “Wordless Wednesday” (albeit only once - this week), have read “Twice Told Tuesday” postings on Shades of the [...]

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Opening Ceremonies

Welcome to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Genea-Blogger Group Games! As part of the criteria, all those participating had to submit their intention of competing by August 7th. Participants would need to publish a post by Noon Pacific Daylight Time today describing what categories we would be competing and the goals we hope to [...]

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