Posted in Life and Death, stories, tagged Anderson County, Blazer, Dauphin County, genealogy, Given, Goul, Indiana, Jackson County, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wyandotte County on July 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Before I get into the “meat” of this post, let me say that for the last few days I’ve been frantically searching for the text of this. I knew I had written it, searched all through this blog looking for it, searched through my document files on my hard drive in case I’d written it [...]
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Posted in Photographs, personal, stories, tagged Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, vacation, Molly Brown, Mark Twain, Billie Creek Village, Hannibal on July 22, 2008 | No Comments »
My family really doesn’t take vacations to exotic or even genealogical places. We go where family is located - the places we called home at one time. However, along the way we have periodically stopped to see a historical site or be tourists for awhile.
In the summer of 1994, I took a little over three [...]
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In my post for the 51st Carnival of Genealogy - Independent From Birth, I wrote about my grandfather’s foster sister, Eva. Toward the end of my post I wrote, ” wish I could have met this woman - my grandfather’s younger sister - as she lived for many years after his death. Whenever the family [...]
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Did you miss me while I was gone? Looked like I had quite a few hits while I was away. Our family just spent a week and a half on vacation visiting family out of state. While at my mother’s, I did more digging in the photos and ephemera that are in boxes and found [...]
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Often families share traits or talents that may include creativity, logical thinking, type of humor, mannerisms, and even musical inclination.
Four of my dad’s uncles had a small band, my uncle played the organ, my dad played the steel guitar, my niece and daughter played the flute, my son played the trombone, and my uncle (Glen [...]
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(I’ve written these posts to be published while I’m away from the computer - so you won’t have to actually live without me!)
Almost 8 years ago I came across a gold mine of genealogical information which I’ve alluded to before in previous posts. My mom told me I could search everywhere for anything pertinent. It [...]
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Webster’s Online Dictionary defines Tradition as: “1 a: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom) b: a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable2: the handing down of information, beliefs, [...]
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Please go to Destination: Austin Family to read the 51st Carnival of Genealogy post. This Carnival was hosted by Thomas MacEntee. Thanks, Thomas! The Carnival was a tribute to Independence Day with the topic: “Independent Spirit. There are so many great posts about men and women who took a different path than others. They set [...]
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The topic for this edition of Carnival of Genealogy is:
INDEPENDENT! Do you have a relative who was feisty, spoke their own mind, was a bit of a free spirit? Anyone who most people might consider a “nut” on the family tree but you know they really just followed a “different tune?”
I’ve spent quite a [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, stories, tagged Clawson, Delaware County, divorce, genealogy, Indiana, marriage, Photographs, Wilt on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the earliest divorces I found - one that would also impact my life - was that of my great-grandparents. Joseph Napolean Wilt and Martha Jane Stern were married in Delaware County, Indiana on September 10, 1890. Six children were born to this family - one son was either stillborn or died shortly thereafter. [...]
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