Little Bit of This-n-That

I’m taking a break from writing – or thinking – about the series of articles I want to post concerning Death, Dying and Wading into the Legal System. There are other things to write about for the time being.
New Geneablogger stuff – I guess I’m a little behind the times (please read: too busy dealing [...]

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“KreativBlogger” Award!

One of my new readers, Sheri, of Grandma’s Stitches awarded me with this KreativBlogger Award!  The rules are fairly simple:
1. Copy the award to your site.
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate 7 other bloggers.
4. Link to those sites on your blog.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominate.
Since [...]

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A New Award!

Jessica, at Jessica’s Genejournal has awarded me with the Proximidade Award.  This award is for “These blogs invest and believe in PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time, and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming! These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends! They are not interested in prizes or self -aggrandizement. Our hope is that when [...]

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. . . And My Cousin, Becky!

I posted a few days ago about my new found cousin, Julie Cahill Tarr, of GenBlog. Today my other new found cousin, Becky Wiseman of Kinexxions posted her line back to Richard Treat – our common ancestor.
When I first entered the genea-blogging world back in the early spring, little did I realize that some of [...]

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My Cousin, Julie!

Last week, I posted this post about finding new cousins and included my line back to Richard Treat. Yesterday, Julie Cahill Tarr of GenBlog posted Found Cousins that included her line back to our shared ancestor. So if you are curious just how we are related, go check out Julie’s post! Perhaps you too are [...]

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Do You Have a Comment?

Kathryn Lake Hogan, of LOOKING4ANCESTORS offered a Fun Friday challenge that dares us to comment on at least 10 blogs – some favorites and some new.
I’ve been catching up on my genea-blog reading and trying to comment on those I’ve read.  This is my list:
1. footnoteMaven on the post Maria Bash and the Spirit Hoax
2. [...]

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Blog Action Day – Poverty

Tomorrow is Blog Action Day with the theme of “Poverty”. Please click the link in order to go to the web site. There will be links to many blogs – not just genealogy. I urge you to go read the posts to see what everyone’s saying!

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How Do You Find Me?

Each day I check my blog stats to see how many views my blog has had as well as the way folks found me.  I thought it would be interesting to post the statistics for my blog.
Busiest Day: Sep. 2 with 156 hits
People have found me by using these search terms:

branches in genealogy
great great aunt
friday [...]

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And Now a Word From Our Sponsors . . .

Yes, I’ve felt like I’ve taken a long commercial break!  This week started out busy – last week!  Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to be coherent enough to form any sort of thoughts to write about.  I will return to posting (have I got a LOT to tell you!) soon.
I do want to thank Randy [...]

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As We Gather Together

For a Picnic!
Bill at West in New England has posted WELCOME TO THE PICNIC!. There are 20 different posts and they all have some very interesting (sometimes amusing) information! I urge you to go check out the stories!

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