Posted in Carnival of Genealogy, Life and Death, Photographs, tagged genealogy, Carnival of Genealogy, Amore, Johnson, CoG, Blazer, Wilt, Werts, Stern, Goul, age on July 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The theme for the 52nd Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is AGE. As family historians, we take time to carefully mark the birthdates of our forebearers. We print out family tree charts including this all-important data. We make it a point to note at what age family members have married, had children and passed [...]
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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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Please check out the 50th Carnival of Genealogy - Family Pets hosted by Bill West (West in New England). There are 29 authors and 30 stories about pets we or our ancestors owned. And when you visit each post, please make sure you leave a comment so that the authors know you visited and how [...]
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I’ve just uploaded some photos to previous posts.
A picture of my mom and aunt sitting in front of the house they grew up in: The Old House
A picture of my mom in her cap and gown: Graduation Past and Present
Update: A picture of Slick climbing a lader and a picture of one of the dogs [...]
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Posted in Carnival of Genealogy, Life and Death, Photographs, stories, tagged Carnival of Genealogy, CoG, pets, dogs, cats, birds, terrier, poodle on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
My mom recalls with fondness the two dogs she grew up with. Queenie was an Airedale Terrier and Jewel was a St. Bernard. (Photo at left shows my aunt, uncle & mom with Queenie.)
In the 50s after she and my dad were married, they had a bull terrier – Slick. He was black and [...]
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The 49th Carnival of Genealogy - Swimsuit Addition has now been posted! I urge everyone to go take a look and read through the stories. There are wonderful old pictures of people in swim “gear” and some stories to go along with them. Jasia, the host, even has her pictures put up on a really [...]
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For those who need some sort of validation about anything - now’s your chance to get on the bandwagon! Jasia at Creative Gene posted that the Carnival of Genealogy is featured on Blog Carnival. I suggest you head over that way to check out what they’re saying! It’s a couple days late to submit for [...]
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I was first introduced to the concept of “swimming” when I was just a wee little one. Here’s a bathing suit, there’s the water, stick your feet in. Something like that. As a young child I had various experiences with water. I had a small, child’s pool that during the summer Mom and Dad filled [...]
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Most people outside of East Central Ohio probably have never heard of Roscoe Village. Located in Tuscarawas Township, Coshocton City, Coshocton County, Ohio, it sits off of the Ohio and Erie Canal. Coshocton County was formed from the Muskingum and Tuscarawas counties in December 1810 and takes its name from the Delaware Indian word [...]
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