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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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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Posted in Blogging, personal, tagged genealogy on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
So you won’t have to live without me while I’m tending to some family obligations, i’ve written some posts that are scheduled to post in the next several days. So stay tuned for more!
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I don’t want anyone to leave me but wanted to announce that for the next two weeks, I won’t be able to post any new information. I have some family obligations that will keep me from being on the computer. I’ve already posted my entry for the next Carnival of Genealogy.
Please go check out some [...]
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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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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, tagged cemetery, genealogy, grave, headstones, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, Washington on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been very lucky to be the recipient of old photos - a few prior to the 1900s, many from the early 1900s - 1950s and later. My family has an affinity for snapping photos of graves and headstones - which is like a windfall for me - especially when all the pertinent information is [...]
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