Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
Ahhh…the last topic of the year. What will it be? Yes, of course, resolution. I think it’s safe to say that every one of your immigrant ancestors who came to America had the same resolution…to find a better life, opportunity, and after the penning of our Constitution, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. As the years go … Continue reading Resolutions – through the years
It’s hard to believe that I managed to stick with Amy Johnson-Crow’s writing challenge to write about ancestors for 52 weeks. This challenge has helped me keep up with a routine writing schedule and prompted me to tell stories about ancestors that I might never have thought of. One more week next week, Resolutions, and … Continue reading Winter – In Grandma’s time
Initially, I thought to recap on some of the histories that occurred concurrently during the lives of certain ancestors. I had done this in several posts when an ancestor only left their vital records behind, but nothing more. Usually, this was my ancestresses, as women's lives were rarely captured in other types of records. But … Continue reading Witness to History – 2020
We have all had accidents. But how many of us had our misfortunes recounted in the local newspapers? Could you just imagine the whole community knowing? Well, that’s not hard for the ancestors who were members of the community pillars. Several of them had their oops’ reported publicly. In 1893, Edward Coomer lost his thumb … Continue reading Oops – They happen to us all
The topic for good deeds literally fell into my lap just this past week. I was experiencing mondo negativity through a myriad of varied and unrelated setbacks one after another all week. It seems the Universe was pretty mad at me. When I have weeks like this, I tend to shut down and turn to genealogy for distraction. Nothing … Continue reading Gratitude for her Good Deeds
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