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Welp…I made it to week 4 and flopped! So, to catch up… Week 5 - Challenge Boy am I challenged to keep up the writing. I have been banging my head on two lines, Tucker and DeJean. I don’t know how long my stubbornness will last before I throw my hands in the air and … Continue reading Weeks 5 – 9 – Challenge and More
I was perusing the musings of other family bloggers and came across one post on Chiddicks Family Tree by Paul Chiddicks about the “Sixteen Challenge”. This challenge is to name all 16 of your 2x great-grandparents. When I started out on this little blog project several years ago, I tried to write about each ancestor from youngest to … Continue reading Thankful for Ideas – Rhoades 2x greats
Let’s start this post with a review of Rosetta’s obituary… Mrs. Rosetta Rhoades, 78, of Big Rapids, Mich., died Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the home of her son, Clarence Rhoads, on the Illinois road in Aboite township. Mrs. Rhoads and her husband, Daniel, had been visiting at the home of their son when she … Continue reading Rosetta’s Lost Sister
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
Ok, so, the obvious thing to write about with the topic of newsworthy is ancestors in the news. Interestingly, the only two families that made it into the newspapers with any frequency were Hugh Coomer (he who started the paint store c. 1890) and the grandchildren of Daniel Rhoades (through Clarence's line) in Fort Wayne...but … Continue reading Newsworthy – A consolidated history
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