Genealogy… The Wall of Smiling Young Men 23 May 2014May 3, 2018 Today, (Friday May 23rd, 2014), Chef's high school graduation photos finally arrived! After MiLady finished looking over "the Time-Stop Momento," I changed Chef's picture from last year and put up…
Your Roots Are Showing #52Ancestors (20) “HE” was a witch! 13 May 2014April 18, 2018 BLUE = DAR PATRIOTs John CARRINGTON resided in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut (on Sandy Lane near the corner of Fort Street) with his second wife, Joan(ne) -- some resources list her…
Your Roots Are Showing #52Ancestors (11): 2nd Great Grands are 2nd Cousins 16 Mar 2014April 5, 2018 Some of you may recall Emily, my paternal grandmother, as I have mentioned her many times during the Family History Writing Challenge 2013. She was a widowed mother raising seven…
Your Roots Are Showing #52Ancestors (10, 13, 14): She was not his daughter 17 Feb 2014April 18, 2018 While researching the 1921 Canadian Census (on Ancestry.com) to update information on a relative for my weekly post for 52Ancestors, I stumbled upon a transcription for a slightly familiar family.…
Your Roots Are Showing #52Ancestors (6) William G. BEYER – Lawyer and Freemason 3 Feb 2014May 15, 2018 WILLIAM G. BEYER, was born 24OCT1911 to unknown parents in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. He was a lawyer by occupation and a 32nd degree Mason. In 1943, he married the…
Genealogy… #52Ancestors (4): Darling 29 Jan 2014May 5, 2018 This stone is situated in the Brandon Cemetery of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The photograph was taken August 2010 by my cousin, Linda MILLER from Calgary, Alberta. The inscription reads: Darling…
Your Roots Are Showing Cousins are Cousins, Removed or Not 14 Sep 2013May 3, 2018 I don't know how we got onto the subject, but one new found cousin (Patricia) was having problems understanding how things go when you are a third cousin twice removed…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (30): Mother Knows Best 30 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 "March 30: Did you receive any advice or words of wisdom from your mother or another female ancestor?" ================= "Listen to your wife, she's a mother!" the Old Girl whispered…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (29): Trade Ya 3 Aunties for A Gramma! 29 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 [PLEASE NOTE: There is no post for Fearless Females (Day 28) SUBJ - Best Friends.]. Trading cards. Every boy had them growing up. Any "doubles" were traded for cards…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (27): Big Sister 27 Mar 2013March 7, 2021 [PLEASE NOTE: There are no posts for Fearless Females (25) SUBJ – Motherly Instincts or (26) SUBJ – Education.]. I do not possess any documentation of their journey, nor proof…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (24): You’ve Got Her Eyes, Dearie 24 Mar 2013April 29, 2018 "Do you share any physical resemblance or personality trait with one of your female ancestors?" Physical resemblance? I got somebody's brown eyes, but I forget whose -- although, MiLady was mistaken…
Your Roots Are Showing Fearless Females (10): Aunt E 10 Mar 2013May 6, 2018 PLEASE NOTE: There is no post for Fearless Females (Day 9) SUBJ: Narrative from Document ========================= Religion was a big thing in our house. Allow me to explain: Gramma Rabbit…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (2): A Picture Is Worth … 2 Mar 2013April 4, 2018 This picture is of my third-earliest female ancestor, a woman named Sarah Ann (CAWARD) ATKINSON, dressed in her finest; with all good reason to be: it's her wedding day! The…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Friday Funny: When the Snow Melts 1 Mar 2013April 4, 2018 ... especially in the cemeteries! :) It's very true, "nobunny" can deny it: when the snow melts, genealogy takes to the outdoors locally: in the cemeteries, in the libraries, and…
Genealogy… #FHWC2013 (13): Black Christmas, Part I 13 Feb 2013May 3, 2018 Grace HEMMINGWAY was my maternal grandmother. (No, not Gramma Rabbit; her name was Emily.). Grace's parents were Esther Ann NEEDHAM and Hamer HEMINGWAY, who were married in Astley, Astley Parish,…
Your Roots Are Showing #FHWC2013 (12): They Were Typical Boys? (LOL, No!) 12 Feb 2013May 3, 2018 It was 1939. Papa John was dead, and Emily now had seven young boys and a nine-month-old daughter to care for ... alone. Christmas was just over a fortnight…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Fearless Females (8): And Words Are All I Have … 8 Feb 2013May 6, 2018 Diaries of my mother's and her mother's, when they were both young girls. Valentines from my maternal grandfather, James to my grandmother, Grace from before they were married. Poetry…
#FHWC2013… #FHWC2013 (4): Why Is It Called A Living Room? 4 Feb 2013May 8, 2018 Do you remember the staircase walls at Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter films? I do not mean the concept that the portrait characters moved in and out of the frames, but the…
#FHWC2013… #FHWC2013 (2): Throwing Horseshoes at Dartboards 2 Feb 2013May 8, 2018 Writing family history (and researching genealogy) is a lot like throwing horseshoes at a dartboard. (Will explain that story later.). You will never know what you will get -- besides…