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…
#FHWC2014… #FHWC2014 (1) It’s Not What You Think 1 Feb 2014May 8, 2018 Family history and Genealogy have been walking hand-in-hand with Time for far too many years. Playfully, they tease many researchers by revealing vibrant testaments of heroism, sacrifice and devotion –…
Your Roots Are Showing #FHWC2013 (23): Black Christmas, Part III 23 Feb 2013May 3, 2018 Two weeks ago, I wrote "Saving Grace" supplying what little I knew about my maternal grandmother and her family. Last week, I wrote Part One and Part Two of "Black Christmas"…
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…
#FHWC2013… #FHWC2013 (7): Saving Grace 7 Feb 2013May 8, 2018 Grace was sixth child of Hamer HEMINGUAY (also spelled HEMINGWAY and HEMMINGWAY) and Esther Ann NEEDMAN, both from Astley, Lancashire, England; but she was their first child born in Canada,…
#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 (3): SHE Saw It All In Colour 3 Feb 2013May 10, 2018 My wife, “MiLady,” dabbles in genealogy from time to time. Not long ago, she got very upset when she could not find Internet databases for researching in Manitoba. (That’s where…
#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…