Bitter-Sweet Luncheon… The Bitter-Sweet Luncheon, Pt II #AGSCon17 #OGSConf2017 24 May 2018May 24, 2018 We all have wished (at least once) for such an opportunity to speak with our loved ones/ ancestors; but it is not a wish for the faint of heart. Yes,…
Your Roots Are Showing My Dead (Zombie) Tree? 28 Mar 2016March 31, 2018 I have always liked a good Blame Game. In Facebook, on Saturday (26 April 2016), I saw what I call a "Dead Tree." It is your genealogy tree, but instead of the names…
Rock of Ages Cement Ledgers in Alberta 15 Feb 2016March 31, 2018 In 2011 my gravestone article "Rock of Ages" was published in RELATIVELY SPEAKING V39:N1 by the Alberta Genealogical Society, and then again in the Fall of 2015 in CROSSROADS V10:N4…
Your Roots Are Showing I have a Photo Puzzle 31 Dec 2015March 31, 2018 BACK ROW (LEFT to RIGHT): Levi Goddard [01-006], Mary Johnston [08-xxx] & Ella McCort-Hammond [08-011] FRONT ROW: Malvina “Vimy” Atkinson [01-005], Minnie Johnston-McCort [08-002] & Evaline “Eva” Atkinson-Goddard [01-003] LET’S…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit The Response (to War): Canada’s National War Memorial 11 Nov 2015April 1, 2018 "The Response" was the title given to the entry submitted for consideration to be Canada's National War Memorial (Ottawa, Ontario.). The British sculptor, Vernon March was chosen from 7 finalists in…
Rock of Ages Good Intentions Lost A Life (Again) 22 Jun 2015March 28, 2018 Before First Winter hit (OCT2015), I ran some errands and stopped in Fort Saskatchewan (Alberta). The cemetery there is a modestly small one; I can safely call it that as…
Your Roots Are Showing Finally: the Grave of a DAR Patriot 23 Mar 2015March 28, 2018 I've written a few times about Daniel, Junior's 5-times great-grandfather An American Revolutionary Patriot Lies Here, 26 JAN 2013, and Sunday’s Obituary: 1846 – Daniel SKINNER, GAR (DAR Patriot), 23 DEC 2012…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit But, Mister Seaver, Romance Did Find Rabbit 1 Mar 2015April 4, 2018 There's more than one incurable romantic in this genealogy Twitter-verse, you know. This gentlemanly Rabbit was quite the Olde World charmer in his day, Dearies -- but don't take my word for…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit KING ME! #52Ancestors2015 (2) 19 Jan 2015May 15, 2018 You must have heard that time and again playing checkers with family and friends; probably said it a few times yourself. Well, the twist for this #52Ancestors2015 post is a…
Your Roots Are Showing Our Ancestry: By The Numbers 4 Jun 2014April 5, 2018 This is a brief outline for my relatives, curious of our ancestry and how we were a part of history, or more properly how we missed history. ===================================== Our earliest…
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…
Poetry - RainGate Tombstone Coins 13 Feb 2014May 6, 2018 While walking through a national graveyard, well-kept and so preserved; I asked myself "Why?" Was desecration I spied? And closer I went to observe -- An old man, feeble with age, with…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Common Ground 12 Apr 2013January 20, 2018 Submitted to: Here is a riddle. Solve it if you can -- without the use of Internet. "Where will you find a cemetery inside another cemetery?" [Oh, that's just a wee…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit An American Revolutionary Patriot Lies Here 26 Jan 2013March 4, 2016 Saturday, January 26, 2013: WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?!? I have offered to help my son (oldest one, Junior) with his SAR worksheets. Yes, worksheets, he has five patriots…
Genealogy… Tombstone Tuesday: the Star Man of Burma 13 Nov 2012January 28, 2018 I was working on Remembrance Day (11/11) memorial pages for my relatives who fought in WWI and WWII, but I only got two done; so, even though it's late
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Wordless Wednesday in Wales 29 Aug 2012August 29, 2012 cemetery near Swansea, Wales
Genealogy… Tombstone Tuesday – Stayner Union Cemetery, ON 3 Jul 2012July 3, 2012 Ada Jane (ATKINSON) LAWSON was a daughter of William ATKINSON and Sarah "Catherine" SCHELL; a granddaughter of John ATKINSON and Jane WATSON. George was a son of Alfred LAWSON and…
graveyard rabbits… The Shattered City: Halifax Explosion 18 May 2012December 6, 2020 Originally submitted for A Rabbit's Tale (May2012) of the Graveyard Rabbits' Online Journal 06-12-17 8:45 To look at this odd grouping of digits, you might think of the 100th anniversary…