Wordless Wednesday – My Grand Aunts
Ancestry’s US Yearbook Collection is Now Available – Free Access Until September 2, 2019
I have always loved looking through old photos. My Granny had a little shelf in the living room where she kept yearbooks from her high school WF Branch High. I have fond memories of sitting in front of that shelf flipping through the pages to find her and my parent's photos for hours and hours... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 19 – Nurture (My Mother’s Day Weekend)
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 17 – At Worship
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 14 – Brick Wall
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 13 – In the Newspaper
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 10 – Bachelor Uncle
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 4 – ‘I’d Like to Meet…’
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2019. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
Getting To Know My Grandfather (and His Family) Through My Genealogy Journey- Part 5
I declared 2015 the year of the death certificate. At that time I had been doing the majority of my research online but had come to a point where I wasn't finding any new information on my ancestors. So I went back and re-read a couple of my genealogy reference books. There I learned that... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays and Thank You
I never know where this genealogy journey is going to take me, and I never know who I will meet along the way. This genealogy journey has made me into a list person. I write out lists of books I want to read, ancestors I want to research. I make lists of libraries, research centers... Continue Reading →
12 Days of My Family – Day 12
This is my foundation. The people in this photo have been with me for all of my milestones including my own birth. These are the people that root for me, pick me up, dust me off, and send me back out into the world stronger than I was before. I didn't pick them to be... Continue Reading →
12 Days of My Family – Day 11
These are my two heartbeats, my son Wesley and my husband, Phillip. The sound of most people's heart goes lub-DUB. Not mine, my heartbeat is a very strong, loud, and pronounced Phillip-Wesley. I started researching because my son asked me questions about some family photos that I didn't have answers to. My husband has encouraged me to not only continue... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 