What did I collect as a youth?, is more like what did I not collect. First it was Butterflies. I had 7 boards of butterflies.'
Then I have always collected rocks, ie gems, minerals and those types of things. I even when an adult learned to cut,
polish and mount some of my collection. Did you know you can once in a long while find a rough diamond at the
beach? My Uncle found on on Stinson Beach in the 1950's. Therefore I also collected sea shells, until I went to Hawaii
and they lost
My dad's next trip was to the Annie Wittenmyer Home. It had not been an orphanage for many years and had been turned into a library. Dad walked the grounds and pointed out which dormitory was his and which was his brother's and sisters'. He reminisced, not fondly, about the house mothers. They went inside and asked if there was anything left from the orphanage days. There was one, small file with a notebook in it. Every year, the home held a reunion for former kids and employees. In the n
I have to start by saying I understand the premise of adoption law. It protects birth parents, adoptive parents and children. It has, however, become the bane of my existence. A very nice lady named Kim, who worked in the adoption office verified that she was looking at my dad's file. She verified there was information on all seven children. She read some basic, descriptive information - my grandfather was a tall, angular man - just enough to leave us wanting more before adoption law shut
Fast forward to 2001. I have graduated from college and moved back home. I was working full-time. All of the sudden my dad ends up in emergency heart surgery. Always a fast healer, he bounced back fairly quickly. I've always heard that being faced with your own mortality can change your life, but I was hoping he'd quite smoking, eat healthier, etc. I had no idea his surgery would change his MIND. One day, out of the blue and very matter of factly, he says "I'm going to find my brothers an
New information has been shared about this lovely family. If you have seen his home in Rhode Island you would be amazed with it's size and quality. He even imprinted his initials in the chimney of the house. You can still see it today.
A distant cousin shared some great information on the JONES lineage from Christopher Jones Jr down and we are looking for other descendants to help fill in the blanks.
In case you think you may be related do not hesitate to leave an email address. SusiCO@cox.net
I don't remember not knowing my dad was adopted. I don't remember an earth-shattering revelation that my grandparents were not my grandparents. I vaguely remember my dad explaining what "adopted" meant, but it didn't seem like a big deal. If you asked him, my dad would tell you the very few things he remembered about his siblings and his dad, his grandmother and step-grandfather and that he remembered almost nothing about his mom, except that she was hardly ever around. Here are a few of thi
Press Release
Contact: Courtney Holmes
Phone: 703-525-0050 ext. 221
For Release: 12 November 2014
National Genealogical Society Announces Full Program for the 2015 Family History Conference
St. Charles, Missouri, 13–16 May 2015
Crossroads of America
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This is to wish all Veteran's of all services, a Blessed Veteran's Day and life.
Our family is Military orientated since the pre Rev War time, down to current members of today.
Blessings to all.
NEW SOCIETY LAUNCHES at http://surname-society.org
The founder members are delighted to announce the launch of The Surname Society - the online society for individuals, groups and associations with an interest in surname studies, regardless of their location in the world, the surname they are studying, or their level of research expertise.
Focussing on single surname studies, the society meets the needs of researchers in the world of family history and genealogy as it evolves in the 21st century
Here's another photo from my grandmother's house. I believe these people where somehow related to my great-grandparents Janos Peto and Esther Liska or maybe just friends.
My grandmother used to make these amazing cookies for special occasions. They are called Franz Joseph Cookies and supposedly took their name from the famous Emperor of Austria. I’m not really sure the back story on how my grandma got this recipe but it was a family favorite and one that had great pomp and circumstance around the making of the cookies. She resisted giving the recipe to anyone for many years and finally when she was well into her late 80s, she gave me the recipe. When I make them,
I have a few family pictures that I was able to scan after the passing of my Mother. However, she was the last living member of her family that would know anyone in the photos. They are not labeled and I would like to ask if anyone recognizes anyone in the photos.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2014
Contact: Eowyn Langholf, eowyn@wikitree.com
WikiTree Makes Finding Relationships with DNA Matches Easier
6 November 2014: Today WikiTree.com is announcing two important features for genealogists who have taken DNA tests. These features make WikiTree’s Relationship Finder a uniquely powerful tool for genealogists who have taken 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and FTDNA Family Finder tests.
“One of the biggest challenges facing genetic genealogists,” according to Dr.
Since women could not vote for a very long time in our current society, I want to ask you, "Do You Vote"?
Some blogging people on Facebook today on the far east coast were mentioning the young and some of the very old whom have trouble attempting to get to the polls and vote on meaningful subjects or even caring.
Decided that voting was my topic for today. Does your family or did your family keep you informed of voting practices and topics that would affect their lifestyles? Thereby you
We have lost what it came from and we are probably lost on where we are going. In the 1950's and later
religion played a much stronger role in the up coming holidays. We were taught Halloween or Holy Evening came to scare away the evil spirits from the graves of our fallen members. We celebrated All Saint's Day the following morning and All Soul's Day the day after that.
Trusting that the costumes and pranks ( innocent ones) were enough to scare away the evil spirits in the area for t
World’s Largest Family History Conference Meets
the World’s Largest Family Reunion
A.J. Jacobs wants to meet thousands of his cousins at RootsTech
 SALT LAKE CITY, 29 October 2014—The host of the world’s largest family reunion is coming to the world’s largest family history conference.RootsTech 2015 is excited to welcome A.J. Jacobs, who is out to show how we are all related to each other as part of one large family.
Jacobs is an author and lecturer who frequently stages experiments—with himself as t |
I just took a look at my blog this morning and realized it’s been almost 4 months since I wrote anything. My commitment has always been to try for twice a month and I have alerts set on my calendar to remind me of that commitment.
I think that after finishing my documentary and screening it at the end of May, I was just pretty wiped out and creatively drained. I’d worked on the film for 3 years and the work that went into promoting the screening and handling the media inquiries was more work than
So how goes your Genealogy? Do you use Social Media? Do you use the message boards on Rootsweb.com?
Do you put your information out there for others to find you? Do you Write Queries to the Quarterlies or Societies you belong? DO YOU BELONG TO A SOCIETY?
Yes, it was a shout out to wake you up to being aware how much a society can assist you if they are an active group.
Even if home bound you can get a lot of helpful information from your local group. Many times you can get help from away grou
For Immediate Release
October 17, 2014
Federation of Genealogical Societies and Global Family Reunion join forces for the largest family reunion in history
FGS Marshals Its Hundreds of Member Societies to Help Global Family Reunion Fight Alzheimer’s
October 17, 2014 – Austin, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the Global Family Reunion announced today their partnership for the largest family reunion in history to be held June 6, 2015 on the site of the legendary 1964 New York’s
Hi everyone,
Yes, the big question is,"do you belong?" If you have been doing research for at least one year, you have been getting your feet wet. You are learning the ropes and it is time to step up for some real help.
Having advocated one should belong to your local society for many years now, I am asking do you belong to yours?
Last time I asked this, responses were our society died, no one helps others, we do not have one. Those were the biggest feed back answers I received.
Ok, m
