Category: family history. people

  • My family has done genealogy forever. To the point I rarely work on my own family (both maternal and paternal sides) as they are fully…

  • As I mentioned, I started a brand-new school in first grade. We had moved to the town not that long before the start of school…

  • Some of my best memories of my father involve music. In my formative years, we attended a Baptist church in the next town. It was…

  • My uncle Jim was my mom’s older (by two years) brother. From pictures, it looks like they spent a good deal of time together growing…

  • My mother whistled it seemed, constantly. If I ever lost her in a store, I would just listen for whistling. I learned it meant that…

  • My grandmother on my paternal side, wife of Darrel. She was smart, organized and more than a bit sassy. Once she told me that when…

  • I was the first grandchild on my paternal side. My grandparents on that side were 42/45ish when I showed up, just the right age to…

  • I have heard it said one good teacher can make up for 3 bad ones. My son had the most amazing Kindergarten teacher. She was…

  • Welcome to February. The month of people as topics. How did January and items go for you? I found that once I started a notebook…

  • I believe the redesign of my site is complete. Or as complete as I am going to make it. I had a dream of the…