Today’s post is inspired by Marian Burk Wood. Yesterday on her blog, Climbing My Family Tree, Marian suggested taking “virtual field trips. ” Using Google Maps, this is pretty easy. Of course, you do need to have an idea of where your ancestor lived. Below are then (1938-ish) and now shots of the apartment house my […]
Read MoreIn January 2015, I decided to participate in the Genealogy Do-Over sponsored by Thomas MacEntee. (Info on the 2017 version here.) One of the first assignments was to create our own “Golden Rules of Genealogy.” Here’s my list: * PICKHOLTZ’ RULES: “…to prevent jumping to conclusions, when you don’t have full documentation…. even when you are sure you know, don’t record it […]
Read MoreYesterday I mentioned that I was very busy working on a project about my husband’s great-grandmother, Catherine Seeley FitzAllen. Here is a teaser, from the first paragraphs of the book: ~ “She had an inordinate desire to be prominent in society,” testified Catherine’s soon-to-be ex-husband, William Seeley, “and my limited salary was […]
Read MoreYesterday I attended a presentation given by the local DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution.) No – not for my family – the furthest back this 100% Ashkenazi Jew goes in America is 1859 when Aaron Samuel arrived in Hoboken, NJ from England, with his wife and 9 children. I was there with a friend of […]
Read MoreAlmost every year from 1963 through 2011, my mother made our fall favorite: Peach and Plum cakes. There were two versions – one rectangular, with a thin crust. The other, made in a springform pan with a thicker crust. I’m a thicker crust kind of girl. The images to the left and right are from […]
Read MoreYesterday, I posted about the importance of sharing versus “hoarding” the results of our research. In the interest of full disclosure here’s a list of my completed, in-progress, and future family history projects: “Who We Are and How We Got This Way – Volume 1: Alan Samuel” (my dad)“Who We Are and How We Got This […]
Read MoreI teach in an Adult Education program. In my morning class today, we were talking about the importance of being life-long learners. I told my students I was a hoarder of information. “You’re WHAT?”, they asked. “What does that mean?” I went on to explain that I really enjoy learning for learning’s sake. Especially related […]
Read MoreThis is one of my favorite pictures. I am proudly standing on the lawn of what was then called Southern Connecticut State College. No idea who took the photo, probably my best friend, Doreen. It was some point in 1973 during my freshman year. I was 18. It’s tough to tell, but those are indeed platform […]
Read MoreThe SPIEGEL building – The original store opened around 1895 in Semarang, Indonesia – Before renovation – 2011http://smgpras.blogspot.com/2011/04/winkel-maatschapphij-h-spiegel-remaing.html SPIEGEL building now houses the SPIEGEL Bar and Bistro -after renovation – 2017.https://gapuradigital.withgoogle.com/workshops/semarang YouTube Video: Renovations 2015 YouTube Video: SPIEGEL Bar and Bistro Opening
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 