This 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
Read MoreThe closest thing to a family plot I have found is in Sharon Gardens, the Jewish section of the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. Buried together there are both my paternal grandparents, my aunt, and my great-aunt and uncle. My paternal grandfather My paternal grandmother Constance was my grandmother’s sister. Her husband was Emanuel […]
Read MoreFamily history is not just a collection of vital records – the who, what and when. For me, it’s more about the why and the how. Those items we have so lovingly saved help round out the stories of our ancestors. There’s something about holding your great-grandmother’s slippers that cements that family connection. My mom was […]
Read MoreOctober is a pretty good month. It starts out with my baby brother’s birthday on the 1st, our adorable granddaughter’s birthday smack-dab in the middle (shared with my best friend from high school – we’ve been friends for more than 47 years!!), and ends with one of my favorite holidays. There’s also the birthdays of […]
Read MoreIt’s been 5 years since you left us. Before you said goodbye, you told me, “I had a job to do and I did it.” You sure did your “job” well, Mom. Since Dec, 2, 2011 there have been high school graduations, college graduations, two weddings, house renovations, household moves, retirements and TWO new additions […]
Read MoreThis past Sunday, I attended a fabulous presentation by Glenn Kurtz sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut (JGSCT). Glenn shared his book Three Minutes in Poland, in which he tells the story of a film he found in his parents’ closet. The film contained images of his grandparents’ trip to Europe in August […]
Read MoreDO say “I’m only redoing a book my father-in-law wrote 40 years ago. How long could that take?” DON’T be surprised when that turns out to be 8 months. DO decide to use justified margins after you’ve finished the main re-edit. It’s fun to re-format a 206 page document. DO use MS Word. Especially if […]
Read MoreIt seems appropriate on this Mothers Day of 2015 to reflect on how many changes there have been in my life since Mother’s Day 2014. First, and most sadly, we lost my husband’s sister, Margaret “Peggy” Ross on May 11, 2014. As her beautiful soul left this earth, another came. Our first grandchild, Jack Winchester […]
Read MoreOne of the first tasks in the Genealogy Do-Over was to interview family members. Sadly, we have almost no one left in my parents’ generation to interview. My mother, Doris Lichtenthal Falcone passed away on Dec. 2, 2011. Today she would have been 83 years old. I spent some time regretting the fact that I […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 