If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you have realized I have a lot of stuff. What may seem like useless ephemera to some is most certainly a genealogical treasure to me. You may recall my post on the ashes I found in my mother’s attic. That find allowed me to make a […]
Read MoreWeek #37 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge was “Closest to Your Birthday.” I was planning on writing about some of my favorite birthday memories but I recently was made aware of some disturbing news. I AM NO LONGER AN AQUARIUS! The other night one of my students asked me […]
Read MoreContinuing with this year’s theme of chronicling my generation, I am combining two weeks of Amy Johnson Crow’s blog challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week #35 was “Back to School” and Week #36 was “Work.” The combination is obvious, considering my work IS school (teaching school, that is!) Recently, in my Careers class, I […]
Read MoreThe topic for Week 34 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was “Non-Population Schedules.” “The counting of people in the census which we use to locate families is called the Population Schedule. Additional schedules were used to identify and quantify resources and needs. These schedules are called Non-Population schedules.”[1] If I was […]
Read MoreOne of the reasons people delve into their family history is to prove and/or disprove family legends. Almost everyone has a story or two that just don’t add up. In fact, that is why I got into genealogy in the first place – to prove we were Irish. More on that later! This week I […]
Read MoreThe prompts for Weeks 31 and 32 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge were “Youngest” and “Oldest.” I’ve been wanting to write about the cars I’ve owned for some time now and think this may be the time. I’ve searched my various albums – digital and print – for the […]
Read MoreThe prompt for Week #30 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is “Colorful.” I’m still trying to catch up after returning from our trip so I’ll make this short and sweet. (Like me!! Sorry, couldn’t resist!) During my teen years, I made pocket money babysitting for neighbors. BTW – does anyone […]
Read MoreDoris Lichtenthal1938 Passport Photo “All I ever wanted was to go to America and listen to jazz.” That’s what my mother told me during one of our chats about her childhood in Vienna, Austria. I never really thought deeply about that comment until recently. Mom left Vienna in 1938, a few months after her 6th birthday. […]
Read MoreStill trying to catch up from our European river cruise! The topic for Week 28 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge was TRAVEL! How perfect is that? Of course, I couldn’t blog about our trip in real time due to poor internet connectivity. I did post every day to my […]
Read MoreDid you miss me? Or at least my weekly posts? I returned last week from our fabulous Grand Circle “Great Rivers of Europe” trip cruising from Amsterdam to Vienna, Austria. If you follow me on Facebook, you were able to keep up with our daily activities. If not, and you’re interested, I’m on Facebook as […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 