“Sports” is the topic for Week 41 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge. There is only one sport I can write about: HOCKEY. Hockey is the only sport I really know anything about. I can fake my way through baseball – after all, it’s just guys hitting a ball and […]
Read MoreThe theme this week is to write about an ancestor closest to your birthday. I am simultaneously participating in the Genealogy Do-Over. Week #2 of the Do-Over had us “interview” ourselves and then write a biography. I decided to combine the two tasks and write about MYSELF. WARNING: THIS IS A LONG POST. I won’t […]
Read MoreTopic: Setting Research Goals As Week #2 closes, I have made some decisions: 1) I will think of the Do-Over weeks as steps instead of weeks. 2) I will recreate my tree, beginning with me 3) As I add each new person to the tree, I will : gather, scan/photograph, record and file all documents I […]
Read MoreAlfonse Falcone at a New Haven hockey game This week’s topic was somewhat difficult – King? I wasn’t sure who in our family best fit that title. I decided my step-father, Alfonse (Alphonse) Falcone best fit the bill. “Alfie” entered my life when he met my mother shortly after her divorce in 1962. My father […]
Read MoreWednesday at the 34th IAJGS Conference was by far my busiest day. I had something scheduled from 7:30 straight through the evening. WednesdayI started my day by attending“I Couldn’t Put it Down Series: Flipboard Your Family History” presented by Marlis Humphrey. Flipboard is a digital application used to create your own personal digital magazine. You […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 