Wordless Wednesday — Kay Rowan
Kay Rowan 16 November 1916 – 26 August 2000 (9 years ago today) with her grandniece Katie Warren Dougherty.
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Tombstone Tuesday — only because of a kind student
Back in the 1990s I was teaching a class at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. That was pre-PowerPoint days! I don’t remember what the class topic was but it included an overhead of a letter from a cemetery I had contacted in the 1980s. It was from Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. […]
A County Fair, A Pony, Babies, and a Wedding
I knew I had this picture somewhere. Organizing my bookshelves helped to find it. The 78th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is “Ride ‘Em Cowboy – Share Your Pony Pictures.” This event is sponsored by Jasia of the Creative Gene blog. I don’t always have the opportunity to participate in the various themes, special […]
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Fourth of July memories
I hope you took some time to remember the importance of the 4th of July and celebrated the freedom and independence of the United States. I feel fortunate to call this country my home. Randy Seaver, blogger extraordinaire, is known for challenging his fellow bloggers or suggesting writing assignments on a variety of things. His […]
Wordless Wednesday (Well, close to it.)
First cousins David Gustafson and Paula Stuart. Both of us were born in 1948, but Dave is 6 weeks older as I keep reminding him. We are on the swing in our Grandma and Grandpa Stuart’s basement at 2019 Princeton Ave. in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grandpa kept his basement so clean you could eat off […]
Genealogy Blog Prompt #6: Cooking and Food
Every so often I will be joining a host of other genealogy bloggers in writing about the same general topic. This is one of those ideas that is right up my alley. When my Mom was a teenager, she was a soda-jerk! She worked in the store at the corner of Hamline and Randolph avenues […]
Alive and breathing!
Yes, I have been silent. Working all day, moving, unpacking, and working on things for my son’s wedding — just not any more hours left for blogging right now. I love my new home and have not unpacked all the books yet. I attended a shower for my almost daughter-in-law a few days ago and […]
A genealogist on the move
Those of us who have the genealogy bug should never move. We have too much stuff. Over the next week, I am moving. Yes, again. Since last August I have been living at my oldest son’s home. There is plenty of room for me. I kept thinking that I would find a place to live […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day — Yes, I am Irish
I may be a mutt as far as my ancestral origins, but the Irish far outweighs the others. My Irish blood is on on my maternal side. I know that some of my Irish lines may turn out to have some English — but I need that trip to Ireland to work on that. My […]
Minnesota Clubmaker of the Year
Club as in golf. What does that have to do with genealogy? When it involves my nephew, Tim! I have two amazing nephews and an amazing niece. All are accomplished adults now and as I sit and talk with them, I have those memories of them as little kids running around. Tim was just named […]