- War and Peace
What would it be like to have lived your entire life without your country ever being involved in war?… Continue reading War and Peace - Deceptive Cadences
It may not give one bragging rights, but it’s still thrilling to find out you’re related to someone famous. … Continue reading Deceptive Cadences - Addition by Substraction
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 14-A Brick Wall Revisited Prompt: Sometimes it takes a set of fresh eyes to solve a problem. Has that happened with you in your genealogy? (Of course, there are other ways to interpret this theme. Any bricklayers in the family?) I have extended the generations of my family tree out four generations or more in each line with a fair amount of confidence. Because many of my ancestors came to America in the early 1800s or even earlier, records corresponding to them are readily available. When I go back much further, though, I always… Continue reading Addition by Substraction - Mad About Plaid
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 13-A Family Pattern Prompt: There are so many ways this theme could go! Naming patterns, behavior, migration, following an occupation for several generations, even sewing! Before I ever embarked on genealogy research, I knew that I was of Scottish heritage and wanted to know what plaid pattern, or “tartan,” belonged to my family. My parents had told me of my Scots background, but I also had a living relative from the “old country”: my great grand-aunt Elizabeth “Toosie” Williamson (1885-1969). She had come to this country in 1887, at the age of three, with… Continue reading Mad About Plaid - Winds of Time
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 12-An Address With a Story. Prompt: So many stories are tied to a place. (For me, it would be my Grandma’s house.) What is a place that has special meaning for your family? When I think of my paternal grandparents, especially my grandmother, I think of their home. I am grateful for my vivid memories of that place, especially since the physical house itself no longer exists. As a young child, I would regularly visit my paternal grandparents at their home in Lawrence, Kansas. I fondly remember those trips often including a trip to… Continue reading Winds of Time
