Wisdom is passed down in every family, but in my family it all seems to come from the women (that has all sorts of possible connotations and jokes to be made that I will just side-step for the sake of … Continue reading
Found between the pages of my great-grandmother’s bible was this small obituary for her father, Robert “Bob” David Salmon. There are few photos of him, as this obituary states, and I’d not seen this one before I found this … Continue reading
I am blessed to have my maternal grandmother living in the same town as me, and I try to drop in and visit with her every other week or so. She celebrated her 84th birthday just last month, and she’s … Continue reading
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Some ancestors, either by virtue of their personality or their maddening elusiveness, become ‘pets’. Favorites. Those you remember most and seek first amongst all the hundreds (perhaps thousands for the researchers who’ve been at it a while) of individuals in … Continue reading
Brick walls are a term that every genealogist, hobbyist or professional, learns eventually, much to our regret. Some people hit them early, some hit them later in the research, but they always come somewhere. They tend to become a frustration … Continue reading
Over at Genea-Musings, Randy Seaver started a tradition of ‘Saturday Night Genealogy Fun,’ and tonight’s challenge was to list my 16 great-great-grandparents along with birth and death information, marriage information where available, and – for the extra challenge – try … Continue reading