Friday, September 5, 2025

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But would it, Will? Would it really?

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Sometimes a person in your family tree is just a name and dates; and yet somehow you develop an image of them in your mind's eye.  Perha...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Home to Lupinfield Cottage

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I am presently engrossed in teaching my summer course on genealogy research for pre-service librarians. It is a short course with a lot to c...
Friday, March 14, 2025

What Served as a Scandal Back Then

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It's Women's History Month and I am preparing to do a genealogy presentation at a local public library in May for a Mother's Day...
Monday, February 10, 2025

52 Ancestors Challenge Week 7: Letters & Diaries - Six Months of a Newfoundland Missionary's Journal, from February to August, 1835

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While exploring my Earle family line I came across someone on Ancestry.com who saved a page from a book as a profile picture for my 4th grea...
Monday, January 20, 2025

52 Ancestors Challenge Week 4: Overlooked - Abe's Naturalization Papers

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This year I have challenged myself to write brief biographies on 30 of my direct ancestors; my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, an...
Monday, January 13, 2025

52 Ancestors Challenge Week 3: Nickname - They Called my Grandpa Whitey

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They called my grandpa Whitey. Some nicknames are obvious derivatives of the person's name. My name is April. My close family members ca...
Monday, January 6, 2025

52 Ancestors Challenge Week 2: Favorite Photo: Charles Henry circa 1899.

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I did the Ancestors Challenge before, back in 2022. At that time I wrote about this favorite photo.  To me "favorite" means that a...