The 43rd in a series on my family history Prompt: Organized ~*~ My genealogical files are not at all organized. Oh sure, I have file folders set up on my lap top for all things digital, and physical files for all things paper. They’re even labeled! Still, that is the extent of it for now. … More Shedding Light on the Family Tree: Organized Thought
The 42nd in a series on my family tree Prompt: Lost ~*~ The incident of the missing Crouse boys simply wasn’t the type of story the family could bring themselves to talk about. Too painful; too mind-numbing; too heartbreaking. A tragic story kept close to the heart. Not even a birth record to be found … More Shedding Light on the Family Tree: Missing
The 41st in a series on my family tree Prompt: Passed Down ~*~ Things. We accumulate them, and then what? Speaking as one with no children it’s a question I ponder frequently. And as I get older the need to acquire anything for the sake of it becomes less important. I wonder about my ancestors … More Shedding Light on the Family Tree: 200 Years … and counting
The 40th in a series on my family tree Prompt: Preservation ~*~ Somehow over 35 years of holding the family archive and several moves I haven’t managed to lose anything. Then when a cousin on my maternal grandfather’s side started taking an interest in researching our shared ancestral roots I gave her some relevant records … More Shedding Light on the Family Tree: Saving it for Later
The 39th in a series on my family tree Prompt: Road Trip ~*~ Researching family history offers a great excuse for a road trip. Armed with a road map, an understanding of or, perhaps more importantly, a keen interest in our origins we can travel to an area known to be associated with our ancestral … More Shedding Light on the Family Tree: Home and Away
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