Year in Review
For me, 2025 was a year of learning how to work alongside Artificial Intelligence. While I haven’t explored AI as deeply as some of the… Read More »Year in Review
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December 2025
Honoring Edward Osmund Briles Through Audio and Song
Today’s post brings together two very different—yet beautifully complementary—ways of sharing the story of my grandfather, Edward Osmund Briles. His life stretched from the wheat… Read More »Honoring Edward Osmund Briles Through Audio and Song
Monday’s Diggings
Adam Broils Deed – Randolph County, North Carolina (1787) While digging through my BRILES folder, I uncovered a photocopy and handwritten notes for a 1787… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans! It’s Saturday Night again —time for some more Genealogy Fun! Come on, everybody — join in, accept the mission, and execute… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Remembering Kenneth – A Chapter in the Life of Pauline Briles
Family stories often unfold in the quiet details—births, marriages, losses, and the small moments that tie one generation to the next. The following narrative draws… Read More »Remembering Kenneth – A Chapter in the Life of Pauline Briles
Christmas of Joy and Sorrow
The above video is based on an audio overview and graphic created by Google Notebook LM.
Christmas Memories
Merry Christmas
Surname Tree
As this is Christmas eve, I’m going to incorporate a Christmas theme by sharing my ‘surname tree’.
A Sad Christmas
This narrative is written from the perspective of my mother, Roberta Crawford, imagining how she might have experienced the dramatic and emotional events surrounding Christmas.… Read More »A Sad Christmas
Reflections at Christmas Time
A Christmas Reflection — 2025 from Mike and Marcia Another Christmas season has found its way to our door,A year much like the last—just a… Read More »Reflections at Christmas Time