When do you take down your Christmas decorations? While I know that technically, the Christmas season lasts into January, I've never been able to leave my decorations up that long. Instead, I tend to take them down and put them away shortly after Christmas. While I may be taking down my decorations today, I'm going …
Category: #52ancestors
Landing Pages
Do you ever think about organizing your blog? I'm thankful for the 'search' feature on my blog. Otherwise it would be very difficult to locate information buried in my older blog posts! That's why Marian Wood's recent post, Cousin Bait: Ancestor Landing Pages caught my attention. While I already had a few 'landing pages', I …
Blogging Goals
When you were in high school did you think of yourself as a writer? I know that I definitely did NOT visualize myself as a writer. I remember a time during my career when I was composing a letter thinking I never would have imagined having to do so much writing in my career. And …
Christmas Memories
Merry Christmas
Homemade
What are your Christmas traditions? Does one of them involve making something? Growing up, my mom's tradition was to make candy. Since she worked full time, this was usually an evening project - one batch at a time. FudgeDivinityNougatPeanut BrittleFondantPecan Caramel Roll From her, I learned how to tell the different stages of candy and …
School Souvenirs
#52Ancestors We are all likely familiar with school yearbooks, but have you seen the small souvenir books that schools produced in the early 1900s? My grandfather had kept several of his. And, fortunately, his wife, my grandmother, saved them and passed them down to me. Rock Creek SchoolDistrict No. 69Burlington, KansasSeptember 18, 1899 - April …
Character of Dodge
#52Ancestors What do you think of when you hear the word, character? Do you have a 'character' in your family tree? 'Character' is the #52Ancestors blogging prompt for this week. Not knowing how to approach this topic, I tried a newspapers search for the term 'character' in the Dodge City, Kansas newspapers between 1875 and …
Tragedy
When looking for an obituary, do you quit looking after finding one? I have to admit that I would quit looking after locating one, particularly prior to the digitization of the newspapers. I've had found the obituary for Marion Crawford, my grandfather's brother, in microfilm copies of the local newspaper some time ago. Today, I …
Mumps, Measles, Chicken Pox
#52Ancestors, #Health, #SaturdayNightGenealogyFun Well, it's not Saturday night, nor is it Sunday. but I haven't forgotten about doing a Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post. So, let's pretend, it is Saturday night and some time for some genealogy fun. Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music):1) What memories …
Corsets
#52Ancestors #Fashion Even though they are evidently back in style, I can confess that I have never worn a corset. However, my grandmother wore a corset - every day. As a child, I once asked her why and she said it helped her back. While grandma may have been wearing a corset in her later …