Mystery Monday – Chicago Butcher Shop 1928
This weekend I was going through boxes of memorabilia to sort and organize it. I came across this photograph which had been in one of my uncle’s old albums. I’m not sure who Louie is. A friend of my...
View ArticleWisdom Wednesday – Check the Dictionary
If you read my post on Monday about going through old boxes of stuff this weekend, you will know I found a lot of new items I had not really looked at. This is the cover to the Webster Dictionary. I am...
View ArticleFollow Friday – FamHist
I came across a post last week that I had to read but kept putting it off to do other things. Well, I just read it and now have to go try this myself. Take a peek at FamHist’s Using Springpad for...
View Article52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History
Week 9: Sounds Describe any sounds that take you back to your childhood. These could be familiar songs, jingles, children playing, or something entirely different. I was born in the early 1970s and...
View ArticleCemeteries Tell Stories
We all know documents can help us tell the stories of our ancestors, but have you considered that their headstone tells stories too? I found this fantastic book, Stories in Stone A Field Guide to...
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