Way-Back Advent Calendar: Holiday Parties
Ah, the holidays. The perfect time to break out your velvety dress and pointy party hat: That’s my grandma on the left. … and play party games, whilst wearing your pointy party hat: That’s my grandpa...
View ArticleWay-Back Advent Calendar: Mom’s 1st Xmas
My mom was the oldest of four and, true to form, my grandparents took TONS of photos of her at any opportunity to do so. Thus, we have a plethora of pics to peruse from her first Christmas: Mom and...
View ArticleWay-Back Advent Calendar: Christmas Gifts
As with most first-time parents, I think Christmases after my mom was born were all about presents for her (and then her and her siblings), as far as my grandparents were concerned. Here’s mom at...
View ArticlePicnic for Twelve — A Family Memoir
I am happy to report that one of my clients has published Picnic for Twelve, a book about his parents and their growing family as they navigated The Great Depression and other events over the last...
View ArticleWay-Back Advent Calendar: Holiday Travel
I don’t really know much about this photo except that my mom and Aunt Joan are the two girls on the right. I don’t think that this is at my grandparent’s house. The tree is uncharacteristically huge...
View ArticleWay-Back Advent Calendar: 1st Xmas, Part 2
I have still more photos from my mom’s first Christmas to share. These three photos of her with my grandpa are so stinkin’ cute: Christmas 1949
View ArticleWay-Back Advent Calendar: Religion
This is the closest I could find to anything with a religious bent for today’s post (note the creche in the background). That’s my mom on the left, Aunt Teri in the middle and Aunt Joan on the right....
View ArticleWay-Back Advent Calendar: Music
This is the only photo I found that even came close to today’s topic of Christmas music. I know I had a piano like that when I was small. I can still here the tinny plink-plink-plink it would emit when...
View ArticleMy 2013 Genealogy Re-Boot
2013 will be a year of big change for me. I’m starting a new job closer to my home and one of the results of this will be recouping hours each week previously spent in my car commuting. I’m hoping this...
View ArticleScrapbook for Calendar Journaling
Hop over to my business blog by clicking on this picture to see what new scrapbooking project I’ve started for 2013!
View ArticleSNGF: Where Were They 100 Years Ago
Dear Reader: Do you think you are related to the individuals listed in this post? Please drop me a note! I love hearing from cousins and others researching my family! Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night...
View ArticleCalendar Journaling January
Reblogged from Bayside Research Services: I did it! Not without some cheating, but I completely journaled the month of January for my 2013 scrapbook. Here is what the page started out as on January 1:...
View ArticleHow’d I Do in January?
Okay, okay, okay. It’s only February and I’m already behind on my January goals. But I do have good reasons. First, let’s grade my progress. Here are the goals I set for myself for each month:...
View ArticleNews about The Hill in Easton
The Asbury AME church dominates the view down South Lane in The Hill neighborhood in Easton. There’s beginning to be a lot of buzz about The Hill, perhaps the oldest established African-American...
View ArticleHow’d I Do in February? (Not Good.)
February has come and gone and I pretty much missed all of my personal monthly genealogy goals. I’m going to continue to blame my client projects, as they did take up all of my available genealogy...
View ArticleThe Hill Featured on Eastern Shore Savvy
Reblogged from Bayside Research Services: The Hill Featured on Eastern Shore Savvy I provided some background for this article about a local school group that toured black history landmarks here in...
View ArticleCalendar Journaling February
Reblogged from Bayside Research Services: While I did manage to get something down on paper for every day in February, I didn't actually journal each and every day. In fact, there were a couple...
View ArticleWhen Your 2nd Cousin Is Also Your Great Grand Uncle
Dear Reader: Do you think you are related to the individuals listed in this post? Please drop me a note! I love hearing from cousins and others researching my family! I spent yesterday staying out of...
View ArticleWay-Back Easter: Happy Mom
Digging out more photos from the treasure trove my aunt shared with me last year. Here are some gems of my mom at age 2 or 3 on Easter Sunday:
View ArticleI Completed My March Goals!
April Fools! I didn’t really come close. Here are my monthly goals (only one of which I met): Processing one document/source per week (if not more) into my RootsMagic database. Writing at least one...
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