Category Archives: GenBlog

I’m Back!

My husband and I decided, almost at the last minute, to visit my mom in Arizona for the holidays.  And on our way back, we stopped to visit my grandaunt in Texas.  After and long, exhausting, but memorable trip, we’re back. It’s been an interesting […]

Family Events – Week of December 28 to January 3

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

Family Events – Week of December 21 to December 27

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

UPDATE – Are They One in the Same?

I have an answer to the question I posed in a post two weeks ago:  Are They One in the Same? During my research I came across an engagement and wedding announcement for a Patricia Cahill to a James Murphy in 1940.  We have an […]

For My Grandaunt Flo at Christmas

My mom got an unexpected call from my grandaunt Flo.  Although she has some major health issues and is bound to a wheelchair, her mind is well intact.  They talked a lot about family.  My mom told her I was working on our family history […]

Family Events – Week of December 14 to December 20

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

My Three GeneaWishes

Dear GeanaSanta, This year I am asking for some unusual items that relate to my family’s history. An original, first-run edition of the Webster’s dictionary that my distant cousin Noah Webster produced. The desk that my 10th great-granduncle, Robert Treat, used during his time as […]

For the Fun of It

Wendy over at All My Branches Genealogy posted this meme.  Since I’m procrastinating, I thought I’d play along too. 1. Do you like bleu cheese? Nope 2. Have you ever done something you regretted?  Hasn’t everyone? 3. Do you own a gun?  Nope; I’m afraid […]