Tag Archives: Family: McMahon

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 and Flo is more than happy to help me out.  I am planning a trip to see her around the holidays.

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

I’m going to try a new “column” called Saturday in the Attic, where each week I will post some sort of memento. I’m kicking this column off with something I wanted to post last week, in honor of what would have been my paternal grandparent’s 65th wedding anniversary if they were still with us.

Through a blog post at All My Branches Genealogy, I discovered that Wendy, Becky, and I are cousins through Richard TREAT.  Since Wendy posted her line, I figured I’d post mine as well.

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

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

A few weeks back, Denise Levenick over at The Family Curator has challenged us Genea-Bloggers to a treasure hunt. You can see the details in my original post. I decided to explore a box of stock certificates and documents that my paternal grandmother and great-grandmother had. My plan (a.k.a. treasure map) was as follows: Sort through the papers and organize by company. Determine if the companies still exist (or absolved into other companies). Determine if the stocks are still “valid” and if so, are they “transferable.” Report my progress/findings in […]

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