I’ve been crazy busy all week, trying to finish the current round of editing on my science-fiction novel, preparing for THREE trips, taking a mosaics class, and fitting in some genealogy around the edges. Novel Editing On the novel, the only part left to finish editing (for this run-through) is the Epilogue. Then I haveContinue reading “Writing, Travel Planning, Searching for Ancestors, and Playing With Glass Bits”
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52 Ancestors, Week 21: Brick Wall
In genealogy, a brick wall is a point at which one ancestor brings you to an abrupt halt in your effort to trace your family tree. Further information on this person is elusive, or you know who it was, but cannot seem to find the records you need in order to determine who the ancestor’sContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 21: Brick Wall”
Throwback Thursday: Genealogical Breakthroughs
It’s throwback Thursday, the perfect day for learning about new ancestors! I had some huge breakthroughs today and yesterday, all of them in my father’s maternal family. Basically, working in two different parts of that line, I discovered new 10th, 11th, and even 12th great-grandparents! The chart at right illuminates just how difficult it canContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Genealogical Breakthroughs”
52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded
It’s Week 20 of 2023, and of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. The challenge was created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, who provides a different prompt each week for exploring family history. I thought last week’s theme, Bald, was difficult. This week’s is harder. The theme is Bearded. It’s harder because beards just doContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded”
Running Behind
I am so far behind on this blog! We were away for several days, staying in a cabin on the Shenandoah River while moving our son out of his dorm room to return home for the summer. Internet access was slow and spotty, but I can’t blame the internet entirely. Mostly we were just tooContinue reading “Running Behind”
52 Ancestors, Week 19: Male Pattern Baldness
It’s Week 19 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. The challenge was created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, who provides a different prompt each week for exploring our family histories. This week’s prompt: Bald. They say male pattern baldness runs in families. It certainly does in my father’s family. My dad has beenContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 19: Male Pattern Baldness”
Happy Anniversary, Again
Yesterday I posted about the wedding anniversary (actually tomorrow) of my paternal great-grandparents, who married on May 6, 1902. But today is another wedding anniversary: my own. On May 5, 1990, thirty-three years ago (and eighty-eight years almost to the day from my great-grandparents’ wedding), Robert Morgan and I were married in Fairfax Station, Virginia.Continue reading “Happy Anniversary, Again”
Throwback Thursday: Happy Anniversary
For Throwback Thursday, I’m celebrating the wedding anniversary of my great-grandparents, which would have been this week. Francesco Petrini and Maria Timi were married on 6 May 1902 in Nocera Umbra, Perugia province, Umbria, Italy. I recently got hold of their marriage certificate from the comune in Italy. It’s in Italian, and mostly handwritten, butContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Happy Anniversary”
52 Ancestors, Week 18: Pets
Week 18 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project is all about pets. The challenge, created by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, supplies a different prompt each week for exploring our families. This week’s prompt is pets. We never had a dog when I was growing up. I’m not complaining; I’m really not a dogContinue reading “52 Ancestors, Week 18: Pets”
Manly Domesticity
What is it that makes men want to announce to the world that they have completed even the simplest housekeeping task? I have met many men who do this. My husband does housework. Every time he does, he feels the need to tell me. I don’t tell him every time I wash a dish, vacuumContinue reading “Manly Domesticity”
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