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Uncovered secret I don’t have any relevant pictures for this post since it does not come from my own family tree. This one was also a little hard for me because I don’t feel like I’ve uncovered and secrets in my own family tree. At least none that are memorable. For a long while, my
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Favorite Story This is the last picture that I took with my grandpa Leroy. My mom’s dad. I was 21 and Alzheimer’s was not so slowly consuming him. He could not call me by name, but he definitely, definitely, knew who I was. It was no secret that I was grandpa’s favorite and biggest troublemaker.
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Happy Father’s Day to all the different kinds of dads out there! My partner (aka cat-dad) asked me if I had a special post for today. Honestly, I hadn’t thought about it. So I went through the majority of my post cards looking for ones that were “to” or “from” dad, and was surprised to
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Free resources The National Genealogical Society and Find A Grave are my two favorite free resources. I check the Genealogical Society website almost daily to see what free (and paid) webinars they have to offer. On the weekends I can easily find 3-4 throughout the day and they often overlap. During the week it’s hard
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Brick wall struggle Genealogy, family history, research… all of those things make my brain happy. I enjoy doing it and it’s one of the few things that can solely keep my attention for many hours. I’ve always loved it. But the thing that got me interested in my family history was my dad’s dad, my
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A family myth This was kind of a hard one. There are some not so great family myths that are floating around out there but I don’t think I’ll share those. There is too much hate and anger going on in the world right now and I’m choosing to focus on the positive things. One
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Research Databases I actually already have a page on this blog detailing some of the different databases I use. Check there for more. If you click on the logos below, it should take you to the website. Ancestry is the biggest one for me. This is were I do the majority of my tree building.
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Cause of death There is a morbid curiosity that drives me to find the cause of death of someone. Most people could continue on with their tree, only concerned about when they died, not how. That’s definitely not me. Sometimes knowing the cause of death of your ancestors can tell you what to look out
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This is one of the older postcards I’ve received having been sent in 1983. Hello, We’re having a nice, nice, nice trip. We’re here for a while then we will move on. Hope all is well with you both. Our best, Gladys and Don When looking up the recipients of the postcard, I came across
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A soldier in the family “We don’t talk about Vietnam.” A phrase that I’ve said for as long as I can remember. I had grown up knowing that my dad had been drafted into the Vietnam war and had fought in it. I knew he was angry his entire life for having to do something
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