Family Stories

January 12, 2015 Dana 2 Comments 3 min read

Why Donate “One Pair of Shoes” on “Potato Day”?

An 1890 newspaper article was strangely titled “Potato Day Report” and then listed the schools in the small town along

January 11, 2015 Dana 1 Comment 2 min read

Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge was posted last night at Genea-Musings. This week’s challenge was to find out how

January 10, 2015 Dana 1 Comment 2 min read

This week, I listened to an Extreme Genes podcast with an interview of Judy Russell, “The Legal Genealogist.” She made

January 6, 2015 Dana 2 Comments 3 min read

I’m excited to be participating in this year’s “52 Ancestor Challenge” from “No Story Too Small.” Our ancestors are more

December 31, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 0 min read

My husband’s favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story in which Ralphie wants a BB gun but the adults all

December 18, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 1 min read

I was ‘making’ mugs on Shutterfly this morning while thinking about last minute gift ideas. (You can still order them

December 14, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 0 min read

Oops! Somehow I ended up on one of Randy’s challenges from last December on Genea-Musings. Oh, well! I’m going to

November 16, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 1 min read

Among the hundreds of records I received from my family in Kansas a few weeks ago was a death certificate

November 4, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 3 min read

I’ve continued to look into the family of C. R. Viney who was a son-in-law of my 3x great grandfather,

November 2, 2014 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

Last week I read “Shiloh” by James Reasoner about the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War. I was particularly