My Trails into the Past

Jill Ball of GeniAus has a meme to celebrate the best of 2020. Remember to Accentuate the Positive (I deleted the items that were not relevant to my situation.) 1. An elusive ancestor I found were the father and grandfather of Amos Gorrell in Beaver Co, PA. 2. A great newspaper article I found was the 50th anniversary writeup on my great-aunt’s in-laws, that also pointed to her marriage. 3. A geneajourney I planned but didn't take was a research trip I had planned to lead to the FHL in Salt Lake City after the NGS Conference. 4. I located an important record for the marriage of Ethel Sullivan and John Vir Quigley, due to the article found in no. 2 above. 7. My 2020 social media post that I was particularly proud of was a blog post I wrote about the restrictive covenant that was part of my grandparents’ deed. 8. I made a new genimate who we meet now twice a month to discuss 20th century military records. 10. I joined several non-local genealogical societies...