My Trails into the Past

Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme. A day late, but at least it's done. Genealogy Blog Writing : 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks  For the “tragedy” theme, I wrote about the four children of Amos and Leah Gorrell who died in one year. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun  We wrote about unusual occupations. 85th Anniversary of My Mother, Lela Nell Johnston’s Birth Webinars/Study Groups Attended:   I watched several webinars this week, catching up on some shown while I was on vacation. I enjoyed all of them, though I probably won’t do a bullet journal. Loved platting Mark’s examples from his handout. Bullet Journaling for Genealogy, by Shellee A. Morehead Writing for NGSQ, by Nancy A. Peters and Allen R Peterson 10 Tools for Genealogical Writing, by Harold Hen...

Today would have been the 65th anniversary of my parents. They were married 19 April 1953 at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Concord, California. The Walnut Creek Sun has a very nice story about the wedding. Lela wore an antique taffeta dress, an ice blue picture frame hat with open crown, blue gloves, and white shantung silk shoes. Her bridesmaid was Barbara Boyenger. The best man was Bill's brother-in-law, Eugene Soares. Family Photo on the Wedding Day - Queen of All Saints Church steps A party with cake and punch was held at her parents' home, Tom J. and Pansy L. Johnston at 307 Nancy Lane, Pleasant Hill. On their way for a honeymoon, Lela wore navy blue linen dress with white trim. She carried a navy blue bag and wore a white linen jacket, white gloves and navy and white spectator shoes. Off on their honeymoon Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad! Copyright © 2018 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past. All Rights Reserved.