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. I was on vacation to New York City from Dec 8 through December 18, visiting with my youngest daughter, Margaret. Our oldest daughter, Elizabeth came to visit for part of the time. We visited the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the Botanical Garden in the Bronx, as well as saw three shows: Oklahoma, Tootsie, and Margaret’s play, A Christmas Carol, a Gay Fantasia. We visited several stores, such as Macy, Bergdorf Goodman, and Bloomingdales where we checked out the decorations and watched the light show on the outside of Saks 5th Avenue. We also ate at some great restaurants. I got in an average of 12,000 steps each day and also managed to catch a cold.  It was cold and wet most of the time but fun to be in the city! Genealogy Blog Wr...

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. Travels I spent two weeks in New York City visiting my daughter, Margaret. We attended her play, “Meg Jo Beth Amy & Louisa” twice, as well as seeing the Broadway play “Come From Away.” Historical sights we visited were Dyckman House; the old Custom House which now houses the Smithsonian Native American Museum, as well as the New York National Archives; Fraunces Tavern where George Washington gave his farewell to the troops; the old Cunard Building where passenger ships docked back in the day; and rode a train up to Poughkeepsie to visit the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park. I also got in some bird watching on three separate days. First at Central Park with an Audubon guide. Saw a blue-winged warbler, which was a first, and again on my own, where I saw a r...