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 have completed twenty weeks of semi- “lock down” due to Covid-19. I left the house this past week to pick up my glasses, get some donated WWII books, and go to the History Center. By Friday this week, I became sick with sore throat & chest, headache, and slight fever. We’ll see what this ends up as. Genealogy Blog Writing : Blogs posted this past week: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 31: Large—A Large Stout Woman, Matilda Davey .   I wrote about a story that a cousin wrote to my husband’s aunt about her grandmother. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun—Did You Or Your Children Know Their Great-Grandparents.   I wrote about my daughters knowing their Mam-ma. Study Groups Attended:     I did not attend as many online meetings ...

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 have completed eighteen weeks of semi- “lock down” due to Covid-19. This week, the governor closed everything down again (so all that previous shelter-in-place was wasted), so no volunteering at the History Center was allowed. I left the house this past week do phenology at the meadow and go for a walk to the mailbox and check out some old houses in the neighborhood. Otherwise, I met people on Zoom. Genealogy Blog Writing : Blogs posted this past week: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 29: Newsworthy—Amos Gorrell was Injured in the Civil War.   I wrote about my husband’s great-grandfather who was listed in the newspaper as injured. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: The Day Your Paternal Grandmother was Born I wrote about my grandmother, Anna Marie...