I write about Alabama with calm, but I have never been truly calm inside, writing about Alabama. Like about my great aunt. I didn't "see" her until I was in my 20s. Until then I didn't see much at all of one side of life. I write about her and her sister -- my grandmother … Continue reading The Soup Kitchens
Author: Cherie Lynns Herstory - Ballyntynes History
OK, ftDNA has put together a really fun feature for y-DNA
I love it. It has the giggle-while-the-hair-stands-up-on-the-back-of-your-head genealogy rush of fun. And it does not stop there. These readings of a man's y-DNA haplogroup provide fun facts and are understood to be fun facts, only. As with all the bells and whistles of the genetic genealogy that we love to bits, I always say, "If … Continue reading OK, ftDNA has put together a really fun feature for y-DNA
More Lashon Hara – Gossip. Ethel’s Rings – Sold!
Blog world: But what matters to family herstory? below She never quit telling the story -- that and a few others. There was the one her being upset that Harry had served Black people in the soup kitchen during the Great Depression. She told that one even the last time I saw her. And the … Continue reading More Lashon Hara – Gossip. Ethel’s Rings – Sold!
The Artists – The ’20s – South Florida
Let's watch the names grow! And all their family histories and herstories! Will there be any 6 degrees? Adding dates of when artists came and went from social notices and records in the newspaper, plus genealogy. The Paris self-portrait, young Sherman circa 1901 and Passport Photo 1924 Reginald Sherman Kidd - Reginald Sherman Winton 1877 … Continue reading The Artists – The ’20s – South Florida
Loose Thoughts Series: The last time…
Update - she has died. Additional updates below. This is what I wrote before she died: For no other reason than meanness. I got to hear her voice and she was so sad about not having a way to communicate with all her family and friends. She had talked with and visited with her friends … Continue reading Loose Thoughts Series: The last time…
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 