Taking The Waters ~ Mineral Hot Springs Of Planet Earth

No one will ever convince me that hot springs are not "out of this world." My daddy and his sister Aunt Anne and her hubby Uncle Jim all loved and knew where the hot and warm springs were located. I have carried this love into my old age and my hubby, Dai, and I have … Continue reading Taking The Waters ~ Mineral Hot Springs Of Planet Earth

Its embarrassing, and it illustrates how the ancestral trees can be worthless, no matter what database.

And laziness begat disregard for the truth. Add anyone. Oh it "must" be them. No one can prove it wrong. The dilemma of copying trees. Genealogy is hard work. All research is hard work. Multiple sources are needed for an assertion of any event - birth, marriage, death, date of founding, name, full name, name … Continue reading Its embarrassing, and it illustrates how the ancestral trees can be worthless, no matter what database.

Cherie Lynn’s Lewis Collection – John Lewis of Page’s Warehouse, & Old Hanover Court House & his son David Lewis with the 1st land patent west of the Rivanna river

The David Lewis of Charlottesville Family and his father and family John Lewis of Hanover and Wales and brother Abraham of Hanover and Pennsylvania.

Red Wing’s Son-in-law’s Deer Hides and Other Taxidermy

The white tail deer pelt was there in Miss June's shop. Her son-in-law said all the money for the pelt would go to Miss June. The pelt has the mark where the bullet entered its side. The meat was eaten. It was shot for the food, not for the pelt or the lamp stand. The handiwork needed buyers.

Loose Thoughts Series: I Call It Too Much Prosperity

For 20 years, we watched the "sugar" being shared like it was a good thing. I remember one Christmas and Dai said, if they have sugar for breakfast again, I will not spend the day with them. But he did not get his wish and would not leave me alone with psychotic rams.