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…

Reminder: Always get at least two sources. The Social Security Application

The applications are easy to order and inexpensive (Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request link below) as records go, and for me I had hoped for clues also to find anything on my grandfather's father. But the applications are a document that will have the precious signature of the applicant - priceless!

Here’s Why We Test y – The Thomas Knight, Rockingham family comes into focus.

- A Herstory Guest - I hope my readers will help me welcome our guest blogger, one of my Knight cousins, Charlotte. Her trees and work can be found on ancestry.com and familysearch.org, all the usual places, but with a very special and not so usual story of her Knight ancestry. She has been a … Continue reading Here’s Why We Test y – The Thomas Knight, Rockingham family comes into focus.