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.
Family History
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.
One stop for the Queen in her 1959 visit to Canada – The Stoney Creek Battlefield Monument
Wonderful history to be found online via fun websites, newspapers, historical photographs and homespun memories. Homespun by my Dai for this memory to honor the Queen. In 1959, Dai was in the Stoney Creek Cubs and his group were part of the honor guard when Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Stoney Creek Battlefield … Continue reading One stop for the Queen in her 1959 visit to Canada – The Stoney Creek Battlefield Monument
The Soup Kitchens
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
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!