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American Women’s League & Good Bye Minneapolis! A Soprano’s Aria: Chapter 2
Posted on September 10, 2021 Leave a Comment
“Edward Gardner Lewis established the American Woman’s League as a subscription gathering organization. Lewis’ plan was for women to qualify for memberships by selling $52 in magazine subscriptions. The fees that would otherwise have been paid to individuals would be paid to the American Woman’s League. The League would use these funds to provide benefits […]
A Soprano’s Aria: Lulu’s Diary
Posted on September 10, 2021 6 Comments
Introduction: Chapter 1 “When encountering very unusual and difficult family information in your research, what do you choose to publish?” Ross Williams Vita Brevis 1918 “Wed Mar 6 – I received another letter from Frank imploring me to return to him. He is going to church and is sorry he didn’t take the stand earlier. […]
The Bluette Diner: What you may be Missing if you aren’t Colorizing your Black & White Photos
Posted on September 5, 2021 13 Comments
A poll asked the question “Which do you Prefer Black and White photographs or color? Asking a photographer such a question is really asking for trouble. I love black and white art photographers, to name a few: Dorothea Lange, Henri Cartier Bresson, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogene Cunningham, William Garnett, Annie Liebovitz, and Margaret Bourke-White. […]
Writing Stories: Writing Begins With a Title
Posted on September 5, 2021 1 Comment
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” Virginia Woolf For many beginning writers or future writers the two hardest things are “what to write about” and “how to get started.” Choosing a title helps me focus my writing and defines the parameters. Occasionally I may refine […]
A Feral Family Tree: A Genetics Guessing Game
Posted on September 3, 2021 Leave a Comment
If you are neither interested in cats or genetics—you might want to skip this one. I couldn’t help myself. BACKGROUND: I have been a tad bit busy the past week in an unexpected adventure. I live in a semi rural area that over the past few years was adopted by a few feral cats. About […]
Family History Writing: The Intuitive Writer and Researcher
Posted on August 29, 2021 1 Comment
“It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.” Henri Poincare Like so many of my blog posts this started with reading another blogger’s post. This is a particularly good one from Natalie Pithers on How to Go From Boring to Brilliant Family History Writing. I highly recommend it, with many […]
Genealogical Research: Is there a Method to the Madness? YES
Posted on August 23, 2021 Leave a Comment
In my just completed series The Case of the Mystery Birth Certificate I started with a mystery and I just kept going down rabbit holes, searching for more puzzle pieces to help solve the mystery. I wrote the posts in real time as I worked so you can somewhat see the process. I decided it […]
The Case of the Mysterious Birth Certificate: Part Two
Posted on August 18, 2021 4 Comments
Please read the original post first, here. This makes my head spin and it is beyond belief. This is why we stumble down rabbit holes and sometimes end up in a truly Alice in Wonderland experience. This is an unbelievable outcome and I still do not have the answer to my original question, but where […]
On What We Leave Behind: Writing
Posted on August 7, 2021 2 Comments
A kind thank you to writer Paul Chiddicks who inspired this post. My grandfather Milo Dean Mosier was a writer and I often find myself writing about him, for of all of my ancestors, I know more about his life, how he felt, and what moved him; precisely because he left behind a written record. […]
Organizing Your Genealogy: How I do it
Posted on August 3, 2021 5 Comments
Just this morning I read a Genealogy Tweet that got me thinking about how I organize my Genealogy. The author mentioned putting all their Birth, Deaths and Marriages into a binder in archival sleeves. Yay for archival sleeves, I have been using them for at least 20 years. However, reading that the BMD’s were all […]
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