It’s funny how the kind words and wisdom of a total stranger can stay with you for decades. Sometimes they resurface, unexpectedly bringing light and warmth out of nowhere.
Trying hard not to repeat the frenzy that tends to mar holidays, I’ve made up my mind to set aside at least one hour a day to savor the memories of people and seasons that have touched and brightened my life.
If my great-great-grandchildren came across these DAT tapes from the early twenty-first century, the tapes might still have retrievable data.
Every week, my PC dutifully makes backup DAT tapes of the important information on my household network. The family genealogy, digital photographs, e-mail, favorite recipes, and my son’s website bookmarks are saved in case one of our computers fails.
A diary, letter, journal, and anything else penned at the time of an event can transform our genealogical databases of dry dates and names into a living ancestral legacy.
Camp Barnes
Jan 2, 1862
My Dear Wife
We are all well and I wish you a Happy new year and now I recolect [sic] that last year at this time I was in Providence. Now I am in Virginia. Where shall I be next January. Perhaps at Home.
His serious brown eyes followed mine no matter where I moved. I even hid behind the sofa, but when I came up he was still looking at me. This handsome man was my grandfather, Luis Cortez.
As a young old child I would gaze up at an oval black and white picture that hung on my grandmother’s bedroom wall. The photo was of a World War I soldier dressed in an Army uniform.
Pasta sauce is nearly sacred in my family. The thought of life without it would be unbearable. While other fami lies might have inherited municipal bonds, money, or real estate, our inheritance was the original recipe for pasta sauce. This is, of course, a great source of pride to us all.
My father was a big man and the small kitchen was his domain.
Genealogical research data proved very adaptable to the digital revolution. Information previously accessible only through direct contact with the document itself was now available through a variety of media, such as CD-ROM.
Traditionally, the availability of research materials was largely contingent upon onsite research.
Those of us involved in family history research want to know more than the names and dates of events in our ancestors’ lives. We also want to understand our families and their experiences, to capture even the smallest insight into what life was like for them.
“Mrs.
The Great Lakes region of the United States is usually referred to as the Midwest, although geographically its stat es are more central and eastern than they are part of the west. The six states discussed in this article—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin—together formed the first possession of the new United States of America, the Northwest Territory.
Are you looking for unique gift ideas for the holidays? Look no further than your family tree. With a little creativity and planning you can create gifts for all your relatives using your genealogical research.
Are you looking for unique gift ideas for the hol idays? Look no further than your family tree.
There is something about a photograph of a man or woman in uniform that commands attention. These images tell a compelling story of patriotism and bravery—and if you know how to read the clues in the picture, they may tell even more.
There is something about a photograph of a man or woman in uniform that commands attention.