Author Archives: Melody
May Day Celebrations
We are having lovely Spring weather in California. We’ve had prolonged rainy seasons for the last 10 years or so. It’s really nice to experience some sunny days. All this Spring time warmth, made me remember how our school days changed in May in elementary school. As the year wound down and the weather got …
SNGF: Lesson Learned
Randy over at GeneaMusings has a new Saturday Night Challenge for us. I’m supposed look back on when I began researching my family tree and the first problem I experienced. Then, report on the lesson learned. I started researching in 1990. My beginnings included my Grandmother writing four letters about her roots. She wrote me …
106 Year Anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
With all the crazy stuff going on this week, I forgot that this today marks the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. This is the first year that no survivors of the tragedy took part in the ceremony at Lotta Fountain. Each year participants pay tribute. Then a fire hydrant that continued …