It is the 110th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. This is the first year that there are no known survivors to gather at Lotta’s Fountain. My Jones, Jackson, and Kelly relatives were living in the city on the 18th of April 1906. All but one lived to tell the tale. My great grandmother,…
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SNGF: When I Was Young Part 2
This is part 2 of Alona’s meme, When I Was Young, as presented as part of Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun weekly theme. Q6: When you were young, do you remember what it was that you wanted to grow up to be? I had two different dreams: teacher and singer. Later, I wanted to…
SNGF: When I Was Young Part 1
I’m playing a bit of catch up here. Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from a couple of weeks ago used Alona’s meme “Where I was Young”. This is the first part of that meme. 1) Do you (or your parents) have any memorabilia from when you were a baby? (ie. baby book, lock of…
Easter Tales
Easter morning….it was such an exciting time at the Lassalle house. Some time during the night, the Easter Bunny visited. How he got all those treats hidden in such a small house without five kids seeing him, I will never know. Usually, my Dad had to work on Easter. He worked graveyard and didn’t get…
This Genealogist Has So Much to Be Thankful For
I could sit here and bore you with my long list of blessings: my family, my dog, my continued ability to walk, fresh air, voting rights…and on and on and on. But, I’d like to use this space to give thanks to a couple very special people who really made a mark on my genealogy…