I have found myself in a situation that I am sure is not unique. Between 2009 and 2011, my home life was in turmoil. My 14 year old dog passed away, I was given a puppy, my Dad’s health worsened and he passed away, and I moved. For about 2 1/2 to 3 years…
Category: General Genealogy
My Latest Venture…Writing for Squidoo
Note: as of 2014, all my material at Squidoo has been moved to Hubpages.com. I’ve corrected the link in this post. A couple of months ago, a friend told me about the website Squidoo. It’s an online community where people write web pages called “lenses”. Each page is almost like a mini-website in and of…
What Is the CMA Society?
You know I can’t leave any stone unturned. After find out from my Gr Gr Gr Grandfather’s death notice that he was a member of the CMA Society, I spent a considerable amount of time going through the 1877 San Francisco City Directory looking through the list of societies in hopes of finding one that…
First Lucky Break of the Year
I wanted to start off the new year with some family tree research. I had fooled around for awhile looking for a death notice for Catherine (Dolan) Kelly, but had no success. I came back after dinner and took up John Joseph Jones–a name with impossible to research written all over it. Through census and…
Happy Holidays!
This month has flown by. It hardly seems possible that tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Before I get caught up in the flurry of activity of the next couple of days, I want to wish all my visitors a very Merry Christmas. Here is my special greeting…from Me & Misha…to you! (This card was created with…