Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
When my grandma asked me if I’d like to write down our family history, I jumped at the chance. She sent me letters detailing my ancestors’ journey to Hawaii. I was so appreciative. Then, I realized she was so far off it cost me a year of research. Her Version of Events In my…
Are genealogists wired differently? I have asked myself that many times in the past. It isn’t our remarkable ability to flesh out the dead. Though, that is a remarkable skill. No, I am talking about our love of making lists and organizing data into different forms and fashions. It isn’t enough for a genealogist to…
Part two of the Pinterest rainy day fest 😉 I’ve created a Pinterest Board with some of my articles, other people’s articles, and some lovely photos. If you would like to follow my Hawaii Pinterest board, click on the link: Follow Melody’s board Hawaii: The Sights and the History on Pinterest.
I am reading a surprisingly wonderful biography called The Rocket Girl. It’s about Mary (Sherman) Morgan, American’s first female rocket scientist. She worked for a company that did government contracts during the infancy of space race. Her many achievements included an inventing the rocket fuel used in our first rockets. Many of her contributions were…
We often look back a hundred or two hundred years ago and think of it as the “simple life”. Hard work and none of the problems of modern life. But, was it really that way or did they just have different problems? I found this ad in a January 1906 issue of the San Francisco…