For Treasure Chest Thursday, I’ve selected this cerficate from my Dad’s file: It was issued on the 4th of February 1952. My Dad was stationed in Japan and Korea during the Korean Conflict. I find on Wikipedia the article “Line-Crossing Ceremony” which shows different rituals used in the Navy. My Dad was in the Army…
Monday Mystery: The Sugar Plantation Train Photo
In my early years of contacting cousins, I learned about a special photograph that had relatives from my Pacheco side of the tree in it. As the story always went… The person we shall name “cousin”, but it really refers to 6 or 7 different cousins, went to Hawaii sometime in the 1980s. They were…
SNGF: Genea Asset Confessions
I’m a bit late with Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge. Mostly because I had to crawl out from my rock of embarrassment before I could write this post. This week is True Confessions…just how organized am I? And, I would say, not very, but I am working on it. I’m giving myself a B…
That’s Old News: Extreme Sports 1890’s Style
Doing some research the other day, I came across this drawing in the San Francisco Chronicle, 10 January 1897: It appears Push Ball was the next big thing…maybe the first extreme sport! The shere was 6 feet in diameter. The two teams push the ball around, against each other. It is unclear if they are…
Wordless Wednesday: Our Tallest Cousin, Gordon Garrett
Gordon Garrett, son of Harry Garrett and Julia (Jackson) Lien, with one of my Grandmother’s boyfriends. Photo taken ca 1950. He came in at 6 feet 9 inches tall. I remember him coming in the house and having to duck to get under the door jamb.