Month: May 2021

This last weekend in May brings Memorial Day in honor of all those who served in the Military to defend our freedom and our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In my research of ancestors I've found many draft registration cards and listings of military assignments. I have found relatives who served… Continue reading Military

Week 21 of the Generations Cafe challenge is At The Cemetery. I've never been a regular visitor to cemeteries or gravesites of family members. I imagine it stems from the death of my Dad when I was 15. His death, funeral and burial in a local cemetery were devastating. As we left the cemetery a… Continue reading At The Cemetary

When I read up on this challenge from Generations Cafe, Cousin Bait, I realized that I'd recently done this...throw something out on the family tree and see how many cousins you can catch. In the past I have mostly pursued info on the direct line of parents to grandparents to great grandparents and on.  I… Continue reading Cousin Bait

This picture has always fascinated me. I wonder if it was Mother's Day in Iowa and someone collected these ladies for a formal picture. Three generations: Clockwise from lower middle Amanda Caroline Mullins Lovell, Myrtle May Lovell Lane and Iva May Lane Quist Amanda Caroline Mullins Lovell, my 2nd Great Grandma,  was born in Terre Haute, IN in… Continue reading Mother’s Day – Three Grandmas

Today I got  hooked on researching my great Grandfather James Gardner McDearmid who fought for the Union in the Civil War. He was born in 1839 in Woodstock NH ...Live Free or Die...so of course he was on the Union side. He lived in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for most of his life but somewhere… Continue reading Great Grandpa McDearmid

The Generations Cafe challenge for this week is CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. I thought long and hard on this one and was hard pressed to find a criminal in the family tree. From my personal knowledge and from my research on census records including locations and occupations I did not find any prison records. I do… Continue reading Crime & Punishment