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Showing posts with label Sentimental Sunday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sentimental Sunday. Show all posts
Sunday, July 3, 2011

1976 Bicentennial -- July 4th

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The nation was counting down to the Bicentennial for many years and Washington, D. C. intended to m...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Sentimental Sunday -- Not Father, But Grandfather

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I don't have a single photo of me and my father, or a new one that hasn't been shown before, so I chose to show this one with my gr...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sentimental Sunday -- Two Soldiers Connect

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There have been many wonderful stories on Memorial Day about our American soldiers. This one happened recently, and I had a part in it, so I...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Frances and the Flu

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Cynthia Shenette of   Heritage Zen   wrote a 3-part post about the  1918 flu and at the end of the last part, I commented, " and just...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Owl Hoot Maple Farm -- What Surprises Awaited Me

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We, my husband and I, were in an area far from home and in an country he had never been. We passed a sign for the Owl Hoot Maple Farm and ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Not On The Railroad Tracks!

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My great-grandmother died a terrible death. At age 69 she should have been living the good life, and enjoying her three great-grandchild...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

I Spent the Day With Him

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My uncle, William Scribner "Scrib" Fellows, has been dead 44 years, and I have thought of him many times. He was married to my m...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

A Day at the Library -- Sentimental Sunday

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There usually isn't much sentimental about a day at the library, especially since the day was yesterday, but it will be before long...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Grandmother and Me

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My grandmother, Sarah Dumont Ten Eyck Bishop. I don't remember this photo being taken, but it was in my grandparent's kitche...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Amazing Discoveries -- I Should Have Looked in my own Backyard First

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Imagine working in Washington, DC for twenty years, then moving hundreds of miles away, only to discover that two generations of your ance...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

"I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan"

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Last month, I received a wonderful email from Terry Kott, part of which stated, "I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In the course of my o...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sentimental Sunday -- Growing up in Lexington, Massachusetts

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When I began my 4th fourth grade at the Adams School in Lexington, Massachusetts, I knew nothing of my new town's history.  My paren...
Sunday, March 7, 2010

1914 DAR Certificate and FedEx

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DAR Certificate of 1914 belonging to my great-grandmother. I don't have many items that belonged to my great-grandmother but the three t...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

A DAR Chapter named after my Ancestor

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When I worked at the DAR, I had access to many books, including one which was kept in the Human Resources room, for applicants to look at.  ...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Trying to Help a Friend

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Boott Mills, Lowell When my friend Joyce wrote me the other day, to see if I could check out a surname from whatever sources I could, I thou...