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  • Lill’s Diary – Week 5

    January 29 – February 4, 1934 January 29 Monday. Sewed some to day.-had a letter from Ruth today. also a note from Peg. Ruth was sick again.- we were over… Read more

  • Influencer – The Blue Book

    I’m so late with my post this week! I really struggled with this one. So MANY possibilities! And the more I tried to narrow it down the broader it got.… Read more

  • Lill’s Diary – Week 4

    January 15 – 21, 1934 January 22 Monday. Just another busy day. Tut hasent been well today. was up six times last night for the two girls. had a letter… Read more

  • Witness to History

    I did my DNA on 23andme many years ago. Through a connection in the online Crohn’s and Colitis community, I received an offer to contribute my DNA, through 23andme, to… Read more

  • Lill’s Diary – Week 3

    January 15 – 21, 1934 January 15 Monday. Tuddie went back to school today. Bonnie & I were home alone. had a nice long letter from Ruth also one from… Read more

  • Favorite Photo

    How to even begin to choose a favorite photo! I am very lucky to have had ancestors who kept scrapbooks and photo albums and even random drawers or tins full… Read more

  • Lill’s Diary – Week 2

    January 8 – 14, 1934 January 8 Monday. Doing all the same old things.-Mama Birdie Tootie and Martha Ellen were here for lunch. I baked cookies – bread & coffee… Read more

  • Origins – Finding John Adams

    I have a number of brick walls on my family tree, most of them on my mother’s father’s branch. There’s my great-great-great grandmother, Mary Ann “Polly” Stuart Pickens, born in… Read more

  • Lill’s Diary – Week 1

    January 1 – 7, 1934 January 1 Monday. – doing the same old things all morning. was at Aunt Ellens in afternoon. Tom-Irene-Flossie & Jack were here for supper. Lewis… Read more

  • Family Lore – …shook the hand of the man…

    So the family lore was that Uncle Fred Brewster, who was reportedly a bit of a character, used to introduce himself to people by saying, after he shook their hand,… Read more