| Blog URL: | http://ancestories1.blogspot.com |
| Blog Tags: | genealogy, family history, history, Michigan, Washington, Alaska |
| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | Washington |
| Location: | Spokane |
My personal blog about my genealogical research: my triumphs, my challenges, my research notes...plus some tips and links for you. | |
on May 14, 2023
I've been busy cleaning up items in the Downloads folder of my laptop. In many cases, I downloaded an image of a record from a genealogy or historical newspaper site and then used my photo editing software to make a copy of it, clip or resize i...
on Dec 25, 2020
Today I started a new blog.Yes, I can hear what you're thinking! "She hasn't kept up with her original one, and she's starting another?!"Life has calmed down a bit (knock on wood) since my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 201...
on Feb 16, 2020
Seventy-five years ago today, the first anti-discrimination law was signed on American soil.It was more than two decades before the Civil Rights Act. Before Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech. Before Rosa Parks's act of defiance on a Birmingham...
on Jun 29, 2019
Monday, May 6, 2019: Our third day of our trip and second full day in Michigan. And what a day it was!We checked out of our hotel in Grand Rapids and headed to the public library. As we were leaving the hotel, I walked across the st...
on Jun 7, 2019
Our first full day in Michigan, Sunday, March 5, was a beautiful one. Since the forecast was predicting rain for much of our trip, we decided it would be a good day to visit the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park while we were in...
on May 25, 2019
In early May of this year, my younger sister and I took a one-week-long trip to Western Michigan to visit family, do a little genealogy, and sight-see. Both of our parents are from Western Michigan: Mom is from the City of Grand Rapids in Kent...
on May 18, 2019
(click image to enlarge)Manifest, S. S. E. C. Scranton, 7 December 1857, 6th page (unnumbered; contains passengers numbered 271-324), lines 29-32 (passengers 299-302), Peter Ton household; "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ances...
