52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: In the Census
Week 5 (January 29- February 4): In the Census. When I search the 1940 census sometimes I find people I’ve …
Category Archives: family history
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Longevity
Week 3 (Jan 15 – Jan 21, 2018) prompt is Longevity. In looking through my genealogy database I discovered that there …
In need of a lender
“I need to finish my home for my family.” — David Brown This is not a typical genealogy post for …
His Slide Rule
As I toured my Dad’s new workshop and then his storage shed the item on one of the shelves caught my …
The Old Red Oak Trees
Among C.E. Garee’s memorabilia is a 1965 newspaper article about 196 red oak trees that were planted around the University of Oklahoma campus in …
Hearing Mom
My Mom, Donna Brown, wrote and presented a humorous speech at Toastmasters District 16 on May 8, 2004 and then Area 0-4 …
The sun, the buzzard & DNA
In the days immediately following my Mom’s death this past November, we had the daunting task of cleaning out her …
Relative Storyboards 