Genealogy, inspired!
How has it already been a whole year since I launched this long thought about venture?!
Well, no matter how time warps and days turn into years, here we are, and I am just so darn happy to be able to share my passion for all things family history in this space and to have been met by such an intimate and supportive community.
To mark the occasion of my very first Blogiversary here on bold+queer I thought I’d go through a few stats and then offer up a celebratory GIVEAWAY!
As many of us in the genealogy community know, the work that we do doesn’t all happen overnight. While some of us have been gifted documentation of our family history and some of us have had some fantastic luck in tracking down lines or have distant kin who can guide us in the right direction, that’s just not the case for all of us or for every situation.
And, as many of us in the genealogy community also know, all it takes is a single spark to pique our curiosity and carry us through even the most frustrating challenges.
Recently inspired by the Finding Your Roots Episode featuring Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser which focused on the immigration and naturalization of a few of their ancestors, I’ve gotten curious about one ancestor in particular, John Patrick Brogan, and have decided to devote some time this year to researching some of the details surrounding his move from Ireland to the USA.
Journaling is a passionate hobby of mine, a hobby I’ve happily begun weaving through various aspects of my family history documentation in a variety of ways.
When I laid out the plans for my Heritage Journal I knew intuitively that starting with myself would probably pose a challenge.
Truly, how does one properly reflect on their life in a concise way on a simple two page spread, especially when one considers their life only half lived?!
I’m what one might consider a Seasonal Hobbyist. From family history to crochet, reading to making art, journaling to blog posting, there is a definitive ebb and flow to my interests and capacity.
On this day…
In a timeline where a birth date
can also become a death date,
by sheer will,
stood a man determined
to make it so.
On this day…
117 years ago,
my maternal great grandparents,
William Oscar and Una June
were married in Jasper, Missouri.
William was 23,
Una was only 16.
Hello There! Goodness, am I happy to see you again!
How the heck are you?
I cannot believe that November is upon us already and it’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a proper catch up over a cuppa, so let’s jump right in, shall we?