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.
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Heritage Journal – Starting with Myself
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?!
On Getting Organized & Setting Family History Goals
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: November 8th
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: 5 November 1906
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.
Over a Cuppa: Eight
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?
On This Day: 2 November 1943
Welcome November
November just might be my favorite month (if one can have a “favorite month”).
It’s always been a time of celebrations… birthdays and big meals before the Holiday Crunch and New Year Goals set in with all their fervor.
13 Ways to Connect with the Ancestors
Spooky Season AKA the time around Halloween and Samhain, is a time filled with pumpkins, images of antiquity, costumes, scary movies, and ghost stories. Did you know, though, that it’s also the perfect time to connect with the ancestors in a more profound way?
It is believed that this liminal time offers up a thinned veil between our living world and the spirit realm, allowing those who have passed to communicate more easily with those of us still living.