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Where Past & Present Collide

Posted on May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 by Melissa

Goodness, I just fell right off there once the A to Z Challenge was completed, didn’t I? Apologies. I guess that’s what happens when a hobbyist’s best intentions collide with present time necessities 🙂 Alas, I am still alive and kicking (or up and not crying, if you will) after a May filled with a…

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A to Z Challenge: Yearbook Photos

Posted on April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 by Melissa

Hello and Welcome to Y Day! Welp, we’ve made it almost to the end of the challenge and so, to celebrate, I’d like to share a few class/yearbook photos for three of my direct lineage kin: My mom, my bio-father, and my maternal grandma. Class photos are such amazing time capsules and though I haven’t…

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A to Z Challenge: Una

Posted on April 24, 2025April 23, 2025 by Melissa

Hello and Welcome to U Day! Name: Una June Taylor Vital Information: Born in June of 1890 in Illinois. Died 8 May 1967 in California. Relation to Me: Una is my maternal great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Una June is my Grandpa Phil’s mom and the daughter of Nancy Jane. Una married William Featheringill at the young…

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A to Z Challenge: Letitia

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Melissa

Hello and Welcome to L Day! Name: Letitia Forsyth Vital Information: Letitia was born in 1786 in Bunker Hill, West Virginia and died in 1865 in Indiana. Relation to Me: Letitia is my Maternal 4x great grandma Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Letitia was the third child and first daughter born to David Forsyth and Margaret McGibbon. She and…

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A to Z Challenge: Kerry

Posted on April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 by Melissa

Hello and Welcome to K Day! Name: Kerry C. Featheringill Vital Information: Kerry was born on 2 October 1952 in Chicago, Illinois and died on 7 February 2006 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Relation to Me: My mother. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: I’ve thought a lot about what I’d like to include here in this little section about…

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Ghost Chaser | Kin Seeker
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As a hobbyist family historian and genetic genealogist, I find great joy in folding time with the Ancestors in an effort to best honor them while documenting their legacies for future generations. Grab a cuppa, let's sit for a spell and chat about ghosts!

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