Today marks the last post in Belle’s box, archival book two. Two down, one to go! The third book had fewer transcriptions and more photos. I don’t know the names of each person in the photos, but I will continue to post each item. The entire series will end before the annual reunion of Belle’s …
Category: Organize!
Apr 09
Seeking Michigan Death Records
I had a few minutes today, and I spent it looking for family death on Seeking Michigan. I had copied the information from a ledger at the Ingham County court house, but I wanted the certificate. This explains how I managed to print the image without the big thick black border, and save the image to …
Feb 27
Belle’s Box – 151
Read about this series of posts, regarding items in a box originally owned by Belle (Lamunion) Fellows Tinker here. The cast of characters is located here. And, there is an accounting of people about whom I have little or no information here. This is the final post in my first book of items from Belle’s …
Dec 19
A Little Connection
Miriam over a AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors wrote a little bit about our connection. No, we’re not related, but some of our research is centered in the same geographic area. Although we don’t share families, sharing locations is a warm, happy feeling on a cold snowy day. Thanks for the mention, Miriam!
Dec 15
Upgrade Blues
Well, this was supposed to be the last upgrade to WordPress I ‘d ever have to do by hand. I just noticed that a BUNCH of my photos are no longer attached to their posts. CRAP. Give me time, I figure it out. In the meantime, please contact me from the link, or by a …
Nov 14
Piles of Piles of Genealogy Research
OK, I admit it, I made a genealogy post on my other blog. If you have piles of items you have not had time to file, waste a little more time checking it out.
Aug 26
So Far, So Good
I’ve managed to move my genealogy posts to this blog. I lost a few tags, not sure if I also lost those posts. I’m going through them to figure that out. I’m expecting to produce a perfectly somewhat possibly organized blog about my research and results. The problem with blogs is that they seem to …
Mar 27
Good Old-Fashioned Hard Work???
If you’ve been retired for a while, and I have, it gets harder to focus and accomplish tasks. At least it has for me. That is because time is available. Lots of it. It is easy to forget that it (the time, that is) continues to march on, even when nothing is done. And, there …
