NAMES
Another ancient project of a sailboat entered our lives recently and we are facing the big question. Not, “Did you notice all those holes in the sails?’ or, “Why doesn’t the engine start?” or even, “Why is the water coming …
Author: Judy
The Two Jessie Martins
There were two Jessie Martins, one was a flesh and blood woman born in October of 1873 and the other was a Great Lakes schooner built in Muskegon, Michigan in 1881. This is their story. The Martins were Scotch-Irish. They …
Little Bit 3
Friends Pat and I are going to Newport, RI tomorrow. Newport in February I hear you say? Place selection is part of a longer story, but we’re going to meet our other two best friends. We live all over the …
Little Bit 2
Sometime ago I put up a post about Why We Do It. I am fascinated by the variety of people who are interested in family history and their reasons for doing research. So, every time I come across something on …
The Sheep and the Tar Baby or A Woman’s Work is Never Done
I bought my daughter a sheep for Christmas. No, we don’t actually have a four legged baaing creature tethered in the back yard, but we do have an entire fleece from one sheep. It arrived in a large box in …
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