GRIP 2013
After Pat and I attended the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh I promised to write a blog post about our experience and here, a mere three weeks later, you have it. WHERE WE WENT Pittsburgh, LaRoche College. No disrespect …
Author: Judy
What Happened to Gertrude
The title of this post refers to my great-aunt, Gertrude Silver, and I struggled to decide if the title should be a statement or a question. I think I need a new punctuation mark, because the answer is a bit …
Standard Lodge
Fraternal organizations played a large role in the economic and social life of late 18th and 19th century immigrants to this country. Coming from around the globe to fuel the industrial revolution of the United States, immigrants often found themselves …
VACATION
The Genealogy Gals are taking a vacation (from blogging that is). Thanksgiving and Christmas are rapidly approaching and we are both a bit overwhelmed. We will be back in January on our regular weekly schedule, with new and entertaining family …
We’ll Weather the Weather Whatever the Weather
We have the boat out of the water, the bathtub filled with water and everything off the deck. There’s enough peanut butter to survive on and the flashlights are ready and so we sit here in coastal Connecticut watching the …