My Great-Grandmother Katie
Since I have written about my great-grandmother Boothby, I decided I would also write about my …
Author: Pat
Trying to Apply the Scientific Method to a Research Question, Or Looking for My Great-Grandmother
Thanks to Steve Danko and Michelle Goodrum for inspiring me to use the Scientific Method to …
Santa Came Early, Or Tell Me a Story
As Judy noted, I am enthusiastically embracing the idea of my generation telling our stories for …
Wakeman 6. Starting a Vineyard and Raising Chickens
This is the last of the early Wakeman stories told by Grandpa Lyle, for now. Clearly …
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Turkey, Families, and Pictures
I’m taking the easy way out this week, and re-posting my after-Thanksgiving post from last year with …
FRADD Helps Me Solve a Mystery
In photographing the pictures in one of my old albums I pulled out a small newspaper …
Using a Digital Camera to Copy
Our friend Ann and I spent the day recently trying out a technique she had discovered …
Wakeman 5. Early Denmans and Apple Orchards in Northern Ohio
My Denman family line first migrated from Ditchling, Sussex, England to New York state up the …
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Sorting Yet Another Pile
I’ve been sorting through yet another pile of mixed pictures, snapshots, ephemera, a letter or two …
Wakeman 4. Father Brings a Flour Mill to Town
To set the stage as I start this fourth in the Wakeman series (also described in …