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 …
Category: Miscellaneous
We Always Had New Easter Outifits
Easter is pretty early this year and I’ve been remembering the new Easter outfits we all had every year. From the time I can first remember, and likely even before that, my sister and brothers and I had new outfits …
March Genealogy To-Do List
I am more-or-less back from vacation and in the right time zone, so am looking forward to a month of catching up on my genealogy tasks. I’m going back to the oldie-but-goodie list from the past. These tasks *will* be …
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 …
February Genealogy To-Do List
January was pretty much a bust for me in terms of getting tasks from my to-do list done. We started out the new year by clearing out three rooms so we could have carpeting installed. Two of the three were …