Road Trip to Connecticut
The middle of the fourth week in June, after school let out, my sister and I headed to the northeastern corner of Connecticut on a short vacation and genealogy trip. I am the genealogist in our family, but my sister …
Why We Do It
I was hoping to continue on the family secrets theme, but after spending a weekend with my family I decided that I prefer keeping the family secrets to dying a slow and painful death. So instead I thought I would …
Saturday Night Fun: 3s of Me
In answer to Randy Seaver’s challenge for Saturday Night Fun, here goes: * Three genealogical libraries I frequent 1. Lynnfield public library genealogy room 2. North Reading public library 3. I’m drawing a blank (obviously do too much online and …
Family secrets
One theme of “Annie’s Ghosts” is family secrets. It seems that many families have secrets. Sometimes they don’t come out until generations later. Sometimes they come out when the individual involved dies. Sometimes the person who just couldn’t be told …
Book Recommendation
As a way to start our newest genealogy effort – this blog – I want to tell you about the book I am reading. It’s “Annie’s Ghosts” by Steve Luxenberg. The subtitle is A journey into a family’s secret and …