Like many (?most I would guess) genealogists, I love walking through cemeteries especially ones where family are buried, but even ones where I don’t have ancestors. I have blogged about various cemetery visits over the years, with the most recent …
What If You Were Cremated and Your Ashes Scattered – 52 Ancestors # 17, Cemetery Read more »
With our winter finally finished here in New England, I’ve had enough storms for now and we’re enjoying Spring (post nor’easter season and before hurricane season). However, for the topic of storms I decided to write about my own experiences …
In my quest to track Edward Salt, my first Salt ancestor in the U.S., I have been using a variety of records to find him. The family myth is that he came to Virginia, an Englishman having married an Irish …
Although the theme for this week was Maiden Aunt, Cousin Jessie came to mind. She was my closest relative who never married, and she was of an age to be a great aunt or grandmother. We called her Cousin Jessie …
Jessie Louise Schenk (1897-1995) – 52 Ancestors # 14 Read more »
Two very different places come to mind when I think about the term “the old homestead” or “the old home place”: the old Salt family homestead in southwest Ohio where my father was born and his family had lived for …