Don’t Excise Me! Love Makes a Family
I haven’t posted anything for quite a while. This is probably not the best way to dive back into the pool, but I read something on a blog recently that disturbed me and I can’t get it out of my …
Tag: Cole family
It’s Constitution Day
On September 17, 1787 the final draft of the United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. We moved from being a Confederation of states to a nation with a strong central government. An election was scheduled on January 7, 1789 …
Labor Day
On this holiday we celebrate the American worker and his or her contribution to our American life, but the holiday was actually born as a way to appease workers after a brutal crackdown on the workers and the union during …
Something New in the 1940 Census
Now that the 1940 census is more or less fully indexed I took a lazy woman’s stroll through some of our ancestor’s records. I wasn’t expecting much new information. My mother and mother-in-law both remembered that time and filled me …
Trip to Willamette Heritage Center
On Thursday, July 19th I was finally able to visit the Willamette Heritage Center and meet all of the people who have done so much for me. I have written about the wonderful file of 80 family photographs and their …