Since Labor Day was just celebrated in the U.S., work is the topic for the week. It seems appropriate to feature my father-in-law for this post. Izzy Greenberg was, for most of his working life, a labor lawyer. Although he …
Isadore Greenberg (1907-1985), Labor Lawyer – 52 Ancestors # 36 Read more »
My mother-in-law, Sarah Greenberg, might easily be said to have lived a life of misfortunes, starting with her father’s desertion of the family when she was an infant and ending with her husband’s losing his federal job in the McCarthy …
Sarah Riddner Greenberg (1908-1969), Misfortune and Mystery – 52 Ancestors # 12 Read more »
I would venture to say that in most family trees many or most of the women are found to be strong in some way or another. Many of our earlier ancestors were, by definition, very strong women both emotionally and …
National Women’s History Month–Strong Women – 52 Ancestors #10 Read more »
How did you meet your spouse/sweetheart? How did your siblings or friends meet theirs? Most people I know met at school: college or high school. Of course there have always been more interesting and unusual ways to meet, and these …
Is it just me, or is there something about this year, in particular? It seems there are so many 100-year anniversaries of note this year – already, and it is only April. What was it about 1912 as a time …