Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, New York Research Well, it is onto week 2 of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestor’s Challenge. As soon as I heard the prompt for this week of challenge, I kind of knew what I wanted to talk about. It wasn’t necessarily an ancestor but the Challenge of Researching in a particular time and place. For me that place is the…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Norway, Osborne Well, let’s hope I complete more of 2019 than I did for 2018. So the goal is more than 13. Wish me luck. Here we go Week 1 – the prompt FIRST…For this I decided to concentrate on my husband’s family and his Norwegian Great-Great Grandfather Neils Osborne. I always thought the Osborne was Irish…Read more »
Posted by in general I have been choosing a word for many years now. It is something that came about from scrapbooking. The idea is credited to Ali Edwards and you can read about One Little Word here. I have been thinking about my word for several weeks. In the past I have had believe, hope, embrace, learn, journey. This…Read more »
Posted by in Children of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, general, professional So 2018 has been a year to remember good and bad. As I get older I try more and more to roll with it. The good Gerard retired. Chiara was accepted into her dream college for her dream program. Jimmy made the transition to middle school seamlessly. I attended the Genealogical Research Institute in Pittsburgh.…Read more »
Posted by in DellaVecchia, New York Research My Dad is Italian American. His dad, Antonio DellaVecchia was born in Italy in 1903. His Mom, Clara (Chiara) Moro was born in New York City in 1911 to Italian Parents. I haven’t done much research on his family as I feel woefully inadequate as a researcher. Since completing the Boston University Certificate Program in…Read more »
Posted by in cemetery, DellaVecchia Yesterday, I attended the annual Wreaths Across America event in Brooklyn. Since I was going to be there my sister-in-law asked me if I minded checking out her grandparents graves at Cypress Hills Cemetery no problem. She gave me her grandparents names and that they were in the Whitehead plot but she had no clue who they…Read more »
Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge At the beginning of November, I decided to do a 30 x 30 challenge. Research for 30 minutes every day for 30 days. You can read more about the 30 x 30 challenge at Organize Your Family History. Well I started off strong with being focused in my research and answering specific questions and working on…Read more »
