Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, DellaVecchia, Stewart, Uncategorized, Witherwax Twas the day before Thanksgiving and I have been focusing on family and the blessings of life as is the norm this time of year. I am thinking of those who came before and those who may come after. I am feeling incredibly blessed for all that I have. There have been several of those…Read more »
Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge, Daughters of the American Revolution, Witherwax What is an AIR? An air is this pesky thing in the DAR. It stands for Additional Information Requested and right now it is the bane of my existence and I am thinking a couple of research trips may be what I need to do. Here is the situation. I am working on proving my…Read more »
Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge, Clinton County, NY, Daughters of the American Revolution, Stewart, Witherwax So I have been working on my Grandma’s family. I have several patriots in my Grandpa’s line. I joined the DAR through his lines and all my supplemental patriots come through my grandpa. My Mom would love to have a supplemental patriot through her mom’s family. Most of our Stewart lines are dead ends or…Read more »
Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge, Daughters of the American Revolution, Norway, Stewart So far the 30 x 30 challenge has been great for my research. It is forcing me to be deliberate in my research and not fall down many rabbit holes. Progress report – Day 2 I focused on Neil Osborne, Bergetti’s husband and made a similar timeline for him but it did not reveal any…Read more »
Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge, DNA, Norway, Osborne Yesterday was day 1 of my 30 x 30 challenge and let’s just say it raised more questions. I decided to start with my husband’s 2X Great-Grandmother, Bergetti Netland Osborne. Gerard’s Norwegian Great-Great Grandparents call me and when they are speaking you need to listen to those voices. You need to tell the story. I…Read more »
Posted by in 30 x 30 challenge, Clinton County, NY, Daughters of the American Revolution, general, Witherwax Today starts the day of my 30 x 30 genealogy challenge of researching 30 minutes a day for 30 days. This concept belongs to Jane Adams of Organize Your Family History. For my 30 x 30 challenge to be successful, I had to come up with some goals and ideas of lines I wanted to research.…Read more »
Posted by in general Life has been insane lately with family and kids. We have been doing the whole college application process with the almost 17 year old. The 10 year old transitioned seamlessly from elementary to middle school in his special needs class and the 5 year old had a rough time going from pre-school into kindergarten but…Read more »
