Earlier this year I wrote about the challenge of searching for the Dickens Family Cemetery. If you didn’t read that post already, here’s the link so you can read it now. Then come back after reading it to hear the rest of the story. (Actually I can’t make the link work. I do not like […]
Nancy H Vest, Writer
Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
52 Ancestors: A Cherished Family Photo
The prompt this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Family Photo. I picked a photo from a Martin family reunion held in June 1978 in Vienna, Virginia. My grandfather was J. Daniel MARTIN (1886-1955). He was married to my grandmother, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979). Much of their offspring were in attendance along with […]
Romance in the 1910’s
Love is this week’s theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. I wrote about the courtship of my maternal grandparents, Joel Daniel Martin (1886-1955) and Florrie Thomas Martin (1894-1979). *please excuse some photo labels being far off from the photos of the letters. I’m still trying to figure out the changes to WordPress. Daniel and […]
