Sharing Stories and Wisdom from Generation to Generation
If you’ve read even some of my blog posts, you know I enjoy research. A few years ago, my daughter and I put boots to the ground to find a ‘lost’ local cemetery after I did all the background research I could. Here are links to the two blog posts I wrote about: The Challenge of the Dickens Family Cemetery…
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I have many favorite photos in my vast collection, and this is one of them. The original was B&W, so I used the tools at MyHeritage to enhance and colorize it. This photo is a favorite for three reasons. First…it’s a photo of my grandmother, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979). Grandma didn’t like having her picture taken, so that’s enough to…
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The theme this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is: I’d Like to Meet I’d like to meet Sallie Price, my great-grandmother. I’ve thought about this prompt off and on all week because I’d like to meet many of my ancestors. But right now, I’d like to meet my great-grandmother, Sarah Rebecca “Sallie” PYLES PRICE (1862-1940) for two reasons….
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Many of you may have seen this game before, but maybe some of you have not. In the 1970’s, my mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) used this game at a Christmas party with her friends. I don’t know where she got it from, but it’s been around. I still have her original copy of it with her answers written on…
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I have a dozen or so vintage Thanksgiving post cards in the collection handed down by my 1st cousin, twice removed, Myrtle HILLARD BURROUGHS (1903-1977). She was a first cousin of my paternal grandmother, Goldie PRICE HEISER (1893-1919), and she was like a big sister to my dad, Charles L. HEISER (1913-2001). And like an aunt to my sister and…
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This is a story told to me by my mother, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999). The story was shared with her as she wasn’t present when it happened. I believe this happened in the mid-1940’s at a farm in Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland. My grandmother, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979) and her sister, Aggie THOMAS JEFFORDS (1897-1966) helped with chores while growing…
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