Sharing Stories and Wisdom from Generation to Generation
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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My Heritage (myhertiage.com) has some tools to use on photos. I wrote a few blog posts a while ago where I showed what their tools could do. Here are links for them. Colorization Makes Old Photos New Again The Good, The Bad, and The Funny They’ve added more tools recently, and I tried them out on a photo of my…
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Today is National Corn on the Cob Day. Corn on the cob (or ‘the bone’ as a late family member used to say) is one of the delights of summer, and eating it brings back precious memories for me. Learning to Shuck Corn My grandma, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979) taught me how to shuck corn. There were no plastic bags…
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A distant MARTIN cousin, G., asked one day if I had information about a mutual cousin she was researching. That inquiry led us both down several rabbit trails that answered some questions and brought up more. I’ll blog about that another day. On one of the rabbit trails, I found a clump of young deaths in one family. Most of…
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A recent prompt for 52 Ancestor in 52 Weeks was Favorite Photo. I have a lot of favorite photos, but below is my current most favorite one. Last weekend, my second cousin, T., sent me a photo via Messenger and asked if that was my dad in the photo. YES! My dad is in the photo and so is his…
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