Nancy H. Vest, Writer

Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)

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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 Florrie lived in the same…
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52 Ancestors: A Surprise Uncle

The prompt for this week is: Surprise! One of my early surprises in genealogy research involved my dad, Charles L. HEISER (1913-2001). Not long after I became interested in family history, my parents took me on a road trip to York County, Pennsylvania to do some research. This was in the dark ages when we had to actually go to…
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Unusual Middle Names

Unusual Name was a recent prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. I wrote about the most unusual name in my family tree – Renatus –  a while back. Today I’m writing about a few unusual middle names. My mom, Gladys, and her brother, Carlisle, both had unusual middle names. Carlisle Entzminger My uncle, Carlisle Entzminger MARTIN (1915-1977), was the…
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The Challenge of the Dickens Family Cemetery

The prompt this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is: Challenge. Here’s my challenge story. Are you familiar with Find A Grave.com? I have taken gravestone photos to fulfill photo requests on Find A Grave. Some of the requests for my area intrigued me because the cemeteries appear to be ‘lost’. Directions were sketchy at best or non-existent at…
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My Wintry Ancestor: my dad, Charlie Heiser

A recent prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was: Winter.   When I think of a winter, I think of snow. And when I think of snow I think of my dad, Charlie Heiser (1913-2001). My dad loved snow. When it snowed Dad would take my sister, Joyce, with him to go ride around in the snow. She recalls…
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