Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
When I saw the prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was Marriage, I knew I had the perfect topic to write about. As you can see in the chart below, 13 couples in my family tree had married in Blaney, South Carolina (now known as Elgin) even though none of them were from Blaney or Kershaw County, the location…
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The tagline for my website is Keeping Grandma Alive….and all the others, too (including yourself). I include current generations in this because our life stories are family history in the making. I write down the stories that I know and have learned about my ancestors because I don’t want these precious people to become just names and dates on a…
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Last year I revisited one of brick walls, my 3rd GGF Joseph CUSHING (1790-1873). I also wrote a follow up to that ‘revisiting.’ Here are links to those blog posts Joseph Cushing, a Brick Wall Revisited Joseph Cushing, part 2 I have not given up on Joseph, and I found other sources to research. One such resource is a book,…
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My mom lived a full life despite suffering with a chronic illness for decades, but I did not understand her internal battle until it became my battle, too.
Almost Forgotten was a recent prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. I’m writing about a baby that most people in my mom’s family don’t even know about. My mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) told me this story which I will tell from her point of view. This story took in 1932 in Virginia. When I was 11, Mother, (Florrie…
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We all need something light to read about now, so here’s an entertaining animal story for you involving my mom. Have you ever been around a begging dog? Gosh, they can be annoying can’t they. One evening my mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) was in the kitchen frying oysters. Tinker, our cocker beagle, was pestering mom for a tidbit. Mom…
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