Archive for April, 2008
Fires and Bibles
Monday, April 21st, 2008I wonder how many old family Bibles were destroyed by fires. Supposedly one of my ancestors Clement Nance had a whole trunkfull of family papers that were destroyed by a house fire in the New Albany, Indiana area.
I recently received my first-ever-ordered pension packet on my Civil War ancestor Albertus Van Hoesen. With the [...]
Genealogy and Vacations
Monday, April 21st, 2008I’m a member of New England Historic Genealogical Society and today received an issue of the publication sent to members. In one article one of the directors in NEHGS tells how she enjoys hearing how people get into genealogy. She tells one man’s story of the influence his father had been in sparking his interest. [...]
My response to a response
Friday, April 18th, 2008I was looking on the local paper’s Web site and ran across an article written by Mona Charon about why the public schools are failing to teach ethics or character. There were three replies, one of which was the obligatory, “Oh, if only parents were doing their job….” which seems is the stock answer [...]
NARA Records
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Yay, yay, yay! I just checked on the status of my order for the military records for one ancestor and the pension file for another, and they have been found, photocopied and are awaiting shipment. On my last order, they were “awaiting shipment” even after I got them, so I have hopes that [...]
NARA Records
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Yay, yay, yay! I just checked on the status of my order for the military records for one ancestor and the pension file for another, and they have been found, photocopied and are awaiting shipment. On my last order, they were “awaiting shipment” even after I got them, so I have hopes that [...]