Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Jul 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
When I first started out to trace my family roots, I was so excited and only saw great things. I chose my maternal side to start because I knew most all of them were church-going and down to earth folks. I knew my paternal side had a few issues that would be hard to bypass. [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Hey everyone! I just thought I would post a quick little note to let you all know that I am still around. I’ve just been very busy lately. With my son gone to boot camp, I now have to get back into the groove of mowing, weed-eating, trimming the hedges and all the other goodies. [...]
Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Jul 20th, 2007 No Comments »
I just wanted to pass along the news I read today on the footnoteMaven’s site. Quoting from the site:
Having had the proverbial bucket of cold water thrown on the choice of topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, the footnoteMaven has officially changed the topic to: Moral or legal dilemmas in genealogy [...]
Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Jul 18th, 2007 No Comments »
I really enjoyed the last Carnival of Genealogy! I had fun researching and posting info about my Spangler surname and wondered why I hadn’t done it already! So, today I would like to take a shot at talking about my maternal surname, Forbes!
The origin of the surname Forbes is one of debate. I will share [...]
Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Jul 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
Just a quick note to let you know that the Carnival of Genealogy has been posted by Jasia at Creative Gene. The topic this time around is Surnames. There are lots of great articles to read so get comfortable and settle in for a great time!
Posted in Personal on Jul 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I hope I don’t get sued for that title!
I just wanted to check in and let everyone know that life must go on! For a couple of days I have been in a funk because my son is gone and I am now the only man in the house with my wife and [...]
Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Jul 14th, 2007 3 Comments »
Today, I want to take a moment and talk to you all about the Spangler surname. I’ve not really done a lot of research on my Spangler side but I do know that there are quite a few famous Spangler’s so it is the most logical surname to talk about!
Spangler was originally Spengler and it [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
As you all know by now, Lady Bird Johnson passed away today. My 15 year old daughter was asking me about her and was surprised when I told her that she had a small place in our family’s history. No matter how small a part she played, it shows how small the world really [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I will be very busy the next few days so I won’t have time to check in with the blogs and such.
I have to finish cleaning out my mother-in-law’s apartment, finish rearranging the house and I have to spend some time with my son before he [...]
Posted in Carnival Of Genealogy on Jul 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Just a quick note to everyone to let you all know that the Carnival of Genealogy has been posted at kinexxions. I invite everyone to go read all the fine entries!
Thanks, Becky, for volunteering to host the Carnival this time around!
Happy Independence Day to you all!
