Before I took a break for my surgery and recovery, I was contemplating my grandmother's birthday back in September. She would have been 111 if she was still alive. She passed 34 years ago this past August. I think about her and how important my relationship was with her. In those moments that seem ordinary,… Continue reading Generations…
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Serendipity: Finding One’s Self in a Eulogy
I believe in serendipity. Today I was going through paperwork on my desk and found the eulogy that I wrote and delivered to family and friends for my brother's celebration of life just over a year ago. The memories provoked a year ago when I wrote it were intense, and so are my memories today.… Continue reading Serendipity: Finding One’s Self in a Eulogy
On Ancestry Hints I’m Skeptical to Use
Those little leaves are tempting to just click and accept, particularly when they are connected to another's user's tree. Early in my ancestry research I accepted my mom's cousin's tree and the others that I found as vetted facts. I was humming along thinking it was great and simple and marveled at the progress that… Continue reading On Ancestry Hints I’m Skeptical to Use
The Holwadel’s and the Durbin’s – a short bio of John Edward Durbin
John Edward Durbin, born November 4, 1917, died October 28, 2002. When John was born in 1917, his father, John, was 33 and his mother, Mary Pauline (Daily), was 27. John was the third child of what would become nine children in the family. In 1920 the family was living in a tenement building at… Continue reading The Holwadel’s and the Durbin’s – a short bio of John Edward Durbin
Our Humble Road 