When teaching genealogy classes, I am always quick to point out to my students that when you look at your tree, you should marvel at what it took to get you here today. My example is John Wickham, my 7th
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 15
On April 12th, Grandma Rose will mention going to the Wagnalls Memorial Garden in Lithopolis – did you know you can still go there and walk in her footsteps? You sure can and from the looks of it, it’s as
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 14
Another week where I didn’t have a good image to go with our post so I found one of the flowering almond bushes mentioned in her entries. I’m making notes of all the things she’s planted since I’ve been trying
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 13
Grandma Rose is on a roll this week with many of her Thoughts of the Day than ever before. I personally enjoy them and wonder if she chose them based on what was going on during that particular day or
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 12
Oddly, my own culinary life is mimicking Grandma’s this week as I am making chicken & noodles today and just did beef vegetable soup yesterday, of which, I also froze some! I’m anxiously awaiting the mention of some bean soup