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Fearless Females: March 6 - Heirloom

Mar 6, 2010 6:20am

Whether or not the grandchildren were allowed to roam around in my grandmother's bedroom, it is one of my many memories of time spent at Grandpa Charlie and Grandma Bergeron's. We never called my grandma by her first name, Mildred, and to me she was always Gram.Her bedroom was on...

Fearless Females: Going To The Chapel

Mar 4, 2010 12:36pm

Day #4 of Fearless Females, thanks to Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog, asks the following: Do you have marriage records for your grandparents or great-grandparents? Write a post about where they were married and when. Any family stories about the wedding day? Post a photo too if you...

Fearless Females: Nancy Ann Stone Space

Mar 3, 2010 5:45pm

Today's blogging prompt to celebrate Women's History Month is: Do you share a first name with one of your female ancestors? Perhaps you were named for your great-grandmother, or your name follows a particular naming pattern. If not, then list the most unique or unusual female first name you’ve come...

Wordless Wednesday: Snowstorm Snowy Owl

Mar 3, 2010 5:55am

Every now and again, the photography gods smile on you - this was one of those times. While out birding in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with my husband Al and son Chris, we were engulfed in a lake effect snow storm complete with 30 mph winds adding to the challenges of photographing...

Fearless Females: Sarah Etta Space McCord

Mar 2, 2010 7:27am

Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist has created a series of daily blogging prompts in honor of Women's History Month, which kicked off yesterday, March 1st.Today's blogging prompt: Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: If You Won ...

Feb 27, 2010 3:53pm

Tonight's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun finds me in front of a fire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, contemplating the question ...1) If you won the grand prize in the Ancestry.com Ultimate Family History Journey Sweepstakes of $20,000 for genealogy travel to places of your choice, where would you go, and what...

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Birthday Chris!

Feb 10, 2010 2:28pm

Wordless Wednesday

Feb 3, 2010 11:29am

Sharing Memories: A Genealogy Journal Week #9 Birthday Parties

Jan 31, 2010 9:05am

Lorine Massey at Olive Tree Genealogy has created a year-long Genealogy Journey in Genealogy Journal Writing. Having my grandmother's travel journals and a diary among my family papers and treasures, I can appreciate the different perspective someone will have years from now with a glimpse into my life in the early years...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make A Calendar!

Jan 31, 2010 6:02am

Live! From central Wisconsin! It's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (insert applause here).After last week's SNGF step back and learn about our fellow genealogists and family historians, Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings takes us back to research with tonight's challenge:1) Open your genealogy software or family tree program of choice and make...

Maengun Neebageesis - Wolf Moon

Jan 29, 2010 6:42pm

Only one thing could pull me away from the warmth of a fire and the promise of an evening spent with a dog curled up next to me, cozy and warm, and send me outside - bundled up against the bitter cold: the chance to photograph Maengun Neebageesis, Wolf Moon.The...

Wordless Wednesday: Elsie Laura Space

Jan 27, 2010 4:10am

Elsie Laura Space, daughter of Allen Zephaniah Space and Nancy Ann Stone. Photograph taken in 1910 while attending the school for the deaf, Clarion county, PACopyright (c) 2010 Cindy Bergeron Scherwinski...

Tombstone Tuesday: William D. Facer

Jan 26, 2010 4:47am

Today's edition of Tombstone Tuesday features my paternal great-great-grandfather, William D. Facer. Born in Port Huron, St Clair, MI, between 1827-1833, depending on what census record or document you access, William was the fourth known child of Lewis Facer Sr. and Susan B. Baker's nine children.Naming patterns in the Facer...

What I Do When I'm Not Doing Genealogy

Jan 24, 2010 11:34am

Aren't you thankful that Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is hosted by Randy Seavers instead of NBC? Who needs all that drama!! We can always rely on a good time - and no Sunday morning hangover! This week's mission (which I hope everyone has decided to accept is:"Tell us about your...

Wordless Wednesday: Ida Ella Nora Hoefferle Scherwinski

Jan 20, 2010 5:05pm

January 17, 2010, marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ida Ella Nora HoefferleScherwinski. The second of Johannes "John" Hoefferle, Jr. (1881-1966) and Rosa Teresa Shaper (1889-1944) twelve children, she married Arnold August William Scherwinski on 23 April 1932 and the couple raised their six children in Park Falls,...

Wordless Wedneday: Winter in Wisconsin Part II

Jan 13, 2010 3:25am

Tombstone Tuesday: John P. Little

Jan 12, 2010 7:44am

Today's edition of Tombstone Tuesday In My Life, highlights my great-grand uncle, John P. Little. The fifth of Andrew Little (1800-1888) and Mary Ann Gallagher (1812-1984) 11 children, John P. was born about 1847 in probably New York State.Family lore is that John ran away from the family home in...

Military Monday: Al Scherwinski

Jan 11, 2010 8:14am

Alvin John Scherwinski Military Service: Inducted 3 Dec 1970, Minneapolis, MN; Honorably Discharged 1 Dec 1972, Fort Carson Colorado. Basic Training, Fort Campbell Kentucky; AIT, Fort Benning Georgia; Advanced AIT, Fort Gordon Georgia. Overseas: Vietnam, 27 Sep 1971 - 21 May 1972. National Defense Service Medal; 1 Overseas Bar;...

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy -Challenge #1 [Your] Local Library

Jan 10, 2010 9:38am

The Challenge: Go to your local library branch. Make a note of the genealogy books in the collection that may help you gain research knowledge. Don't forget to check the shelves in both the non-fiction section and the reference section. If you do not already have a library card, take...

Happy 101 Award

Jan 10, 2010 4:38am

Lori at Genealogy and Me and Ruth Himan have both graciously gifted a Happy 101 Award. I was very surprised to 'open my gift' in a comment Lori left in response to my Treasure Thursday post, highlighting the journals of my grandmother Alma Polar Space. Ruth sent me a message...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What's Your Superpower?

Jan 9, 2010 7:03pm

Look!! Up in the sky! It's a bird - it's a plane! No - it's Randy Seaver with another Genea-Musings challenge. This week our challenge (should we decide to accept it ...) is:1) Answer the question: Do you have a genealogical "superpower." (i.e. a unique research ability or technique that...

Treasure Thursday: Grandma Space's Journals

Jan 7, 2010 4:17pm

Long before "Journaling for Dummies" and bi-monthly magazines dedicated to journals were published, William Wordsworth penned the words Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. I often wonder if my grandmother, Alma Loretta Polar Space, came across these words and took them to heart. Among my family treasures...

Wordless Wednesday: Winter in Wisconsin

Jan 7, 2010 5:52am

A February snowfall in 1958 while staying with my grandparents, Harley and Alma Space, was another opportunity to play outdoors, as Gram use to say. I recall Gram and I getting our mittens soaked making the snowman, decked out in my grandfather's cap. Somewhere in the box of photographs...

Wordless Wednesday: Logging in Northern Wisconsin

Dec 30, 2009 5:23am

Logging in Forest county, located in northeast Wisconsin, December 1927. Many of the men featured in this photograph, including my maternal grandfather Harley Space (pictured in the front row, sixth from the left), were children and grandchildren of pioneers who settled this part of the state. As I look forward...

Wordless Wednesday

Dec 23, 2009 4:52pm

Christmas morning at my Grandma Bergeron's. When Christmas is played on the highlight reel of my life ... this is what I remember. Merry Christmas. Copyright Cindy Bergeron Scherwinski 2009...