Perfume Bottle – Treasure Chest Thursday

As far back as I can remember [1944-1946ish] Mother (Virginia Amy Lineberry) had the perfume bottle pictured on the left – it originally had a glass stopper. It has been in my possession for many years now – again, I’ve had it so long I no longer remember when she let me have it.
Though I [...]

COG 77th Edition Disasters – 1932 Lighting Creek

My mother had no possessions (that I knew of ) that belonged to her mother or father; both parents had died before she was seven and she and all the younger siblings were transported from Oilton, Oklahoma to Galax, Virginia to live with relatives. When my daughter and I started looking into genealogy and [...]

Week #28 Genealogy Prompt – Genealogy Software

I’ve been so busy with work projects that I haven’t been blogging very much, so I particularly appreciate Amy Coffin of We Tree offering blogging prompts. This week she suggests we write about our blogging software. I almost didn’t write about this because I’m not the primary researcher in my family’s genealogy work – my [...]

Weekly Blogging Post #19

Amy Coffin’s 52-week blog suggestions for Week 19: Describe your favorite records repository. Why is it your favorite? What types of records does it contain? Do you have any advice for first-time visitors?
My favorite place to search for records is probably a little stretch of the word ‘records’ – I love to search old newspaper [...]

Week #15 Genealogy Blogging Prompt

Week 15. List some vital signs. Talk about specific birth, marriage and death certificates. Topics may include misspelled names, fudged dates, other anomalies that stand out in your records.
The two major family lines my daughter has worked the hardest on are my mother’s parents, Jacob Lineberry and Eva Keithley. One of her first roadblocks was [...]

Week #13 – Sharing My Expertise

In response to the Week #13 Blogging Prompt, I decided to write a little about researching and using music in fleshing out the lives and characters of our ancestors. Though it’s never been my day job, my education/avocation has been music, and specifically vocal music. For most people, enough information can be gained from relatively [...]