It's rather like The Big Birthday. I've anticipated the One Hundredth Posting for some months, but mostly in the wee hours of the night when I am not at my computer to speculate when exactly that date will occur. So, I was taken quite by surprise today when I realized that this very post will be … [Read more...]
A Christmas Carol for Arline and Anabelle
Arline would be so very happy to meet her great-great-granddaughter Anabelle. Just two years old, Anabelle is the perfect age for learning one of our family's favorite Christmas carols. I know that Arline would be singing along with her:Away in a mangerNo crib for a bedThe little Lord JesusLay down … [Read more...]
On the Subject of Citing Sources
FootnoteMaven recently posted an article on Working With Citations in which she shares her own method for organizing citations and using them in her writing. Fans of fM's blogs know that she is conscientious and meticulous when it comes to citations, so it should be no surprise that she is an … [Read more...]
Ten Tips for Making Family Connections
The Family Curator appears at Shades of the Departed today on the subject of finding family connections through the internet. I am delighted to share my most recent reunion with cousin Scott Angus MacPhee, great-grandson of Mercy Kinsel MacPhee, and appreciate the efforts of footnoteMaven in making … [Read more...]
The Family Curator Shares Connections at Shades
footnoteMaven sent along an email from a Kinsel-line cousin last week, with a note that "it looks like I live in the middle of this branch of your family." It isn't the first time that a "cousin" and I have connected through Shades of the Departed, and I have a feeling that more leaves will be … [Read more...]
Women. . . You Have the Vote!
Arline A. Kinsel photograph, 1915, Pueblo, Colorado.Privately held by Suzanne Freeman,[ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Green Valley, Arizona. 2008.Here is a special photograph in recognition of Tuesday, November 4 -- Election Day!Just when I thought I had seen all the family treasures, my Mother sent this … [Read more...]
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