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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Tuesday's Tip: Four Reasons NOT to Write Down Your Life Story
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Tuesday's Tip: Four Reasons NOT to Write Down Your Life Story. Most of my father’s life story is lost forever. I always meant to write it down, and he always said he would do it—but when we finally made time to do it together, he died not long after we started. A good list of questions solves that problem.
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Client Testimonials
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? 8220;My whole life I’ve asked questions about my family—“Who is this? 8221; or “How am I related to him? 8221; My dad has 11 siblings and they all have large families, most of whom I’ve never met. I asked Sue to work on a binder for me, and I am so happy that I made that decision! 8212;Brittany, Illinois. 8220;I asked Sue to resear...
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Treasure Chest Thursday: Dad's War Souvenirs, Part Two
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Thursday, November 7, 2013. Treasure Chest Thursday: Dad's War Souvenirs, Part Two. The box itself is cardboard and coated in wax. I remember Dad saying that you could empty the box and then put it on the ground and set fire to it, and it would burn like a candle for long enough to heat up your water for coffee, or your food. Its s...
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: My Services
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? I do research in packages of 10, 20, and 30 hours, with 20 being typical. I also do research or memoir-writing/editing at an hourly rate of $20 per hour. I have several "Five Hour Specials" for $90. I also have a $25 "Sampler" for those who want to make a low-risk start to exploring their roots. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sibling ...
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Thriller Thursday: Typhoid Fever
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Thursday, January 23, 2014. Thriller Thursday: Typhoid Fever. Despite the development of a vaccine in 1901 which was used on the entire U.S. Army before WWI, nevertheless in the 1920s there were over 35,000 deaths in the United States from typhoid, as compared to about 400 cases annually today. (Worldwide there are stil...The most ...
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Tuesday's Tip: My Graveyard Kit
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Tuesday's Tip: My Graveyard Kit. Is it weird that I have a graveyard kit? How else can you go grave hunting in an organized and well-equipped manner? Mine is stored in a pink bucket with a decal on it. (I’m a very girly grave hunter.). Liquid soap—a special kind. (I did a lot of research on th...Wet wip...
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Amanuensis Monday: One Girl’s Childhood During the Great Depression
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Monday, May 6, 2013. Amanuensis Monday: One Girl’s Childhood During the Great Depression. Memories of life on an Illinois farm, as dictated by my mother, Adra Erickson Wallin (1922-2010). 8220;I was born at home (all four of us were), at the farm at Barbers Corner on August 18, 1922, at six in the morning. Everybody was poor then.
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Black Sheep Sunday: The Greedy Priest
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Sunday, April 12, 2015. Black Sheep Sunday: The Greedy Priest. Well, now—it seems that my latest client is not the only one with a black sheep in the family! After I posted “Inlaws and Outlaws” recently, blog reader Arlene sent in the story of her great-uncle, a priest who apparently didn’t take a vow of poverty. 3-11-1935) said th...
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders: Annie Oakley, a/k/a Phoebe Ann Mosey
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Pages from the Ancestry Binders. I like telling stories - and true stories are the best kind. That's why I like genealogy. Why Discover Your Genealogy? Why Write Your Memoirs? Sunday, August 24, 2014. Annie Oakley, a/k/a Phoebe Ann Mosey. Annie Oakley - born Phoebe Ann Mosey. (Older info says Moses, but the best recent research proves that it was Mosey. She never talked about her childhood.) I'm still trying to find a connection between Annie and my husband's Mosey ancestors. Susan W. Mosey. Skeleton in ...
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