I absolutely love the first day on the road.
Just like starting the first chapter of a new book by a beloved author, pulling out of the drive in the morning and heading on down the trail is an incredible feeling.
Even though we plan out our route well in…
Traveling to other areas can be an excellent opportunity to do some research on current or future writing projects.
When you are relaxing on the beach, or at the lake, or in your mountain cabin, take some time to jot down some thoughts on what you are…
Continued from Jones Family Genealogy, part I
Trying to find family further back than Cyrus was impossible, though, until I plugged “Cyrus Jones” into the DAR website. A Cyrus Jones did come up…but not mine. It was his father! Now I had Cyrus, Cyrus Sr.,…
Jones Family Genealogy, part I
This is my family line: my name, my brother’s name, my father’s name, and so forth, straight back to our Revolutionary War Patriot. Whose name also was Jones.
I think it’s pretty cool to be able to have an unbroken line…
I am a huge fan of checklists. Even before I entered this stage of life where I sometimes cannot remember why I walked into a room in the first place, let alone what I was planning to do next, I would write out lists.
Lists of goals. Lists of chores. Wish…
My family has a connection to Chile through my grandfather. Although of Dutch ancestry, he (and several of his siblings) were born in Chile, and grew up there with a mixture of experiences, both good and bad.
One thing that has come down in the family (on…
Hatfield Family Genealogy
My Hatfields are not the infamous ones from the Hatfield and McCoy days. Well, at least my direct Hatfield ancestors never were in West Virginia, even just in passing. I did find it amusing to realize that Anderson “Devil Anse”…
One of the most important categories when planning for any sort of excursion, short or long, is reading material.
I usually take advantage of the extra relaxation time to catch up on magazines. Yep, magazines. I subscribe to several, and the numbers…
Guthrie Family Genealogy
Jane’s mother was a Guthrie, descended through Thomas Lee Guthrie from William Franklin Guthrie.
William Franklin Guthrie was born in 1841 in Georgia. We believed he was born in Coweta County, Georgia for a long time, but as we…
