The Family Shrub

Adventures in Genealogy

A Story on a Headstone

So, my buddy Jumwaltie and I had a few hours to kill on a Friday afternoon.  We had taken a trip last year out to Montgomery County (and learned that all dogs in Montgomery County do not love strangers and will chase your car) to visit some cemeteries to find some of...

Family (non) secrets

I want to start this post by announcing that I am back in the saddle again, after that hiatus...with the kid and the hospital and the transition and all that jazz.  We are cool now.  Well, actually I've started waking up at 6am every day to get a little time to myself...

A new VERY little leaf in our Family Shrub

So, I like to be a little different.  Some people like to have babies who are full-sized after a 9-10 mos pregnancy.  Nope.  Not me.  I am into delivering before even the third trimester.  Actually, I didn't choose to deliver that early.  I was very sick; and my...

I am a lousy blogger. I’ll be better soon.

I haven't always been a lousy blogger.  Life has, however, taken a bit of a turn this year.  I am having a hard time focusing on one thing for any amount of time, including work.  So blogging has been on the backburner, unfortunately along with the genealogy in...