by amanita | May 19, 2012 | Brown Family, Genealogy, Kinsley Family, Nelson Family, Travel
We are on a balanced schedule in our school district now. While I love having an extended Spring and Fall Break, I must say that I really do desire the time to actually be lazy in the summer. We have just over a month and a half of summer break. And while I should...
by amanita | Mar 21, 2012 | Genealogy, Indianapolis, Nelson Family
Early on in the history of this blog I wrote a post about how the Girl Scouts devoured a cemetery that I REALLY wanted to go to. I had a sneaking suspicion that within this cemetery lay quite a few of Andrew’s old family, including great great great great...
by amanita | Mar 11, 2012 | Genealogy, Other families
During a visit to the Indiana State Library two weeks ago I came upon an amazing amount of information over both Andrew’s family as well as my friend Amy. The first story I came upon was about Amy’s great great great grandfather, who it turns out died in...
by amanita | Jan 22, 2012 | Genealogy, Nelson Family, Uncategorized
I found this when I visited the Indiana State Library. I love 1.) that the writer is also the man who ministered the funeral service and 2.) how delightfully flowery the language is. Here is the tribute to Asa Caywood, a pioneer of Hendricks County, Indiana, outside...
by amanita | Jan 21, 2012 | Genealogy, Kinsley Family, Travel
On our last morning in Scranton I was ready to really use that Google Map I had created for the trip. On the map I included every address from my ancestors that I could find. Usually you can find addresses in cities for census records from 1900 and later. I was...
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