by amanita | Feb 28, 2016 | Genealogy, Indianapolis, Uncategorized
The internet really has provided me a place to research and carry out this hobby without having to leave my home very much. This is not because of magic. I know the internet seems like magic sometimes, but this information got onto the internet somehow. I wish I...
by amanita | Jan 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
So, one of my favorite things about doing genealogy is coming upon these wild stories in families that people knew nothing about. A lot of times horrible things will happen and people don’t want to talk about them and they get swept under the rug. These...
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 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...
by amanita | Sep 25, 2011 | Genealogy, Kinsley Family, Travel
Teaching is hard. Like….really hard. You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything in two months! Two whole months! Sometimes I’ll sit down to the computer to write something out cause I have a great thought…and maybe…just...
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