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 | Feb 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Alright kids. I’m sure some of you out there in my readership world know how much I love Groundhog Day. I have been sending out an annual Groundhog Day email now for about 15 years. This year I decided to combine my passions for groundhogs and old newspaper...
by amanita | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am a goodreads.com user. I always have a resolution for how many books I will read each year and last year I had great intentions. 2015 was 24 books. I can read two books a month right? I failed. I read 17. FAILED. I wasn’t even kind of close so that I...
by amanita | Jun 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
There are a few brick walls in my tree that drive me a little nuts. One of them being good old Alexander Brown…where I get my surname. One of the worst is on my husband Andrew’s side though, where he gets HIS surname: James A. Nelson. I believe...
by amanita | Apr 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the interesting things about doing genealogy is discovering “cause of death”. I know it sounds a little morbid, but what’s interesting is how much has changed over such a short time in terms of actually assigning a cause. Science is better. ...
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...
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