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 17, 2016 | Indianapolis, Kinsley Family
I am pretty close to my older sisters, to the point where I kind of forget that they’re my half-sisters.  We have different fathers.  I mean, I KNOW that their dad isn’t my dad, but sometimes I still forget that means they have an entire family that 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 | 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...				
					 
						 
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