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 | Apr 16, 2013 | Genealogy, Nelson Family
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...
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...
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