I don’t usually write about work (much) but I’ve been having alot of fun with a new database we’ve recently subscribed to. America’s GenealogyBank is lots of fun. I been
Lumberjacks – the cowboys of early Maine
Following up on the legend of the death of Moses Gould in 1816, I had some questions. Would a logger’s death have been so commonplace it wasn’t recorded in a
Trying to tease Moses out of the shadows
My 4th great grandfather, Moses Gould died at age 40, reportedly while lumbering in the Maine woods. He left a wife, Anne Adams Gould, and 7 young children. My 3rd
Asher research – resuming
I’m headed to Salt Lake City in a few weeks and I decided to pull together a county list for the Asher’s who appear on my timeline. Now I’m a
Its snowing!
What is it about snow in the Pacific Northwest? It makes me all giddy and kid-like. My kids come in with red noses, ears and appendages. Our snow is wet,
Houston, we have insulation – please beam up the drywall!
Our 100 year old house is now wearing blue jeans. Very trendy recycled blue jeans. We used an amazing “green” insulation product made from recycled denim. They say mostly post
Ancestral illness – perhaps
I am very very prone to colds and other upper respiratory nastiness. This year, Seattle weather being what it is and with no walls or insulation in the house, things
Wikis Anyone? Why Not?
One thing about going to a library conference these days is that there is alot of technology under discussion. Wikis are probably not technology in the classic sense but I
Flickr for Genealogy
I’m at a library conference and suddenly – someone is talking about various archives that have uploaded their historic photos into Flickr. I never considered Flickr as a possible source
Anstoetter/Anstoeter – Is the spelling of a name an artifact of a family fight?
My husband (and my kids of course) is descended from one of two men named Anstoetter, who were probably brothers, who came to the US in about 1868 from the