I decided to take up Randy Seaver's Saturday night challenge and confess to my genealogy junkie tendencies! Check out Randy's blog at Genea-Musings. Randy is a great blogger and always thinks of interesting and fun topics to write about.
The Assignment:
Answer these questions about your genealogy life (mine are in parentheses):
1. When did you start genealogy research? (1979 -30 years now).
2. Why did you start doing research? (My mother had bought a "starter kit" that included pedigree and family group sheets and a small booklet "How to get started in your Genealogy Research". In the early 1950's she did a family tree for a high school project and we started filling out the forms. The next day, I went and purchased that starter kit and another how-to book and I was hooked).
3. What was your first big success in research? (Finding that the family story about being descended from Daniel Boone was somewhat correct albeit that his aunt is my ancestor).
4. What is your biggest genealogy regret? (Not being diligent in source citation).
5. What are you best known for in the genealogy world? (Not known at all, joined Face Book to introduce my blog).
6. What is your professional status in genealogy? (None, but feel I know quite a bit methodology).
7. What is your biggest genealogy achievement? (Able to find that my ancestors have lived in the U.S. for a long time, and how far I have advanced).
8. What is the most FUN you've had doing genealogy? (My many trips to SLC, field trips and the internet).
9. What is your favorite genealogy how-to book? (The Source).
10. What notable genealogist would you like to meet someday? (Elizabeth Shown Mills).
There you are - talk about yourself for a change! Go forth and blog about your True Confessions of a Genealogy Junkie! Or write a comment to this post.
I am so honored and thrilled to have received the "Kreativ Blogger Award" for my posting last week on Wordless Wednesday!
Four fellow bloggers nominated me, Cindy whose blog is Everything's Relative, Janet Illes at Janet the Researcher, Alana at A Twig in my Tree and Andrea Christman who authors Family Tales. Check these blogs out, they are all so interesting to read and artfully laid out.
Instructions are as follows:
1. Copy the award to your site.
2. Link to the people for whom you received the award.
3. Nominate 5 other bloggers.
4. Link to those sites on your blog.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominate.
I nominate:
I chose these blogs for various reasons: Some based on originality, humor, layout, ease of reading and the topics. Check these sites out.
Once again, thank you for the nomination!
Daniel D. Hutchison, Jr.Fifer
Company I, Iowa 33rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Sep 1862.
Mustered out on 11 Feb 1863 at St Louis, MO.
Photo taken ca 1860's?
Hattie Isadora (May) RingsBorn March 5, 1901 Pumpkin Ridge, Near North Plains, Washington County, Oregon
Married to Vernon Everett Rings Sepember 25, 1920 in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon
Died April 28, 1982 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon.
Buried in Arcade Cemetery, Near North Plains, Oregon.
Great Aunt Isadora holds significance especially to my mother, Delores. When my Grandmother, Zelma May was giving birth in Salem, Oregon, Isadore was the midwife in attendance and offered her help and encouragement with her first child. All this occurred during the Great Depression in 1933 when times were tough and the funds weren't available to go to the hospital.
William Edward Ball
Working in a hop field in Salem, Marion County, Oregon
ca 1931.
Will was my maternal Great GrandFather.
Arcade Cemetery Pumpkin Ridge, Near North Plains
Washington County, Oregon
James Monroe May
Born September 15, 1841
Henry County, Indiana
son of James May, Sr.
Elizabeth Ann Burns
Married January 19, 1860 in Story County, Iowa
Died May 27, 1922 near Mountaindale, Washington County, Oregon
Susanna Arminta Ballard
Born November 27, 1844
Vermilion County, Illinois
daughter of Daniel Wilson Ballard
Delila Ann Hollingsworth
Died February 15, 1935 Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon
Tombstone Reads as follows:
Civil War Veteran
"All Nations, as you pass me by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me."
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