#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors There are many ways to #escape. I want to escape my messy desk; escape my to do list; escape long phone support waits; memory escape due to Alzheimer’s; escape stress; escape clutter and more. Perhaps, escape to Spain, …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors I used to think connect meant attaching computer parts. Then I thought it was connecting meant meeting people. Now I use DNA to connect with relatives. I need to connect to the Internet. Connect to social media. Connect …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors I spent many hours in the library over the 16 or so years I went to Salt Lake City with Eileen Polikoff and Gary Mokatoff to study Jewish Genealogy. I also spent a lot of time in the …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors I’m not one for #jewelry. I wear my wedding ring and one Dad gave me, but Linda almost always wears #jewelry. One from 1989 at Passover. Linda is wearing a necklace which was mine. In the 2nd, Finlay …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors This #land photo was taken at Chicago Botanic Garden, I think. I love the different colors and the reflection in the water. Usually I find trees or houses that catch my eye. The house belonged to the Jacobs …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors November 17, 2017 Howard participated with over 50 #weathered vets of WWII in the Veterans History Project for the Library of Congress. All veterans and their families were given breakfast. Listened to speakers and then each were interviewed. …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors It’s a #mystery why Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean is one of my favorite books. Usually, I forget about a book once it has been read, but this one I couldn’t. An old woman can visualize and …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors #Old These are pictures of our cousin Lew Blond who never did get old. He died at 42 of that nasty disease ALS. One picture is Therese and Lew sitting under Howard’s oil. In the other you see …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors #Sunshine The sun shone just right for this photo of Trakai Castle during our trip to Lithuania where my ancestors lived. For years we traveled to see areas that the Jacobs had lived. This was for me. a …
#GenealogyPhotoADay #52Ancestors #MiddleName Many genealogists feel people should have middle names. Websites think that also. I try to put my dad’s initial C as his middle name. It is too short. He had no middle name. So when he went …