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Digging up my roots!
Month: February 2011
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Grandparents make the world a better place – a tribute to my Grandmother, Goldie Simpson Edwards
In the era when families are spread through the U.S., I suppose my family was quite an anomaly. So much so that in later years my grandmother would often remark, “I must have done something wrong – I just can’t rid of you kids!” Of course, all of us “kids,” now well into adulthood with…
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Why Genealogy? And the pictures that started it all!
Last night I went to the Family History Center just long enough to order the microfilms I needed for Somerset County, PA – taxes, naturalization records, church records, etc. Yup, just a brief stop and then I’d head home and start my after-work chores. Well, lucky for me, two of the eight films I’d planned…
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The Gene Bug that keeps biting!
It’s hard to believe that last year this time I was just putting together a sketch of my Uphouse family in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Using the censuses, I came up with some hypotheses on relationships – and most have proved correct! When Henry Uphouse died, his kids seemed to be spread abroad throughout Somerset and…
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In the cloud – FINALLY!
My husband claims I’m a techno junkie. While I banter back with mock shock and surprise and pretend his statements are outlandish, I of course know I’m completely and totally obsessed with almost anything that’s electronic. Software, laptops, smartphones (iPhone, course!), and any new gadget that comes on the market are eyed by eager me. …
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