GraveObsessions
Digging up my roots!
Month: December 2011
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Tech Tuesday: Cute pictures with Cute PDF
I love PDFs. They are great for compiling photos of documents. Take, for example, the photographs of the pension file for Thomas H. Stanwood who served in the Civil War. The original documents were photographed by my cousin who lives in Washington, D.C., and was kind enough to visit the National Archives and take the
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Family Planning and the 19th Century Family Tree
My great grandmother, Susan (Stanwood) Clark is shown above, holding my grandmother’s sister, Beatrice. My grandmother, Goldie (Simpson) Edwards, and Auntie Bea were the only surviving children born to Grandma Susie, who was herself one of eight children, seven of which lived to adulthood. Her father, Albert Stanwood, however, was one of only four children.
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Wordless Wednesday: Salisbury Cove Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Maine
My mother took this photo on a trip to Maine in 2004. I love this beautiful, peaceful cemetery, but I love the photo even more since Mom was the eye behind the lens. Mom died just two years later, making each photo all the more special.
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Tech Tuesday: Money and the Great Ancestry.com Debate
The year was 1994, and I remember the day like it was yesterday. That sound…that beautiful sound of a dial-up modem, connecting to the internet. My husband was by my side, showing me what the “world wide web” was like. I was mesmerized and astounded. I don’t recall what I said, but I’m sure “WOW!”
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