My Roots Run Deep

Stories From My Family History

Canoeing

As a kid one of our favorite things to do was go on canoe trips with family and friends. My parents had several spots we could put in and several we could take out. How long the trip was to take determined the in and out spots on the river. We usually had at...

Trespassers

One of my favorite places to go and walk through nature is some property we own by the river. There used to be a bridge that my children had named the Dangerous Bridge, it was old with holes working their way though the floor so that you could look down as you...

Fixing a Car (Not so conventional)

Watching a neighbor work with a backhoe in our field trying to find an old well (that's a completely different story), I was talking to one of my dad's friends about my dad. All the things I know about fixing cars comes from my dad.... though none of it is...

Meal (the one that shaped me most?)

I have the Becoming journal and have slowly been working on it. I was just faced with the question about the most memorable meal. Of course over time I've had lots of family meals that meant a lot to me, and I can remember getting together with friends and family....

Memories from the Table

After moving we stored things we couldn't use in a shed until we could figure out what to do. One of those things was an antique Duncan Phyfe dining room table from my aunt Kate - my Grandmother's sister. My aunt Kate had been married twice and couldn't have children....

Too Much or Not Enough

Every so often I wonder if I did enough or too much for my kids and I think back to how much my parents did when I was growing up. I frequently think about what my parents didn't do.... but there are things my parents did. When I was in school one of my desires was to...

The Honey Bear

Our families first deer, Bambi, came from a man in Danville who had collected animals. He had a wild array of animals and had decided to get rid of them. I still remember going to his house and waiting in the house seeing his monkey and others while my dad went out to...

Buffalo Escape… Why have Buffalo? (Others escaped too)

Buffalo who have escaped in the next county have been all over the news this week. A family that farms has been raising them for meat and a herd broke the fence. The school bus was driving their route and happened to come upon a herd of buffalo and alerted everyone....

Ancestry is changing (Good or Bad?)

Jun 24, 2015 | Search Hints | 0 Comments

I've been trying the new ancestry. I do like parts of the new site. So far I've mostly played with hints and the facts view. The new site includes and updated LifeStory view, the Facts view (with lines linking facts to sources), and a media gallery. If you want to...

Separation of Church and State

Jun 16, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

In October/November of 1777 my ancestor Rev. John Corbley joined the House of Delegates for Virginia. THE DISQUALIFICATION OF MINISTERS IN STATE CONSTITUTIONS By E. G. Swem As a step toward the separation of the church and state in Virginia, the convention which met...

Edward Corbley: Where did he go?

May 27, 2015 | Eldridge | 0 Comments

Edward Corbley:Birth April 19,1832 Death 20 Oct 1891 in Oakwood, IL (Parents William Corbley and Rebecca Stephens). Spouse Mary Ann Littler (February 7, 1860) My aunt has decided to join the DAR and so this spurred a quest to find all the records for my paternal...

Memorial Day Weekend

May 23, 2015 | Moretto Negri, Richter | 0 Comments

To me this is a weekend to reflect back on the family we have lost (Especially close family). My mother goes around to each of the graves and puts flowers on the graves... which is comforting to her - knowing that there is one day out of the year that the graves are...

Down on the Farm

May 11, 2015 | Richter | 0 Comments

Last weekend we took a trip home. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane.... We went mushroom hunting, played in the river (I got scream at for that one), and even saw my cousin Larry with the Super Banana. Growing up on a farm as foods came in season we ate those...

Marriage of Lizzie Morgan

Apr 30, 2015 | McArdle | 0 Comments

Lizzie Morgan was descended from Morgan Morgan, Zackwell Morgan, James Morgan (my ancestors)... and then Sylvester Morgan. I found this record through ancestry.com. Having a subscription I find all sorts of interesting stories and pieces of information. This is...

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