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....

Letters ‘home’

Mar 1, 2013 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

Part of the way I went about finding family still in Italy originally (before facebook) was to write letters to everyone with the same last name. It's a really small town, so it wasn't too difficult. I included a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope to make it easier. I...

Locana Italy

Mar 1, 2013 | Moretto Negri | 2 Comments

Locana Italy is a small comune (City) in the north part of the country. Locana is located in the moutains. This sign shows distances to nearby towns as well as you can see a Welcome to Locana sign in the background. The second picture is a picture of the...

Local Bridge – Area Pictures

Feb 28, 2013 | Eldridge, Richter | 0 Comments

This bridge was immediately recognizable to me. It's no longer in existence - at least not at this location. My kids used to call it the dangerous bridge. The road was moved over so that the road could be straight - here the bridge was in the middle of a sharp S...

Hidden Treasure – Family Bible

Dec 22, 2012 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

When my grandmother passed away my mother passed me a few things to look through and for the boys. Most were Sunday Missals for church and bibles. My boys were attending the local Catholic School so she thought they might be interested. I put them to the side and...

Corbly/Corbley Family Bible

Oct 21, 2012 | Eldridge | 0 Comments

My aunt recently told me about finding the Corbly Family bible. She has passed it onto another aunt and I can't wait to see it. Bibles are full of great information! Births, deaths and marriages in many cases are recorded. In this case the information goes back to...

Bible Records

Jan 15, 2012 | McArdle | 0 Comments

Ancestry has some bible records too. I have had one bookmarked for a while that seemed like it should fit. A John McArdle that was killed at age 50 while blasting rocks at Little Falls NY. November 29, 1820. I've kept it just in case but can't find a person to...

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