My Roots Run Deep

 

Stories From My Family History

Little ONe by Pond

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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Family Pictures

Jun 5, 2011 | | 0 Comments

One of the things I've done to try to prevent memories from being lost is to ask all my aunts and uncles (and anyone else I can) to let me scan the old picture albums.  Most old albums that were used were before people realized that the acid in paper would yellow and...

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Certificato Di Nascita (Maria Caterina Negri)

Jun 2, 2011 | | 0 Comments

Hopefully cousins can help with this translation. I'm including the original document below.  What I can translate is Town of Locana, Province of Turin, Birth Certificate.Official registered certificate of birth.Named Maria Caterina Negri.  Nationality...

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John McArdle Will

Jun 2, 2011 | | 0 Comments

Wills are another great source of information.  In this will of John McArdle living in Georgetown IL he lists his children that include Remus, Collins, and Uriah as sons and Cynthia McArdle and Electry Wygle as daughters.  (Also from this we have Electry's...

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Levi McArdle Marriage Cert.

May 29, 2011 | | 0 Comments

I also have a marriage certificate showing a Levi McArdle's marriage to Olive Stewart in 1870. (July 29)  Interestingly enough this was officiated by a R. McArdle (Justice of the Peace) in Kansas. I know this is not my direct line ancestor, but am sure this is a...

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Abraham Richter and Elitha Homes (September 15, 1865)

May 18, 2011 | | 0 Comments

Abraham Richter was issued a marriage license to marry Elitha Homes on September 15th, 1865.  This took place in St Joseph County, South Bend,  Indiana.... It looks like they actually married the 16th of September....  I had never realized how many...

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