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....

Muncie Arial Maps

Apr 27, 2017 | Corbley, History | 0 Comments

With the new technology that exists, it's amazing the things you can find and see. While researching Muncie Illinois I had located an old map from the early 1900s. I've been trying to match up the streets and find where the original train station was. To match up...

Collins McArdle Family Bible

Apr 8, 2017 | McArdle | 4 Comments

Collins McArdle The earliest birth in the bible is Collins McArdle. Collins parents who are my direct ancestors seem to be missing, making me think this is Collins (or his descendants) Bible. Family Bibles Family Bibles are a great place to find out information about...

Family Pics

Mar 28, 2017 | History | 0 Comments

Our current house has a landing part way up the stairs. I decided to decorate the stairs with current pictures of my immediate family. Finding pictures was a matter of searching my hard drive for the digital photos that would match what I wanted and then printing...

Deer – Venison – Hunting?

Mar 24, 2017 | activities, History | 0 Comments

Visiting home it's not unusual to see deer. - Growing up we actually had deer as pets! The deer I see on visits now are white tail deer, indigenous to the state of Illinois. (Growing up our deer were Fallow Deer) They are kind of like large rodents as far as farmers...

My Thoughts for My Kids if I get Dementia in the Future

Mar 19, 2017 | Moretto Negri, Richter | 0 Comments

I recently read an article by someone about what she would tell her children if she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. We've actually lived through a few instances of both Alzheimer's and dementia now and in the past. Both are pretty sucky diseases! I got the...

Corbly Family Bible

Mar 17, 2017 | Corbley, Eldridge, Richter | 0 Comments

I'm currently working on repairing a family Bible. The Bible itself is pretty amazing. I've fixed the spine already and am now working on the pages. The center of the Bible contains the family information and is readable. Throughout the Bible are pages with beautiful...

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