Family Stories

A Baby Changes Everything

October 12, 2011

Our first grand-baby Olive, the newest family member, is another momentous knot in the family rope that starts at the beginning of time and ends at the end of time. In our ancestry charts, we now need to add more connecting lines and another deeper level. It adds another layer of complexity to our family [...]

The Family Archivist – Preparing for our Photo Scanning

November 8, 2010

Some of my customers don’t know where to start. They open their closet doors and view the disorganization of the photos and videos and then close the door again. It seems overwhelming. But they want to experience again the memories that these photos hold – to see them displayed on their computers during the day, [...]

Saturday night

September 17, 2010

For a family that didn’t have much money (See My Dad – the Original Organic Farmer ), we sure did have fun on Saturday nights. Friday nights were taken up with football or basketball (See Football Boogie ). Saturday nights were reserved for playing cards or board games, sometimes with just our family, my aunt [...]

Like a Kid in a Candy Store

August 9, 2010

My mother grew up in the Cumberland area of Tennessee during the Depression. They had no electricity or running water – unless you counted the mountain spring that ran beside her house. My mother was the only female in her house and therefore was in charge of most of the household chores. She cleaned, did [...]

Dozens of Cousins

May 20, 2010

I have a plethora of first cousins – 58 at last count. My Dad was one of 14 children (See Being a Middle Child, #7 of 14) and most of his siblings had several children each. Most of my cousins lived in my home town and I had regular interactions with them. I also have [...]

Tools for the Family Archivist

February 10, 2010

So You’re the Family Archivist It isn’t easy being the family archivist and in charge of database of the family stories, documents, photos, and videos. It takes years to research, collect, and verify the family stories, photos, and videos. It also is a mammoth effort to organize this information with a timeline and familial relationships [...]

Schlumgolian

November 16, 2009

My Dad was a foodie. He was spontaneous, and risked making mistakes and being laughed at. His cooking was a perfect example of this. We used to watch him in the kitchen to see what would happen next. It might be entertaining, but waiting for the taste was the best part. My Dad was the fun one. He would take parts of our life and mix them together in ways they had never been put together before.

Knock-Knock

November 4, 2009

My Dad was a bunch of fun. He was the middle of 14 children (see Being a Middle Child, #7 of 14) and simply craved attention. At family reunions, he held court with his brothers and sisters. He was a favorite uncle to his 50 nieces and nephews – he would get on the floor [...]

The Front Line

September 21, 2009

My Dad wouldn’t talk about his experience in the war much. It was possible that he never could comprehend the situation that he was in – even 35 years after it happened. It was also possible that it was so horrible, it was just best to not talk about it. Every single one of his [...]

Being a middle child, #7 of 14

September 14, 2009

My grandmother on my father’s side had her first child at age 15, a boy said to have weighed 13 plus pounds. Afterwards, her doctor told her she would not have any more children. I guess he didn’t exactly know what he was talking about, since she had 13 more children.

Family Stories

A Baby Changes Everything

The Family Archivist – Preparing for our Photo Scanning

Saturday night

Like a Kid in a Candy Store

Dozens of Cousins

Tools for the Family Archivist

Schlumgolian

Knock-Knock

The Front Line

Being a middle child, #7 of 14

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