tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87364625742402855642024-03-16T11:59:44.746-07:00Eastern Washington Genealogical Society BlogGenealogical news from Spokane, Washington, USA, and the Inland Northwest.Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311523372083088677noreply@blogger.comBlogger1577125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-65943708035194782652024-03-15T08:00:00.000-07:002024-03-15T08:00:00.244-07:00Good Idea? Bad Idea? Online Trees! Part 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihU3sR0ccBEOZpu311CKGdRQUgj72RLoCJK6PttlWWIN8m6tYrNJAQI7XRdNjDvabU8hR4V_mXmydIKu-cE7_tK4LfJmQB9-uXvgU1bf0rFE696waJTpIgwUwo1_2lrjL6AfTx0xxMxVtsyiw4-TNi-bW4aEazAFzz4Nr8HgHcLvtXkNQzpWEvC9q9fLsn/s307/Maui%20Banyan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="307" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihU3sR0ccBEOZpu311CKGdRQUgj72RLoCJK6PttlWWIN8m6tYrNJAQI7XRdNjDvabU8hR4V_mXmydIKu-cE7_tK4LfJmQB9-uXvgU1bf0rFE696waJTpIgwUwo1_2lrjL6AfTx0xxMxVtsyiw4-TNi-bW4aEazAFzz4Nr8HgHcLvtXkNQzpWEvC9q9fLsn/w418-h223/Maui%20Banyan.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Many of us have been blessed to sit beneath the 150-year-old banyan tree in downtown Lahaina, Maui. (Which is said to be showing signs of life after the devastating August fire. Yahoo.) Looking at the city-park-wide spread of this tree, one can imagine an equally large series of roots reaching back into time and bringing the beloved tree back to life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Maui Banyan is the metaphor I choose to share with you today. All that we see, from the ground up, is our growing family (pretend you're the tiny white person/spot). But what we cannot see is the equal number of roots/ancestors that brought us to this point. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />It's those people/ancestors whom we genealogists seek. The question on the table to day is <b><i>how to organize and keep that information in a safe and a usable way?</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let's take a peek at the different safe-storage-for-long-term methods:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Individually Managed Family Trees.. meaning YOU are in charge, period:</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">American Ancestors TREES</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ancestry -- private member trees</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">MyHeritage -- private member trees</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Findmypast --- private member trees</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Keeping your tree online on these websites means nobody/no how can add/substract/multiply/divide or mess with your information.... but you can give permission for folks to see your tree. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Collaborative Family Trees.... meaning folks do work together to add/edit/mange profiles. BUT know that others can and might make changes to "your" profile. Not supposed to without giving documentation. 😉</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">FamilySearch Family Trees..... nearing 2-billion online trees</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">WikiTree..... 36 million trees</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Programs on your own computer...... meaning you are solely in charge; both have a free and paid version.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">LegacyFamilyTree ---- can sync with FamilySearch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">RootsMagic ----- can sync with Ancestry</span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Certainly there are other online programs and other at-home computer programs. I'm just giving the bare minimum here to kick-start your decision making process as to </span><span style="font-size: large;">what are YOU going to do with all your family history information????? Remember, your "Maui banyan" might burn to the ground next time. </span></b></span></div><div></div></div><br /><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-25615509922991952292024-03-12T08:35:00.000-07:002024-03-12T08:35:00.168-07:00Good Idea? Bad Idea? Online Trees? Part 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvQSHgMc7m3HWWpfFAINqa83tDkLY4jiQ12fK5aMlPaBb5IwGXTUwU4HpCj3ueYEXJ335qqsE5HPpWeN5hVjZw7GCBD4qPl-NLKaTXxPDnRRqo5gVTp1phmeANzKMib2StQyIgV7zaROp8ZD_0KTNW7UUa87RcxxSOX4ETYUHyTqIR6lAbqhUS_nwkUEv/s275/One%20World%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvQSHgMc7m3HWWpfFAINqa83tDkLY4jiQ12fK5aMlPaBb5IwGXTUwU4HpCj3ueYEXJ335qqsE5HPpWeN5hVjZw7GCBD4qPl-NLKaTXxPDnRRqo5gVTp1phmeANzKMib2StQyIgV7zaROp8ZD_0KTNW7UUa87RcxxSOX4ETYUHyTqIR6lAbqhUS_nwkUEv/s1600/One%20World%20tree.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Is there such a thing as One World Tree? One tree that documents every ancestor back to....... well, as far as records exist. Those advocating a One World Tree believe (as do I) that we're all children of God and therefore we are related. Somehow. Somewhere in time. But the information on those 20th generation ancestors is beyond our ken and our reach, isn't it? </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Let's talk practicality. Ask yourself these questions: </b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How far back can I, or do I want, to find (and document) my ancestors??</span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Aren't we mostly happy if we can find records back into the 1500s? That's 20 generations, a million names! Can we keep track of a million ancestors? Can we <b>know</b> a million ancestors? I think not. I cannot!</span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Do we really care what path other genealogists might choose to pursue?</span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What do know about the last 5 generations of ancestors? (That's nearly 200 years!) Isn't that the point of doing family history.... to get to know at least something of an ancestor's life and times? </span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Once those questions have been answered in your mind, consider these:</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Do I want to share my tree/information or keep it (safely) to myself?</span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Back 200 years (or more) are those folks just <b>your</b> ancestors? Hardly. </span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Besides, how many answers have I gained for my family tree/ancestors from others?? Isn't <b>sharing</b> really the best option?</span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lisa Louise Cooke (<i>FamilyTreeMagazine</i>, May/June 2022) advocated <b>YES</b> for sharing but to "keep the heart of our genealogy at home..... a master family tree of your family tree, built on your own computer, is the key to securing your family history now and for generations to come." </span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While I greatly respect Lisa Louise, I puzzle her answer. Just keep my tree on my computer? What if my computer crashes/floods/burns in a fire...... and I've not kept backups regularly? And/or shared them with family? <b>All will be lost</b>. </span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Everything I've read, and from all the genealogy/tech gurus, say this: DO have an online tree, do keep it backed up in multiple places, and DO keep your tree in a home computer program on your own computer. </span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Puzzle and ponder your answer to these questions and "problems"............ Part 2 next time. </span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-81082119452821806442024-03-08T08:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T08:00:00.357-08:00Buffalo Soldiers In The Northwest<p> <span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 28px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;">American Plains Indians who fought against these soldiers referred to the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #040c28; font-size: 20px;">black cavalry troops</span><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> as</span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px;"> "Buffalo Soldiers"</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px;"> because of their dark, curly hair, which resembled a buffalo's coat and because of their fierce nature of fighting. The nickname soon became synonymous with all African-American regiments formed in 1866. </span><span style="background-color: white;">(Wikipedia)</span></span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7zFHlPmF0spbb_6y_aVyLBEkT5X2noProKZELbAUzeQBxh7UJQARu4HyUNDLEs-IIpK5K2MbLOJMEH0xslH1gN_ua8j9Ck2C6RmiQR6ONTpw6a3CP3ONizo8CFrZhnj6hAeJQ2MnmavnRudw_aXbmu7fhh0lrV0J4Y_8hmHDstZ5OI8ynnCY85k8mF9u/s300/Buffalo%20Soldiers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7zFHlPmF0spbb_6y_aVyLBEkT5X2noProKZELbAUzeQBxh7UJQARu4HyUNDLEs-IIpK5K2MbLOJMEH0xslH1gN_ua8j9Ck2C6RmiQR6ONTpw6a3CP3ONizo8CFrZhnj6hAeJQ2MnmavnRudw_aXbmu7fhh0lrV0J4Y_8hmHDstZ5OI8ynnCY85k8mF9u/s1600/Buffalo%20Soldiers.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">Idaho has strong connections to Buffalo Soldiers. Units from Ft. Missoula and later Ft. Wright participated in restoring order during the 1890s mining wars, as well as help rescue local townsfolk from the Great Fire of 1910. </span><p></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">Wallace, Idaho, in June 2019, hosted a group of Buffalo Soldiers re-enactors. They came to shine a light on a little-known chapter in the annals of U.S. Military History. On 14 June 1897, a force of 20 African American soldiers along with two white officers, a doctor and a newspaper reporter set off on an epic 1900 mile bicycle ride from Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri. </span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">Nicknamed the Iron Riders for both their heavy one-speed bikes and their iron hard constitutions. The intrepid group made the trip in six weeks, having battled poor roads, every kind of weather, meager rations and prejudice. But they did receive a hero's welcome when they arrived in St. Louis. </span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">Nothing I read explained WHY did they make that ride but it was an extraordinary achievement. </span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">To learn more about the Buffalo Soliders, click on YouTube and search for The Bicycle Corps, America's Black Army on Wheels. There is also a Buffalo Soldier National Museum in Houston, Texas. </span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">To me, every tidbit of American history, done by ANY of her people, I find fascinating. Hope you do too. </span></span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-88065032346584202962024-03-05T08:00:00.000-08:002024-03-05T08:00:00.268-08:00Railroads..... Museum & Facts<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rVHellZZ7Wm66PXnu_hd0DQ9j2MKpZKAfKTFsugw6ggtfurWEFTYpXKeb-cr-9GrAEnCQtYbnOTO3oaBrU0QWBVHfeDTLVakYWQWzE75AqIm1WaIwaPGc-Ee8ijwFhn8FDtTuUkg2KVFxKf7wPE52qqYgMe-RW5FaleK7KMrxhvjDqjW4Bv24ZOGb462/s1164/Rail%20Museum.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1164" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rVHellZZ7Wm66PXnu_hd0DQ9j2MKpZKAfKTFsugw6ggtfurWEFTYpXKeb-cr-9GrAEnCQtYbnOTO3oaBrU0QWBVHfeDTLVakYWQWzE75AqIm1WaIwaPGc-Ee8ijwFhn8FDtTuUkg2KVFxKf7wPE52qqYgMe-RW5FaleK7KMrxhvjDqjW4Bv24ZOGb462/s320/Rail%20Museum.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Have you been to the Inland Northwest Rail Museum just a hoot and holler west of Reardan?? If you're into trains, train history, engines, different rail lines, anything "railroad," this is the place to go. While not open every day year round, they have plenty of regular open days and a host of special events. Do check it out. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Coming up on Saturday, May 11th, there are Big Happenings planned for the entire weekend and I will be offering a class on "Did Your Ancestor Work For The Railroad." Come, enjoy the displays, the train rides and, on that day, the class.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Railroad Facts you perhaps did not know (according to a 1990 factsheet I have):</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Freight traffic on major U.S. railroads is measured in "ton-miles." This is a term denoting the movement of one tone of freight a distance of one mile. Our U.S. railroads achieve millions of ton-miles every year</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">There are no legal limits on how long a train can be but there are practical limits, such as power of the engine.</b></li><li><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></b></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>During WWII, railroads moved practically all the men and supplies of the American Expeditionary Force to seaports. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>From 1 Dec 1941 to 30 Aug 1945, U.S. railroads carried approximately 44-million service men and women in special troop trains, hospital trains and in special cars attached to regular trains.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The first known instance of mail being moved by rail occurred in South Carolina in Nov 1831. By 1840, railroads had begun to provide space and facilities for handling of the mail enroute. But as the movement of mail by air grew, the railroads' mail business declined. The last mail run, between Washington and New York, was in June 1977. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>What are the commodities carried by railroads? Coal ranks first in tonage, followed by farm products, chemicals, nonmetallic minerals, food and kindred products, frozen products, lumber and wood products.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Railroads are deemed vital to the U.S. economy. The steel industry depends on railroads to deliver its ore and coat; the car industry depends on railroads to deliver the steel and parts of making cars and then to carry cars to their destination. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>There are more railroad-railroading websites available to you than you likely have time for. Use Google and go for it! </b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The place your railroading ancestor lived</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The railroad he worked for</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Railroads have historical societies and archives!</b></span></li></ul></ul><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Remember all the good railroads have done for our country, and still do, the next time you're stuck seemingly forever at a railroad crossing. </span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-33628000273859044242024-03-01T08:00:00.000-08:002024-03-01T08:00:00.147-08:00Fairchild Air Force Base<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64hKdEQOd-Gn_ESupQF1mjN1Ab5IwZ5o_0qh_GU3zFQUhD7bGkdt3Vr6kp6apj39kA7N33BDL3F_pPrj_Erc-x2lpB6Z4F85gnhAlpTNkjMfMZByJ68HpQti5_s9d1OXCAkufxZi7eY1X2iGm3_tMYTkcqISjbprUjPr7XNCs3_uuwTJBdZKKt-d-07X5/s200/Ben%20Aus%20B52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="112" data-original-width="200" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64hKdEQOd-Gn_ESupQF1mjN1Ab5IwZ5o_0qh_GU3zFQUhD7bGkdt3Vr6kp6apj39kA7N33BDL3F_pPrj_Erc-x2lpB6Z4F85gnhAlpTNkjMfMZByJ68HpQti5_s9d1OXCAkufxZi7eY1X2iGm3_tMYTkcqISjbprUjPr7XNCs3_uuwTJBdZKKt-d-07X5/w294-h241/Ben%20Aus%20B52.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Those of you who drive onto Fairchild Air Force Base have surely noticed the B-52 parked a short ways inside the gate. Well, we know for sure that my father, Col. Francis H. Potter, commanded that very plane for many missions during the Cold War of the 70s. How do we know that? This is a photo of that B-52 and our son, Benjamin, and his son Austin. Ben researched the serial number of that plane and discovered this wonderful bit of family history. And to think that it was OUR father's plane that was chosen for permanent display!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Fairchild has quite a history. Several battles of U.S. Cavalry vs. Native Americans happened in that very patch of ground. Groups of immigrant settlers established homes, farms and orchards in that same area. The area looked prime for wheat farming. But Spokane was growing in population and that population needed transportation and the opportunity for business. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By 1939, Spokane was in a serious business decline when James A. Ford came to the rescue. Ford had been active with the Spokane Chamber of Commerce since 1917 and during that time he had worked incessantly to bring aviation to Spokane. But the Army Signal Corps reported that "the city is located in a valley between high hills, with contrary winds and there will never be much, if any, aviation in Spokane."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At this time, Spokane has two airlines flying into Felts Field, United and Northwest. Ford knew Spokane would soon need a bigger airport. And, just as important, he could see the war clouds gathering around the world and hoped a larger airport would attract an Army Air Force Base. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ford's work worked and in 1940 a WPA project started to clear and level the county land, donated by the county, for the new field and the Army Air Forces moved right in. The airport was renamed Geiger Field; after WWII it became Spokane International Airport. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">About this same time, the announcement was made that the Army Air Force needed a separate and larger base for its operations. Again, James Ford to the rescue. It was a real battle of words, but those on the West side of the state wanted the new depot in their backyard. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The <i>Spokesman Review</i> trumpeted the headline on September 11, 1941, that Spokane would get the $20-million air depot. This was great news for Spokane for it meant an estimated $8-million dollar payroll in the area due to 5400 new jobs. Not to mention the military personnel's spending in the area. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It turned out that having a military depot so close to a civilian airfield had its advantages, primarily being that a rail line bisected the area. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Citizens of Spokane might have been jubilant but the eleven farmer-land-owners were not. Four sections of prime wheat land would now be gone forever. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The town of Airway Heights got its start during the war years mostly because there was no military family housing at the depot. In 1955, the town of Airway Heights was incorporated. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In 1951, the name was changed from Spokane Air Force Base to Fairchild Air Force Base in honor of Gen. Muir S. Fairchild, a native of Bellingham, Washington. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Thanks to a 1976 little book by Peggy Bal, <i>Fairchild: Heritage of the Spokane Plains. </i>Please forgive me if I garbled the facts a bit.<i>)</i> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-27882108387476535472024-02-27T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-27T08:00:00.247-08:00Archives Or Beehives? <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-ZzUNjIwQGSKuNQAtmRVLgamQf9_w0geVUGoA1lbt9B5Yyc9ygLFYjAllkp5TXs82NjCTGznPs4KSQ4sEcJmlTmwWMywfMuQGbWyqGlY58JSgXAA98filv9jkY1v0ynqHXf9Pwv-Ge21MyuHzY78SkMgRpVgOdGi5FONx2D3Be_sChEkbmybaMJVIidm/s318/Archives%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="318" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-ZzUNjIwQGSKuNQAtmRVLgamQf9_w0geVUGoA1lbt9B5Yyc9ygLFYjAllkp5TXs82NjCTGznPs4KSQ4sEcJmlTmwWMywfMuQGbWyqGlY58JSgXAA98filv9jkY1v0ynqHXf9Pwv-Ge21MyuHzY78SkMgRpVgOdGi5FONx2D3Be_sChEkbmybaMJVIidm/w318-h177/Archives%201.jpg" width="318" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTDqREpC2cMZJbkY8BX4gNd0hbBbNovOQ0CzGvrxIcmYaY7KZYDXCBP0_HKMt4dA6ywBnkKqK6O_anDrh7txfvY9W7dAmcNFzwdi_pmMNsbjOSMRIcXVweGkDwOqdpB8QXC8823O_8yoPNLEm4pGeacypXod5JuTIeEWvGCprt9UemkE765442V58Tadh/s284/Archives%20Bees.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="284" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTDqREpC2cMZJbkY8BX4gNd0hbBbNovOQ0CzGvrxIcmYaY7KZYDXCBP0_HKMt4dA6ywBnkKqK6O_anDrh7txfvY9W7dAmcNFzwdi_pmMNsbjOSMRIcXVweGkDwOqdpB8QXC8823O_8yoPNLEm4pGeacypXod5JuTIeEWvGCprt9UemkE765442V58Tadh/w243-h177/Archives%20Bees.jpg" width="243" /></a></div></div><br /><p><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I'll admit I'm stretching a bit here, but I did catch your attention, didn't I?</b></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>ARCHIVES. What comes to mind when you hear or read that word? Records? Information? Papers? Ledgers? Books? Rolls? Files? History? Information? All of the above??</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>What IS an archive: "It's a collection of historical documents or records providing information bout a place, institution or group of people." </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>In other (crazy comparison) words, it's a place where genealogists find honey!!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>There are probably a dozen archives that you might-could access to find the family information you're seeking. Every U.S. state has archives and most of the world's countries do too. They're not like public libraries.... walk in, check the catalog, pull a book off the shelf and away you go. Archives are places where history is stored. We can access it but it stays safely guarded away. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Lucky for us, there are most usually finding aids for most any archive. (Good grammar, eh?) </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Here in Spokane we have the Eastern Washington State Historical Society archive housed in the Joel E. Ferris Library at the MAC. If you have Inland Northwest ancestors, make an appointment and GO.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>We also have the Washington State Library Digital Collections and the Washington Rural Heritage memory project (aka archive). Ever heard of the Northwest Digital Heritage (for WA and OR)? Of course we have the Eastern Washington Branch of the Washington State Archives out in Cheney. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Here's maybe a new one for you: ArchiveGrid. This is a collection of over 5million "archival material descriptions ...... harvested from the web." These documents are described as "historical documents, personal papers, family histories and more." Try it, you just might find the "honey." </b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>How about InternetArchive? This is an American digital library that has quickly become a major destination to those researching their family history online. InternetArchive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, websites, music and much more. To use this site, you sign up for an account and then can download material to your account (your computer) to use at your leisure. Ah, the honey is there, no??</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Click to the Society of American Archivists and download their free "Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research." </b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qmf9FJQwzmRYLmgGklNS-CoDz59kPY12naxJM7BZK1HcvkkFcl8e1Jbw2eQFn2G6iUtN6O-NT5AY3CONbdRttnkML41Xcg1HO1jSmWkUEt_1t6fXQHSoSHi7UEaAqgH5rM2D-R-8RWUVs3oUi9_FYT5KBHR1Ynftr58IUFG_1AuZkuFuRGPJft7MlsxJ/s880/Archives%20Guide.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="880" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qmf9FJQwzmRYLmgGklNS-CoDz59kPY12naxJM7BZK1HcvkkFcl8e1Jbw2eQFn2G6iUtN6O-NT5AY3CONbdRttnkML41Xcg1HO1jSmWkUEt_1t6fXQHSoSHi7UEaAqgH5rM2D-R-8RWUVs3oUi9_FYT5KBHR1Ynftr58IUFG_1AuZkuFuRGPJft7MlsxJ/w398-h338/Archives%20Guide.JPG" width="398" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-49322152361140650832024-02-23T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T08:00:00.239-08:00Ancestor In The California Gold Rush?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJu_LNqngJMCtAednyP_NQA9WxHg5F1rR2Dpx3c8WOwl-CWuwV9thyphenhyphenZHnjnyq9vM7LIcpKcbk9n45Hv5_AarEDHxFT-qjJihXtFNSfrmm3LNtq_MQXtmsdV32c0i6sFXv5Ly6q8wuCeFUOOeSFnYcFK_q_OqhM54q8NuyylFnwB0vMWhyPyCL93wvci5u/s280/CA%20Gold%20rush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJu_LNqngJMCtAednyP_NQA9WxHg5F1rR2Dpx3c8WOwl-CWuwV9thyphenhyphenZHnjnyq9vM7LIcpKcbk9n45Hv5_AarEDHxFT-qjJihXtFNSfrmm3LNtq_MQXtmsdV32c0i6sFXv5Ly6q8wuCeFUOOeSFnYcFK_q_OqhM54q8NuyylFnwB0vMWhyPyCL93wvci5u/s1600/CA%20Gold%20rush.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This 33-cent stamp, issued in 1999, commemorated the California Gold Rush. Did you have an answer who "went west" to make his fortune........ but didn't...... and possibly was never heard from again? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I won't recount the history of how gold was discovered; that's easy finding-reading. I will explain that those eager gold seekers from the East who managed to make it to California by the end of 1849 numbered about 90,000. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Life in the gold fields was pretty rough; mining work was hard and most finds were minimal. Within a year or two many gave up and, if they had the means, returned home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The fall 2009 issue of <i>New England Ancestors</i>, carried an article on this topic, written by Nancy Peterson, CG. I quote:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"No official documents collected the names of fortune seekers who traveled to California. No comprehensive governmental passenger lists recorded the names of the fortune seekers who sailed to California via Panama or San Francisco. We learn of journeys to the gold fields from diaries and letters, from California newspaper listings of new arrivals, and from reminiscences written many years later. Newspapers "back home" often printed news and letters from the California-bound adventurers."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The article continued, "Perhaps the most comprehensive resource about the Overland route is J.S. Holliday's <i>The World Rushed In</i>. This book is based upon accounts by more than 500 men about their westward journeys and early lives in California. The book's sources serve as an excellent starting point in the search for these emigrants."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Certainly, there are other resources to be found; use Google. Check out CyndisList and the FamilySearch.org/Wiki. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">At the conclusion of her article, Peterson states: "for a comprehensive well-annotated source covering all aspect of the gold rush, see Kenneth N. Owens, <i>Riches for All: The California Gold Rush and the World, </i>published in 2002. I just checked (Dec 2023):</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qCBoafeXOJZtTNR92UgiHOdtF3MDc1P8jd9dNyf5bubTHekEUWsOqR_3IFoWNJaRAMlfyBJlA4bOPdgdrU0NZU8WirqfZgmP7jqVXhMhyphenhyphen7QoPMqGLZdGP2cAa7nVV0VFEOVHkdGYAB49BPB_SBVZBp1v-zOQaHmESWYxaSkwk6oMhJEsKuB5VaRAjkPD/s627/Gold%20Rush%20book.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="627" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qCBoafeXOJZtTNR92UgiHOdtF3MDc1P8jd9dNyf5bubTHekEUWsOqR_3IFoWNJaRAMlfyBJlA4bOPdgdrU0NZU8WirqfZgmP7jqVXhMhyphenhyphen7QoPMqGLZdGP2cAa7nVV0VFEOVHkdGYAB49BPB_SBVZBp1v-zOQaHmESWYxaSkwk6oMhJEsKuB5VaRAjkPD/w419-h179/Gold%20Rush%20book.JPG" width="419" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-73723270455078047552024-02-20T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-20T08:00:00.125-08:00Colfax, Whitman County, Washington<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudkpDM_WWY1SUizlA8umE6i8B9oZYazAlG4KnI1ct32L8sYftSxjryYrfxrooBU3_Ylm6Lj6wrqzAtc-vga2hC87PbCzaKEw7iCndItqNYrG_pval6dm9g_Q6nUm2o_9liWIyXNVKQOyCIB87oFBra8U-E9382jv0c024ZGnNTMTw_8oZ1Gz4E_Vog4n4/s296/Colfax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="296" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudkpDM_WWY1SUizlA8umE6i8B9oZYazAlG4KnI1ct32L8sYftSxjryYrfxrooBU3_Ylm6Lj6wrqzAtc-vga2hC87PbCzaKEw7iCndItqNYrG_pval6dm9g_Q6nUm2o_9liWIyXNVKQOyCIB87oFBra8U-E9382jv0c024ZGnNTMTw_8oZ1Gz4E_Vog4n4/s1600/Colfax.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My kiddos used to live in Pullman and so I've driven through Colfax a hundred times but I've seldom stopped. My bad, for this little town has a history AND, today, some cute little shops.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Colfax lies in the heart of the rolling Palouse hills, and is bisected by the Palouse River. Historic Steptoe Butte can be seen to the north. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In 2022, Colfax celebrated their 150th year anniversary. In 1870, James Perkins was the first white man to see the potential in this little valley and envisioned a nice little town. Perkins and his fellow settler, Thomas Smith, soon scouted a site for a lumber mill. By 1871, the mill cut its first lumber and had its first log drive. This lumber, ordered by Waitsburg businessman, Anderson Cox, recognized the need for lumber for buildings in order that the area towns thrive. After the sawmill was established on the Palouse River, the town quickly sprang up around it. Pine trees that once covered the hills were turned into lumber for the immigrants' homes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Perkins originally named the town Belleville, perhaps after a former girlfriend named Belle or perhaps after his hometown of Belleville, Indiana. But since his wife was not named Belle, the town name soon was changed to Colfax, to honor U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax in 1873. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are many inviting little shops: The Colfax Mercantile, Tick Klock Drug, the Dusty Attic and Palouse River Quilts. The little hamburger place on the east side of main street has been a staple for years..........and offers great burgers! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Whitman County Historical Society maintains the Perkins House where the family lived from 1887 from into the 1960s, when it was sold to the Whitman County Historical Society. It is open for visits. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One story, told to me by a friend years ago whose husband was on the Spokane police force, explained that largely unknown in a basement of a downtown building was a complete, ready-to-go, command center in case of an environmental catastrophe on the West side, ie, Olympia. True? Wasn't able to verify that story. Do you know?</span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-13756927765796134522024-02-16T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-16T08:00:00.124-08:00Family of Family Tree<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0byjrose6Stl2p31FIl3g4eNnad12US8p_sFvgfrIQ6gmwDbE981zdaosIa1PG0zHWu-sYYhDlXhVMPQHdD95t1tlXOVLacn3h4PSdTFZv5jMirq_YcSPJ3z78FQzJFH8AyT7ESFKuKVoGYnNaLZiB_nJpbBFFoCgkPIcJiemeK7t61ZTbsp7kgkir0e/s225/FTMag%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0byjrose6Stl2p31FIl3g4eNnad12US8p_sFvgfrIQ6gmwDbE981zdaosIa1PG0zHWu-sYYhDlXhVMPQHdD95t1tlXOVLacn3h4PSdTFZv5jMirq_YcSPJ3z78FQzJFH8AyT7ESFKuKVoGYnNaLZiB_nJpbBFFoCgkPIcJiemeK7t61ZTbsp7kgkir0e/s1600/FTMag%203.png" width="225" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTu7FwbsQMfYWJkIdmpd6DzRMzgWOCiUIIL4qegRoH6bBFN5gW46BabhGsHRyaAKT4kDRUYVJIQTcMJLI7N93OSvUS8kCDkjrb83bzgqhcU8T-6OzplwBtrsOTuq1jC7WsNxs78aPpit_iL3AyZs-IJUn3ggTc0v4k16IqkGy6m1lQpW3C6p_1NyTvg3R/s274/FTMag%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="274" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTu7FwbsQMfYWJkIdmpd6DzRMzgWOCiUIIL4qegRoH6bBFN5gW46BabhGsHRyaAKT4kDRUYVJIQTcMJLI7N93OSvUS8kCDkjrb83bzgqhcU8T-6OzplwBtrsOTuq1jC7WsNxs78aPpit_iL3AyZs-IJUn3ggTc0v4k16IqkGy6m1lQpW3C6p_1NyTvg3R/s1600/FTMag%202.jpg" width="274" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8z7C4ywvQzQOcYRKghgUUZRAe5RUHqQD_qPe-0ZHs_5F2FtpxDZzkKElv5u6hIvBZhdzxhxU3KvcoFtDwNpxZpDZd_9LFoARSOQN6WAGKjHJAchD5jIrtg4ovn6FTI94Dwe33tQ5-qE2b0mjRgAeZ3ZsUS7DXCH4uRZe8uwc5mglwZmPkkE33oXUPoNE/s225/FTMag%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8z7C4ywvQzQOcYRKghgUUZRAe5RUHqQD_qPe-0ZHs_5F2FtpxDZzkKElv5u6hIvBZhdzxhxU3KvcoFtDwNpxZpDZd_9LFoARSOQN6WAGKjHJAchD5jIrtg4ovn6FTI94Dwe33tQ5-qE2b0mjRgAeZ3ZsUS7DXCH4uRZe8uwc5mglwZmPkkE33oXUPoNE/s1600/FTMag%201.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">FamilyTree is not just a magazine; not just a website and definitely not to be overlooked! There is education and learning contained and offered here that one might could say this is "one stop shopping." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />The magazine comes six times per year; the May/June 2023 issue (pictured above) carried that multi-page article on Colonial Roots. In the "5 Questions with Sunny Jane Morton," she answered the question "How to build your own research guide for a country or region" you've never researched before?" Sunny's answer: Start with the FamilySearch Research WIKI; learn about that place's language, culture, religions, occupations and more. Browse categories about that place and create your own "research notebook." Another article was "How To Write To Know," about writing a really good, readable, family history. <b>How can you go wrong with information like that??b</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The magazine carries special inserts each month too. These are Cheat Sheets (how to do XXX) and State Research Guides. These are offered for sale on the FamilyTree website but come free with magazine subscription. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last but not least, the website, www.familytreemagazine.com, offers MANY different research aids and helps; some for free and some for small money. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Subscriptons can be ordered for a print magazine or an e-magazine; your choice. But think about it........... what could be better for a birthday present to you????</span></div><br /><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-37963915990957781262024-02-13T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-13T08:00:00.129-08:00Time for Trivia!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkXK2lHjyLDotsyZNLkN56Et_VhpXnzCLTFXFmNMRtcwJuZZt3h9JQQpeDeP130zSx54qT8sL9hTd7-nU53LFpo0XTbAmIgj6AjfIdNozmui_0BvKo-sn1ipgUb97d0X4AucFVjGmJkBizku_RUhcdHyW8yEUpHoOPN2__JjICD5ZW6iIJmu5NPYxU7fz/s317/trivia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="317" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkXK2lHjyLDotsyZNLkN56Et_VhpXnzCLTFXFmNMRtcwJuZZt3h9JQQpeDeP130zSx54qT8sL9hTd7-nU53LFpo0XTbAmIgj6AjfIdNozmui_0BvKo-sn1ipgUb97d0X4AucFVjGmJkBizku_RUhcdHyW8yEUpHoOPN2__JjICD5ZW6iIJmu5NPYxU7fz/s1600/trivia.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Endogamy: </b> Know what that means? According to the website of the International Society for Genetic Genealogy, endogamy "is the practice of marrying within the same ethnic, cultural, social, religious or tribal group." Examples of endogamous groups include Jews, Polynesians, Mennonites, Amish, Acadians, French Canadians and folks from many Arab countries.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>FamilySearchCenter: </b>Do you have all the funds to allow subscriptions to the many paid genealogy websites that you'd like to use? Ha, not me either. Did you know that there are about 30 subscription websites that you can use FOR FREE at any FamilySearch Center! Go and you can pick up a 2-page, small-print, handout listing all these sites. Don't know where a FamilySearchCenter is? They're all listed on our EWGSI.org website.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Commonwealth:</b> What is a "commonwealth?" At the time of the founding of the United States, the designation "Commonwealth" carried with it the implication of a greater degree of self-government that did the word "state." Four states officially label themselves as "Commonwealths," rather than "States." They are Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. It is also the designation of Puerto Rico.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Worth of old county histories:</b> Knowing my ancestor, Caleb Carr, was a Baptist minister, 1810ish, who lived in Erie County, New York, I happily hefted the 500-page <i>Centennial History of Erie County</i> from the shelf and flipped it to the back......... alas, no index. Of course, published in 1876, these older books don't have indexes. (Unless more recently done and then usually in a stand-alone volume.) BUT the hour I spent browsing through the pages was not a waste of time. I didn't find any mention of Rev. Carr but I did learn about the early history of the county. Tidbits such as this: <i><b>"The structures under which the early families sheltered themselves and their families hardly rose even to the dignity of log houses. They were frequently mere cabins of small logs, (there not being help enough to handle large ones) covered with bark. Sometimes there was a floor of split logs, or "puncheons," sometimes none. A log house 16-feet square, with a shingle roof, a board floor and a window containing six lights of glass, was a decidedly stylish residence and its owner was in some danger of being disliked as a bloated aristocrat." </b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Quote from Thomas Jefferson: </b>"How sublime to look down into the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder..... all fabricated at our feet! And the fgorious sun gilding the tops of the mountains and giving life to all nature."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Quotes from Garrison Keillor: </b>"Some people get what they want. Some people get what they got." ...... "After all is said and one, more is said than is done." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Q<b>uote from Ethel Mertz, "I Love Lucy," </b>"Just because we're married to men doesn't mean we've got anything in common with them."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Quote from AAA about travel: </b>"Thou shalt, when in Rome, do somewhat as the Romans do, and if in difficulty, thou shalt use thy common sense and much friendliness.'</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-42680937940934816852024-02-09T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-09T08:00:00.139-08:00Black Loyalist Heritage Centre.... In Nova Scotia!<p><span style="font-size: large;"> February being Black History Month, thought I'd share this bit with you:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIXJBQJgrih1VNIzn_hZXvNskVpmhHO4hh34wCdrtkO1XACjR8LeJfrIUtjPrxQnJ1l3026Yh8XoCHhHyMKYUyOTndkuBtKDadyYhVUFHlsiZ8HPSIepJUVeSaFnlnc5CK5fXm7ZvANN-FJA_pBOKvZH7sDunRjobz-mu8QK8uL_T9h-zVHsrZDp5pGL2/s300/Black%20Loyal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIXJBQJgrih1VNIzn_hZXvNskVpmhHO4hh34wCdrtkO1XACjR8LeJfrIUtjPrxQnJ1l3026Yh8XoCHhHyMKYUyOTndkuBtKDadyYhVUFHlsiZ8HPSIepJUVeSaFnlnc5CK5fXm7ZvANN-FJA_pBOKvZH7sDunRjobz-mu8QK8uL_T9h-zVHsrZDp5pGL2/s1600/Black%20Loyal.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">If your knowledge of Black History in America was as spotty as mine. then when those terms come up, you first think of southern slavery and possibly some in colonial New England. But Canada? Nova Scotia? Yes, indeed!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">One of Canada's best kept secrets, the largest free Black settlement in the 1780s where people voted with their free for freedom, is the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. This is a unique historical site, nestled in beautiful Birchtown on the western shores of Shelburne Harbour in Nova Scotia. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This Centre (yes, centre.... Canadian spelling) tells the story of the arrival of the Black Loyalists seeking freedom on these shores at the end of the 18th century. At that time, they represented the largest free Black settlement outside of Africa. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">A quote from their website: </span></span><span style="background-color: #dfbf9f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Welcome to the Black Loyalists Digital Collections site.</span></p><p style="background-color: #dfbf9f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">This site explores an untold story of our nation's history: how Canada became the home of the first settlements of free blacks outside Africa.</p><p style="background-color: #dfbf9f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">As Revolution began in the thirteen American colonies in the late 1770s, the British were badly outnumbered. When in desperation they promised freedom to any slave of a rebel who fought the Americans on their behalf, the response was greater than they could have imagined; as many as 30 000 slaves escaped to British lines. Working as soldiers, labourers, pilots, cooks, and musicians, they were a major part of the unsucessful British war effort. As defeat became inevitable, these free blacks were evacuated to Nova Scotia with the other Loyalists.</p><p style="background-color: #dfbf9f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">But their hoped-for promised land never arrived. Their land was never granted, and most were reduced to a position not so different from slavery, where they were dependent on the meagre wages they could earn from manual labour. In the end most chose to seek a new life in Sierra Leone, away from the cold lands where they had experienced so much prejudice.</p><p style="background-color: #dfbf9f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">This is the story of those Black Loyalists.</p><p style="background-color: #dfbf9f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-67294674080005754792024-02-06T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-06T08:00:00.139-08:00Tiz A Wonder We Survived!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1n-fDFLIUUMbCVF1BV0aS2WxOTRui92kz4O_5_bC4dRJ2xayGJ6ngcJ8KcPTxJnyLeXFTQXIdHlA4SULZbitidvhUw7GWKoRAvNIxBFwQ-S1zbroe8ic3hdlhME2oj8vrn_I8cpAElEQH9143STrNGvxcviAFAFMHuTek_OnHFU-khVU_-yMQspzNT04/s599/Cocaine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="599" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1n-fDFLIUUMbCVF1BV0aS2WxOTRui92kz4O_5_bC4dRJ2xayGJ6ngcJ8KcPTxJnyLeXFTQXIdHlA4SULZbitidvhUw7GWKoRAvNIxBFwQ-S1zbroe8ic3hdlhME2oj8vrn_I8cpAElEQH9143STrNGvxcviAFAFMHuTek_OnHFU-khVU_-yMQspzNT04/w442-h232/Cocaine.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cocaine toothache drops for teething toddlers??? Guess it WOULD work, but would you have???</span></div><br /> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yes, it is a wonder that our ancestors survived the medical knowledge and practices of their times. Most any page on an old newspaper will regale you with "Miracle Cures!" "Drunkeness Cured!" "Blindness Prevented & Cured!" Really? In reality, I'll bet many of our ancestors suffered the same physical ailments that we have today but relief was not often in sight. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here's what the ads explained and promised:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"BLINDNESS, prevented and cured by the great "Actina," an electrical pocket battery which removes cataracts, pterygiums (?) and cures granulated lids. 18 years of proof given; no cutting or drugging. Write for our 80-page directory of diseases."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"COMBINATION MUD BATHS, wonderful cures have been effected by taking the famous Medical Lake Mud Baths. Rheumatism, eczema and all know diseases quickly and permanently cured. We have a modern plant; our bath house has 39 tubs, all cement. Our experience is sufficient to warrant satisfaction. Medical Lake Sanitarium, Mud Pumped from the Bottom of the Lake." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"DRUNKENESS CURED, Any woman can cure her husband, son or brother of liquor drinking by secretly placing this remedy in his coffee, tea or food without his knowledge, as the remedy is entirely odorless and tasteless. Any good and faithful woman can wipe out this fearful evil and permanently stop the craving for liquor....the sight or odor of whiskey will soon make him sick. Any one who will send their name and address and 4-cents in stamps to cover postage (to St. Louis) will receive by mail, sealed in a plan wrapper, a free package of this wonderful remedy and full instructions how to cure the liquor habit." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I found this wonderful article in <i>Nostalgia</i> magazine, December 2006, article by Hilda Maston.</span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-25525434453214664632024-02-02T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T08:00:00.141-08:00Tribute To My John <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineJ282JCTEcdz6-BOLRD1Nq85nqOKqhDBlSyLwP4uzmD83AXIhhF8gcV7kA3Q88WtbNpPWlKb6U-2_eOCWUNshJfiNlSFQMbrgJ8bbGPuJBff0sLddrCWuUduRLEgS3aHa_4faC-08y8sC1U02Ut48ZuLQn0wFtv9RZ-h8Dx5kse0U4Kp-B2lURz9znGK/s1796/Chuck.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineJ282JCTEcdz6-BOLRD1Nq85nqOKqhDBlSyLwP4uzmD83AXIhhF8gcV7kA3Q88WtbNpPWlKb6U-2_eOCWUNshJfiNlSFQMbrgJ8bbGPuJBff0sLddrCWuUduRLEgS3aHa_4faC-08y8sC1U02Ut48ZuLQn0wFtv9RZ-h8Dx5kse0U4Kp-B2lURz9znGK/s320/Chuck.JPG" width="202" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizghrhVRrUNqx5McIHAh88RPhhFxDqAlOJG7dHG8ejRwjeqFmB12-XzNltJ9viusZSciVizkfx5XFY0u6mr3qiKLv2p27OLLRGhQeKYQ3lJBgGNQOH-BAYyC57q7yE2LDFsz7VRqKrsurZuc5KZxEAxggGfaTfNIrJqhzy7Icv8199hBVKARzPRDozY9Ev/s2272/Esther.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizghrhVRrUNqx5McIHAh88RPhhFxDqAlOJG7dHG8ejRwjeqFmB12-XzNltJ9viusZSciVizkfx5XFY0u6mr3qiKLv2p27OLLRGhQeKYQ3lJBgGNQOH-BAYyC57q7yE2LDFsz7VRqKrsurZuc5KZxEAxggGfaTfNIrJqhzy7Icv8199hBVKARzPRDozY9Ev/s320/Esther.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today is my hubby, John Charles Phillips, 81st birthday. He, like many of us, never guessed he'd ever be "so old," as he says. Here he is at his father's grave (Charles Alexander Phillips, 1906-1961, Shelton, WA, on left) and his mother's (Esther Mary Oswald, 1913-1998, Spokane.) </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've had some good luck researching his family. For a time, he was an avid bagpipe player and so wanted me to find his Scottish ancestry. Alas, best I could do was Scots-Irish, the Phillips coming into Colonial America and migrating to Georgia after the Revolution when there was land to be had. Seaborn Phillips survived his wounds at Gettysburg in the Civil War and died in Texas (Texas paid pensions). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">His mother, Esther, was an English teacher at Shadle Park High School for years. Her mother was Mary Ethel Leverich,1886-1967. The Leverich and Berrien families have long, illustrious histories in early New York. Mary's biggest adventure began in 1909 when she and her maiden aunt traveled from their home in Danville, Illinois, via train through Yellowstone to Seattle. She kept a diary; I have that diary! One entry mentions standing in the dinner line on the train and meeting "Mr. Oswald." They married in 1911.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Oswald side of John's family originated in Luxembourg, with Nicholas coming in 1850 with wife and children to Ozaukee, Wisconsin (on Lake Michigan) and helping found the town of Belgium. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Their son, John Peter Oswald, 1878-1946, worked for nearly three decades as a machinist for the Great Northern Railroad. John and Ethel first settled in Hillyard (where the railway yards were) but in 1912 when expecting their first child (Esther), and realizing that "the White Death" (tuberculosis) was rampant in the city, and Ethel insisted that they move out of town to a farm. Which they did........... the farm is on Flint Road (West Plains) and is still in family hands. John and Ethel's five children were born there..........</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While John Peter worked in Hillyard for the railroad.... nearly 15 miles from the farm on (what was then) R.F.D. 4. The family story goes that Ethel would take John, in the buckboard, along the dusty, unpaved Hwy 2, down Sunset Hill, to the Interurban, where he'd ride the bus to Hillyard and stay until Friday afternoon, when Ethel would again come down the hill to fetch him. They did this until 1926 when John's rich inventor brother bought them a car.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Esther, John's mother, recalls growing up on the farm..... and walking to the Bowl & Pitcher to sit and write in her journal. (Picture the Casino to the B&P.) She graduated from Lewis & Clark High School, and then Cheney Normal School (now EWU) and was teaching school in Newport, WA, by age 17. Before her marriage in 1941 to Chuck Phillips, she and a school-teacher girlfriend traveled the world on what she called "tramp steamers." Another memory: when she was expecting John (fall, 1942) she feared having to quit teaching school (that was the rule then) but her principal, who had lost most of his male teachers to either the Bremerton shipyards or the war, told her to "just put on a smock." Which she did. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Aren't family stories interesting? And each one is different! Why not write up YOUR story on your birthday, or your spouse's story on their birthday? </span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-65372274470859714702024-01-30T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-30T08:00:00.136-08:00Google for Genealogy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFw6UYUbNPVhoWsc2ePwR8bkKK7Q2Ap-UfV8VJTIzdjSrw9U-KYKmB_0VOj-mNwTOvM4K9O3oX14k-x-6I5wGjyxxZXH4N5ATPo4To5Txe0HjPF8tnXZrsf_EUa08xo4aGL32IccqUTHReRTOL-C9vvJbej0mhjimkWidw84cp7PAL3t1zBu1vvrFMCpt/s778/Google%20chet%20sheet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="778" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFw6UYUbNPVhoWsc2ePwR8bkKK7Q2Ap-UfV8VJTIzdjSrw9U-KYKmB_0VOj-mNwTOvM4K9O3oX14k-x-6I5wGjyxxZXH4N5ATPo4To5Txe0HjPF8tnXZrsf_EUa08xo4aGL32IccqUTHReRTOL-C9vvJbej0mhjimkWidw84cp7PAL3t1zBu1vvrFMCpt/w405-h378/Google%20chet%20sheet.JPG" width="405" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Google should be one of the most-used tools in your genealogy tool box. The "wag" is that you can ask Google for information on a zillion subjects. (No, Google will NOT be able to tell you where great-grandma was buried.)</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Family Tree Magazine offered this 8-page Cheat Sheet as an insert in their magazine a while back. My opinion? It's worth the $9.99 but ONLY IF you use it! 😐</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Here are the front page Google Search Tips:</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Save time; search properly</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Disregard punctuation</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Disregard capitalization</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Don't stress spelling</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Put the most important search term first</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Use the Advanced feature</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Set up Google alerts/automated searches</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Use Google Chrome</span></li></ul><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Did you know Google offers (for free):</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Google Books, 40 billion books</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Google Translate</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Google Maps</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Google Earth</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Google Drive</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MORE!</span></li></ul><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>There are dozens of tutorials on YouTube (also part of the Google family) to teach you!</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Genealogical research is more than just picking the "low-hanging fruit" and sitting back. Genealogical research is learning how to reach that "higher" fruit! Google can help, I guarantee. 😀</span></div><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-63039390453811578622024-01-26T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-26T08:00:00.128-08:00Anniversary of Expo '74<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWaYvy8LJAdu0u5ephcMO-8F05jsBKowmO1kIK1BRxYQtwQcwAqUUSMwbMhUFOjVDuzQtEv9t2rHiZZYaNbmYMW-sounKksHC6uj0QN_ShVbFvzpQjFwhpFcmRZf3kMv1g5x3gt7R1v2JPQ7WHGtf1nO4j6CN3udWpMHK8qgIbXZJhT32oLE8OwwLHVJe/s1686/1974%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1686" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWaYvy8LJAdu0u5ephcMO-8F05jsBKowmO1kIK1BRxYQtwQcwAqUUSMwbMhUFOjVDuzQtEv9t2rHiZZYaNbmYMW-sounKksHC6uj0QN_ShVbFvzpQjFwhpFcmRZf3kMv1g5x3gt7R1v2JPQ7WHGtf1nO4j6CN3udWpMHK8qgIbXZJhT32oLE8OwwLHVJe/s320/1974%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Did you attend Expo '74 in Spokane? Do you realize that that was 50 years ago? I expect that there will be many activities and celebrations marking that anniversary during the coming year. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">How did Expo '74 get started? And how come in Spokane?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A little booklet titled <i>Spokane: Background to Expo '74</i> by Dr. William B. Merriam, Professor Emeritus at WSU, provided lots of background to answer those questions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the early 1960s, Spokane began to undergo a change from a perceived "overgrown country town" into a city with the civic leadership, the resources, the courage and imagination to conceive and stage an Expo '74. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Through the 60s and into the 70s, plans to "make Spokane better" were snowballing. River bank beautification was a top priority. Back in 1913, the Olmstead Brothers had offered to design a Great Gorge Park to extend from the city center past the then Natatorium Park and Fort Wright. Obviously, their proposal was never acted upon. But rediscovered their report, and reading their words, helped push Expo '74 along: "Nothing is so firmly impressed on the mind of the visitor to Spokane as the great gorge into which the river falls near the center of the city. The city should preserve what beauty and grandeur remains of its river gorge." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All the ideas, thoughts and plans came together by 1973 when promotion and construction feverishly began. Much demolition was required along with re-designing and landscaping. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"By spring of 1974, Spokane was set for the opening, on time, of the biggest event in the city's history.... Expo'74...conceived, planned, promoted and constructed in record time."</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Do you have a memory from Expo '74 that you'd be willing to share? If so, let me know, please. My memory is of our 7-year-old son getting lost in the crowds and finding him, in tears, being held and soothed by a handsome Black man who was selling cotton candy on the Washington street bridge. </span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-52909359506233670782024-01-23T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-23T08:00:00.139-08:00Chinese Genealogy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZblN7-m2hGDK0wiBwv70sHtahWggE1nqRM94Py9RocBH_JULNKM8LeQgTMZixzUcvRrEL0f9TgEVCchl7u_pOHQBadtoAWq50psOEy1rf9lSePrHP4mIkROi8LdnSDaAvmxe7b5uwTa10WLUupbmP6qnpkPlqhr7UAk9LXv0MHhJ3qwAAoBOJpecXfq6E/s241/chinese%20writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="241" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZblN7-m2hGDK0wiBwv70sHtahWggE1nqRM94Py9RocBH_JULNKM8LeQgTMZixzUcvRrEL0f9TgEVCchl7u_pOHQBadtoAWq50psOEy1rf9lSePrHP4mIkROi8LdnSDaAvmxe7b5uwTa10WLUupbmP6qnpkPlqhr7UAk9LXv0MHhJ3qwAAoBOJpecXfq6E/s1600/chinese%20writing.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>True story: My Chinese daughter-in-law asked her father, who was born in China and immigrated to Vancouver, B.C. as a young man, to write the family genealogy. He did. He wrote it in Chinese. And she cannot read Chinese. But she treasurers it nonetheless.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Recently in Washington, a bill was passed to honor Americans of Chinese descent in January. The bill designates January as Chinese Descent History Month. This was planned to honor Americans of Chinese descent and their contributions to Washington state. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxqY77bq8fbpzUe6duZEnkhl9VNZhivxQrD7K8F8eHBcDD72IgMvGsEAjLEggxzsGlPl70az1U4R65QtN3USGCUQmra8g9PoyrX7htLsyQDwHwLDuNGQf-eI-aoXsr34DsUlWCOCr4FONisnazjcW10xvdONvmscNFVI1S0A5etQnjQLqw95dC3-QxcZ6/s630/FSL%20Chinese.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="630" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxqY77bq8fbpzUe6duZEnkhl9VNZhivxQrD7K8F8eHBcDD72IgMvGsEAjLEggxzsGlPl70az1U4R65QtN3USGCUQmra8g9PoyrX7htLsyQDwHwLDuNGQf-eI-aoXsr34DsUlWCOCr4FONisnazjcW10xvdONvmscNFVI1S0A5etQnjQLqw95dC3-QxcZ6/w399-h362/FSL%20Chinese.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The FamilySearch Library (formerly Family History Library) in Salt Lake City, has been preserving records of Chinese families since the 1980s and is currently houses the largest collection of such records in the world. If you (like me) have a Chinese ancestor or relative, the FamilySearch Library is THE place for you to start digging into their history. (After talking to them, of course!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I recently (April 2023) read a post by Huang Wei on the <i>Voices & Opinion</i> blog stating that the Shanghai Library (Shanghai, China) "is home to arguably the world's top collection of Chinese genealogies, including more than 300,000 volumes of nearly 40,000 different genealogies, totaling 456 surnames." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Chinese genealogy is a historical document that records (1) the lineage of a blood line descended from a single ancestor, (2) the blood relationship between family members, and (3) a family's assets and customs. Sadly, one thing they do not typically include are records pertaining to female members of the family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you'd enjoy reading Huang Wei's entire post, click to https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012694</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-42287208176789407972024-01-19T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-19T08:00:00.150-08:00Serious January Thoughts<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdVTKlHrsv3R9yjKKRiVNVnCbmJ_5FDBuZLaVxJJJBIqqM34e91XSSpEJ7OL9MczUWVTtn6DncVuAF9EXXbXqNjdMmoiN63oz-7pgS753dpHOasGdjrStR7ClNgftCMy1Rc3U6hia0s6B1XNXji_CB-KumRa20VFfOio60PIKRI0nRm8-z2k1prNvv2nh/s514/BirdseedBirds.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="489" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdVTKlHrsv3R9yjKKRiVNVnCbmJ_5FDBuZLaVxJJJBIqqM34e91XSSpEJ7OL9MczUWVTtn6DncVuAF9EXXbXqNjdMmoiN63oz-7pgS753dpHOasGdjrStR7ClNgftCMy1Rc3U6hia0s6B1XNXji_CB-KumRa20VFfOio60PIKRI0nRm8-z2k1prNvv2nh/s320/BirdseedBirds.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><p>Why does this joke make us laugh? Aren't we like the disbelieving lady clerk, smirking at the poor fellow's lack of knowledge?</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">At a recent EWGS Fall Seminar, I chatted with many of our marvelous members. Many of these members would classify themselves as "no longer spring chickens." (Me among them!) But I was dismayed and saddened to chat with more than one senior genealogist who was struggling with "what SHALL I do with all the genealogy stuff I've collected??"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">As a group, they offered the usual excuses: Don't know what to do, don't know where to start, don't have time, don't have interested family, not computer literate, "it's just too overwhelming."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I did understand. I was sympathetic. I did offer my one-on-one help. Hopefully some will take me up on that offer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>But bottom line:</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>YOU collected the stuff</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>YOU must so something with all of the stuff</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Yes, it is terribly sorry that you didn't do this earlier...</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you really want all the stuff of your years' work to go to recycling?</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Chances are near 90% sure that if YOU don't do something with all that stuff, nobody else will. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>No, your gene society doesn't want it; the FamilySearch Library doesn't want it; and your grandchildren surely DO NOT want boxes and binders of papers!!</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>And it's patently unfair of YOU to expect that they will. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>YOU collected the stuff. </b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Does this sad scenario have to be inevitable for you?? Don't you want to leave a legacy and not a mess? There is an answer, I promise. Here's how:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>DECIDE to DO something</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>MAKE TIME to DO something</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>MAKE IT A PRIORITY</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Ask for help.......... your friends, EWGS folks</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Ask me! I'll happily come to you to help you get organized and started...</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Started on what, do you ask? Getting all your information from those boxes and binders of paper into a computer database. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. Believe me, that is the only way to leave your computer-oriented posterity a legacy. </b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Think about it.</b></span></div><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-76147532035898505582024-01-16T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-16T08:00:00.256-08:00ShipIndex.org........ Want to see the ship your ancestor arrived on?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTMWuDs_f3PuqLsI-pZxhhMs12p4FDVND6YZtQwlA349MGLPZ503HE-tReXgh8pl0V-xxDLZUHOyPghYkdtNojDFk9m5_aAxq-rB9CPvySUEv0spIIvr7CJ9uTTPnOZnqdAEaMupJxrLRx4U0DOwSUYHBpctjdpCwPloGgCFgyPCgvGe9pQGhS0KBMp9G/s767/ShipIndex.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="767" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTMWuDs_f3PuqLsI-pZxhhMs12p4FDVND6YZtQwlA349MGLPZ503HE-tReXgh8pl0V-xxDLZUHOyPghYkdtNojDFk9m5_aAxq-rB9CPvySUEv0spIIvr7CJ9uTTPnOZnqdAEaMupJxrLRx4U0DOwSUYHBpctjdpCwPloGgCFgyPCgvGe9pQGhS0KBMp9G/w426-h394/ShipIndex.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Never heard of ShipIndex? Well happy January gift to you!</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Founder Peter McCracken and his team, based in Ithaca, New York, have created a website offering over 3,000,000 citations (pictures of ships!!) and offers nearly 2000 learning resources. Here is a snip from their Resources page:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy2ojN9669-JT2E1v28RLxNYgAWfUhKVGWseFZ7QKHJe3X1nH8Mwp0IdWALEzwklWWKq8yCxI5zrc2OtXeUPq7idrG2rfAEOSeVGhK3qZQv29oSUn3KQK7HYMlewj5tJIwfwSeVqc18Lws1fuReA1shWrOEFVv3fSaFyINeGdBJwMSVyHfP9jDOxQzKr9/s974/ShipIndex%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="974" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy2ojN9669-JT2E1v28RLxNYgAWfUhKVGWseFZ7QKHJe3X1nH8Mwp0IdWALEzwklWWKq8yCxI5zrc2OtXeUPq7idrG2rfAEOSeVGhK3qZQv29oSUn3KQK7HYMlewj5tJIwfwSeVqc18Lws1fuReA1shWrOEFVv3fSaFyINeGdBJwMSVyHfP9jDOxQzKr9/w424-h331/ShipIndex%202.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">I know you cannot really read this but there are over 12 L-O-N-G pages of references for your learning and most of them are free. Subscriptions are $22 for three months; $35 for six months; and $65 for one year. (Gonna have surgery? Gonna need to housesit or stay with a declining relative? Wouldn't this help you get through those days??) </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">ShipIndex.org includes a listing for anything that carried cargo and/or people and sailed under any country's flag. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Just for fun, I typed in <i>Titanic, </i>never realizing that there might be other ships with that name:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0f23; font-family: Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.2px; font-weight: 700;">Royal Titanic (Recreational; Cape Fear, NC; built 1979; 14 gross tons)</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">So something maybe new for you in 2024..... enjoy and learn!</span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-23852555013337117472024-01-12T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-12T08:00:00.139-08:00Clallam County Genealogical Society & Cattle Brands<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgrElnGGGbg_EmWutZ2bcnP5bVS4V351VMS0fLuGh61pGYsXWFmIMMuqdkWmuZG-bHjFlIzPv4hvcs4LDQ4gNQk3gsU-XO7qWkqDpbF4BiOZPjt_p2HVEKkLnVnbfV-XE7-e-fhkJ3TeEQoxOUFtoS9qoEzokRzUUZct7xGKj4d_0Zdhls4kATjfQzTZS/s4032/Clallam%20Co%20CtHs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgrElnGGGbg_EmWutZ2bcnP5bVS4V351VMS0fLuGh61pGYsXWFmIMMuqdkWmuZG-bHjFlIzPv4hvcs4LDQ4gNQk3gsU-XO7qWkqDpbF4BiOZPjt_p2HVEKkLnVnbfV-XE7-e-fhkJ3TeEQoxOUFtoS9qoEzokRzUUZct7xGKj4d_0Zdhls4kATjfQzTZS/s320/Clallam%20Co%20CtHs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The Clallam County (Washington) courthouse, built in 1914, in Port Angeles, is surely one of the most picturesque courthouses in America. I remember being in that building years ago and the women's restroom stalls had pink marble walls!</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The Clallam County Genealogical Society (CCGS) was founded in 1981. In 2020, the group purchased a newer and larger building ......... which they desperately needed to house their library of 3000 books, periodicals and microfilms. If you're thinking of a trip to Port Angeles, and want to visit their library, know that their entire catalog is accessible online: www.clallamcogs.org. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>CCGS also maintains offers an index to the 500 Pioneer Family files...... pioneers who were in Clallam County prior to Washington statehood in 1889. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The Fall 1988 issue of their society's periodical (no longer published), there was a great article originally found in a 1945 issue of <i>The Genealogy Magazine of New Jersey</i>. The title was "The Use of Livestock Brands and Earmarks in Genealogy."</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>The article states: "The system of marking the ears of cattle and hogs was used in the early days just as cattle brands are employed in the West today. In colonial times, livestock were often allowed to roam freely on the village green. When evening came, the marks were necessary to separate which animals belonged to which owner. The registration of marks was kept by the village clerk and later by the county auditor.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>"Such registrations were continued well into the 20th century when vast herds of cattle and sheep roamed the vast acreage of public lands in the West."<br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>I know that the Eastern Washington Branch of our Washington State Archives has brand books for our state. I've looked up the registered brand for hubby's uncle and VIOLA, there it was. If your Pacific Northwest ancestor had roaming livestock, it's quite likely that he had a brand and that that brand (or ear mark) was legally registered.</b></span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-15494282259874370682024-01-09T08:39:00.000-08:002024-01-09T08:39:00.137-08:00Women Lost Their Citizenship Because They Married Foreigners?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsMm4w8YHY8BR_8G4f_LmnMDY7DI0coHuCK8mbRJ_uxOhlG8nM3d0QU5D2zxYHnreM_BF5ic0Ee7G37uzebRINERnknZmzHstohHMvxtgFxO20KzXlo0y1sr50l7FGnCtzprRbkBNFYDtI5SbBUODSk-VipgYp1fpqecNGpldzWDkqiHvS_S4N4oDHaY1/s451/Women%20Immigrant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="451" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsMm4w8YHY8BR_8G4f_LmnMDY7DI0coHuCK8mbRJ_uxOhlG8nM3d0QU5D2zxYHnreM_BF5ic0Ee7G37uzebRINERnknZmzHstohHMvxtgFxO20KzXlo0y1sr50l7FGnCtzprRbkBNFYDtI5SbBUODSk-VipgYp1fpqecNGpldzWDkqiHvS_S4N4oDHaY1/s320/Women%20Immigrant.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Bet you didn't know this American history tidbit!</span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">In 1907, Congress passed the Expatriation Act, which decreed, among other things, that U.S. women who married non-citizens were no longer Americans. If their husband later became a naturalized citizen, they could go through the naturalization process to regain their citizenship. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">But none of these rules applied to American men who they chose a spouse. And he wasn't eligible for citizenship, she could be denied!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">WHAT? You're saying? And rightfully so. Sounds terrible, doesn't it? </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Once American women got the right to vote in 1920, they started lobbying lawmakers, pushing them to recognize that their citizenship should not be tethered to that of a husband.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">To shorten the sad story, laws did evolve and by the 1940s women born in the U.S. no longer had to limit their marriage prospects to native-born men or naturalized citizens.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Consider your family tree..... did this "trouble" affect any of your grandmothers??</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">(Thanks to a 2017 post by Tanya Ballard Brown on the NPR website, Code Switch.)</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-41361418073479449832024-01-05T08:29:00.000-08:002024-01-05T08:29:00.137-08:00Bits, Pieces, Jokes & Trivia<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqG5kwqOkCbhw0PD5oWWbw_meQMb2-xJtmMHYtSHHvjHr2E1KadLtFZ1tDmuJ4iYnIWOR-B9Nwd_mbsVFSYJne2z8bWgPzmqbPZL9CFlwaNe9-DVmdVl0O3V2IoCwTa221UZPaKUt_X8-t5rnDtW6EQ3Wt3RCVm4j9w9-xuKamIXwO6ZoCEUf8p-AB2VQA/s414/SnowmanDNA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqG5kwqOkCbhw0PD5oWWbw_meQMb2-xJtmMHYtSHHvjHr2E1KadLtFZ1tDmuJ4iYnIWOR-B9Nwd_mbsVFSYJne2z8bWgPzmqbPZL9CFlwaNe9-DVmdVl0O3V2IoCwTa221UZPaKUt_X8-t5rnDtW6EQ3Wt3RCVm4j9w9-xuKamIXwO6ZoCEUf8p-AB2VQA/s320/SnowmanDNA.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>What's at the end of a rainbow? (The letter W.)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Did you gift a Slinky for Christmas? This toy was the brainchild of Richard James, a mechanical engineer, who invented it in the 1940s.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>What do you get when you cross a cat with a lemon? (A sour puss.)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>People who scuba are a divers group of people.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Pet shop customer: "Do any of your dogs go cheap?" Owner: "Sorry, all our dogs go woof."</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Proper listening is the foundation of proper living. (Plutarch)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Dalmatian puppies are born without spots? T or F? (T)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Why are income taxes due on April 15th...the same day the <i>Titanic</i> went down?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>If swimming if so good for your figure, why do whales look the way they do?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Why is it called baby-<i>sitting </i>when all you do is run after them?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-87143247569691268432024-01-02T08:20:00.000-08:002024-01-02T08:20:00.161-08:00January..... Time To Let Go<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75-7cGLemLRPTcn5sak91xxWTYYbjM_tw8IQ7XRFW_Ldc5-bp4VzQoeylDPVU11paiieptdjhDJcit38rSUurUNsTKuxQWed6eyQRzvDQDZsyMU2lE2FK0kAAB8yASYIps1P59j7rKVNYmLsjDqbeo-oj8yTyo9LIqejTDK4g0YpTCgFxKCfE1rxQhhbS/s259/LETGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75-7cGLemLRPTcn5sak91xxWTYYbjM_tw8IQ7XRFW_Ldc5-bp4VzQoeylDPVU11paiieptdjhDJcit38rSUurUNsTKuxQWed6eyQRzvDQDZsyMU2lE2FK0kAAB8yASYIps1P59j7rKVNYmLsjDqbeo-oj8yTyo9LIqejTDK4g0YpTCgFxKCfE1rxQhhbS/s1600/LETGO.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go does not mean to stop caring.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to cut myself off; it's realizing I can't control another.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to enable but to allow learning from natural consequences.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to try to change or blame another; it's to make the most of myself.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to care FOR but to care ABOUT.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to FIX but to be SUPPORTIVE.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to judge others but to love them anyway.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to DENY but to ACCEPT.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to point out others' faults but consider my own.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to criticize others but just be the best I can be.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>To let go is not to regret the past but to thankfully live for the future. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>(Why this particular post today? It is the start of a new year and we all know there will be obstacles to over come so we must "let go" and be thankfully positive.)</b></span></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-8444841464293895162023-12-29T08:00:00.001-08:002023-12-29T08:00:00.139-08:00Don't Get "Antsy" <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiif_r-QAHKLTVIGQmyEd7b39g8i8kEOBrs0lbrmNSrzsGf8_4vNBLX6Hql9nZvaar5z67GS7P0Ui_FCiDVpKvZotp-r8KXYQIlDoJhkjhj43oDwE1AaPlSk1nylWjGQrRFmphMtK_LT96XRCtPg-k_qXdkQANoliQgOVerABmxma8N3P_HDBOs6mAGGPm/s276/Ant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiif_r-QAHKLTVIGQmyEd7b39g8i8kEOBrs0lbrmNSrzsGf8_4vNBLX6Hql9nZvaar5z67GS7P0Ui_FCiDVpKvZotp-r8KXYQIlDoJhkjhj43oDwE1AaPlSk1nylWjGQrRFmphMtK_LT96XRCtPg-k_qXdkQANoliQgOVerABmxma8N3P_HDBOs6mAGGPm/s1600/Ant.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Well, it's the final blog post for 2023 and what better to share than a word puzzle. You'll find all kinds of "ants" in the dictionary. Here are 14 words that end with "ant"..... like elephant. Have fun! (Answers at the bottom.)</b></span><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant helps to put out fires?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant is found in car engines?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant reminds you of puff pastries?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant smells nice?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant pours wine?<br /></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant buys and sells?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant is worn on a chain?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant makes the air dirty?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant provides all kinds of food?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant is dull and never goes anywhere?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant hates school?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant is good with numbers?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant is the smartest?</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">What ant never changes?</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">(1-hydrant; 2-coolant; 3-croissant; 4-deodorant; 5-decant; 6-merchant; 7-pendant; 8-pullutant; 9-restaurant; 10-stagnant; 11-truant; 12-accountant; 13-brilliant; 14-constant.)</span></b></div><p></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-81984432613709361122023-12-26T08:00:00.001-08:002023-12-26T08:00:00.136-08:00National Wildlife Refuges in Washington<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We Washingtonians are so lucky...... we have 23 National Wildlife Refuges in our state! These are places dedicated to preserving, conserving and enhancing the flora and fauna of an area by means of managing the land and water for fish, wildlife and plants. And for we human visitors too!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The list below the image is probably too small for you to read, but just ask Google for "National Wildlife Refuges in Washington." Then any time of year, put on your walking shoes, put a granola bar in your backpack along with your water bottle and camera and go out and explore your world.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Keep in mind that on these refuges you can better imagine what your ancestors first saw when they arrived into XXX place. </b></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC4Udu9_t32TQmq8JVCmvbx-sD5s9LuLff-pgGcEPI0wfh_uoFBa9y1cjeLhOoNWauVn28v8quQauChSiWvWWzVoA2XkLbLqy4zcUDZ1RLCIlJ7qNwrFl1Q_40GJcEJIvrChOp8nVvWxZDAHHG_HJ-O2wPkRdDMEDYJTPxLjp9lQTRWz6pyV8G6MiqxFs/s740/WA%20NWR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="740" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC4Udu9_t32TQmq8JVCmvbx-sD5s9LuLff-pgGcEPI0wfh_uoFBa9y1cjeLhOoNWauVn28v8quQauChSiWvWWzVoA2XkLbLqy4zcUDZ1RLCIlJ7qNwrFl1Q_40GJcEJIvrChOp8nVvWxZDAHHG_HJ-O2wPkRdDMEDYJTPxLjp9lQTRWz6pyV8G6MiqxFs/w591-h317/WA%20NWR.jpg" width="591" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-hveid="CAQQAQ" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><div aria-controls="_K8wuZa2sCMuC0PEPsuCBkAI_5" aria-expanded="true" class="dnXCYb" jsaction="AWEk5c" jsname="tJHJj" role="button" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: flex; max-height: none; outline: 0px; position: relative; width: 652px;" tabindex="0"><div class="JlqpRe" jsname="lN6iy" style="flex: 1 1 0%; margin: 12px 0px; overflow: hidden;"><span class="JCzEY ZwRhJd" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: unset !important; display: -webkit-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; overflow: hidden;"><span class="CSkcDe" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">What are the benefits of a national wildlife refuge?</span></span></div><div class="aj35ze" jsname="Q8Kwad" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"%2370757a\" d=\"M16.59 8.59L12 13.17 7.41 8.59 6 10l6 6 6-6z\"></path></svg>"); display: inline-block; height: 24px; transform: rotateZ(-180deg); width: 24px;"></div><div class="L3Ezfd" data-ved="2ahUKEwjt7fSW1f2BAxVLATQIHTJwACIQuk56BAgEEAI" jsname="pcRaIe" style="height: 48px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 652px;"></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="bCOlv" data-ved="2ahUKEwjt7fSW1f2BAxVLATQIHTJwACIQ7NUEegQIBBAE" id="_K8wuZa2sCMuC0PEPsuCBkAI_5" jsname="NRdf4c" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; opacity: inherit; position: absolute; text-align: start; width: 652px;"><div class="IZE3Td" jsslot="" style="position: relative;"><div class="t0bRye r2fjmd" data-hveid="CAQQBQ" data-ved="2ahUKEwjt7fSW1f2BAxVLATQIHTJwACIQu04oAHoECAQQBQ" jsname="oQYOj" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div id="K8wuZa2sCMuC0PEPsuCBkAI__3"><div class="wDYxhc" data-md="61" style="clear: none;"><div aria-level="3" class="LGOjhe" data-attrid="wa:/description" data-hveid="CAgQAA" role="heading" style="overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px;"><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en" style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">Beyond their primary mission of conserving and enhancing land and water for fish, wildlife and plants, national wildlife refuges are important in other ways. <span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28;">They offer healthy, world-class outdoor recreation</span>. They improve air and water quality across the nation.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuxOI3vgETyl-HT_ayBq_QXu1jIiyszE9zEL1xO2kii3Sd1h7o5S0-3BB8gDaWtS41EIC8X6FvOQnObKoqALiUdG7BhyphenhyphenZ19SuYygUK_pRzpOvn_ZwX7d3IklVxJ0EA0v8mogwQI2XUYHuo8N7PUS7lJP6vuGncPjjfaAT8rLlC6TxBfy2jp3xlOzS105v/s710/List%20NWR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="710" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuxOI3vgETyl-HT_ayBq_QXu1jIiyszE9zEL1xO2kii3Sd1h7o5S0-3BB8gDaWtS41EIC8X6FvOQnObKoqALiUdG7BhyphenhyphenZ19SuYygUK_pRzpOvn_ZwX7d3IklVxJ0EA0v8mogwQI2XUYHuo8N7PUS7lJP6vuGncPjjfaAT8rLlC6TxBfy2jp3xlOzS105v/w458-h217/List%20NWR.JPG" width="458" /></a></div><br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736462574240285564.post-70092682138618797232023-12-22T08:00:00.002-08:002023-12-22T08:00:00.145-08:00Trivia & Tidbits<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe_uA53yZtR8fP2OZFxKOwmhTY4yW4OkpoS-FWtuY18WL53aaStKHHSQ9gtm7P0QwIRNun8g_G5940mS1r9bDGG2yh_-Rw1E2LXz5atPI2RY9_dmhyBGLSN7y0Pm6YVs0ONEzBTSFfMOSKSj62KZ9Ro_GqdJoyNi_PjP0H-E2yI5OEJRzBywFN4HEVlTz/s220/Tartan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe_uA53yZtR8fP2OZFxKOwmhTY4yW4OkpoS-FWtuY18WL53aaStKHHSQ9gtm7P0QwIRNun8g_G5940mS1r9bDGG2yh_-Rw1E2LXz5atPI2RY9_dmhyBGLSN7y0Pm6YVs0ONEzBTSFfMOSKSj62KZ9Ro_GqdJoyNi_PjP0H-E2yI5OEJRzBywFN4HEVlTz/s1600/Tartan.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Bet you didn't know that Washington State has its own tartan. The symbolic colors are: GREEN for our Evergreen State; BLUE for our rivers, lakes and the ocean; WHITE for snow capped mountains; RED for all the fruit; YELOW for all the grains; and BLACK for Mt.St.Helens. This tartan was adopted by the Washington State legislature in 1991. Now you know.</span></p><p><b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Here's one for you geography buffs: How many state capitols are located west of Los Angeles?? (tiny answer at the bottom)</b></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>Ever watch the TV or YouTube show with Mike Rowe where he visits interesting places? In one video, Mike visited the Hair Museum in Independence, Missouri (near Kansas City). Museum owner and director, Leila, made Mark incredulously laugh many times. "Hair can be black, brown, red, blonde or white....there is no gray!" she quipped. The museum features hair pictures.... tableaus made from hair, often of a deceased loved one. "This custom dates back to the 12th century," Leila said. One question on Mark's mind was this: "Does human hair keep growing after death?" The answer? "No way!"</b></span></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Tampa Bay Times, October 2022: "Florida lawyer who fought helmet laws died in motorcycle crash not wearing one." Humm. Serves him right?</b></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>How do you feel about this? An original copy of the U.S. Constitution, one of only two known to be in private hands, will be auctioned off in December with bidding estimated to go as high as $30 million, Sotheby's announced (in November 2022). 500 first printings were made of this historic document and were provided to participants at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Nearly all have been lost to history; of the 13 known to have survived, 11 are owned by governments and institutions.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><b>((Answer to above question: SIX!! Carson City, Nevada; Honolulu, Hawaii; Juneau, Alaska; Olympia, Washington; Sacramento, California; and Salem, Oregon. HOW MANY DID YOU GUESS?)</b></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013223651889490463noreply@blogger.com0