Genea-Santa Wishlist
The 62nd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy asks genealogy bloggers to write a letter to Genea-Santa, making a list of 3 gifts they would like to receive this holiday season from 3 of their ancestors. Here are my wishes:
1. I would love to have the broach that my great-grandmother, Thelma Seibert-Furry, had in her possession when her house was broken into. I’m not really sure what it looked like, since I never saw it, but I’m told that it was silver with a blue stone. It had been handed down for generations from mother to eldest daughter at least since the early 1800s and, from my research, possibly originated in Wagshurst, Baden, Germany. Had it not been stolen from her house, I would be next in line to inherit it.
2. I don’t know if such a family bible ever existed, but since the family was highly religious, it’s likely it did, so I will say that I would love to have the bible of my great-grandmother Araminta Terresa “Mintie” “Tessie” Adamson-Smith. I know little to nothing about her husband except for his name, Harry Smith, and a possible birth date of July 1874. Hopefully this bible would have some family info in it and shed some light on him and subsequently his family, making it a bit easier to wade through all of the Smiths out there. I also only know of the names of five of their eight known children. I’m assuming the bible would list births and deaths of the children as well. And maybe a few extras, like the maiden name of Araminta’s mother.
3. According to a story told to me by my grandfather, my g-g-grandfather, George G. Fyock, was part Native American and wanted to open a bar but his application for a liquor licenese was denied on those grounds. From everything I’ve researched (and from what other’s have researched, as well) he was NOT Native American. I would love to have the letter he received that stated why his application for a license was denied. If it mentioned Native American status, I would have something to work with, otherwise, I think he had another reason for hiding his past and never answering questions about his parents. It must have been a real doozy of a story to prefer lying and saying he was part Native American (realize that this was during the early 1900s) than to tell the truth about his family.
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Update: I just realized that I didn’t write a letter, but merely listed my wishes. Oh well. I hope Genea-Santa is forgiving. I guess I just made it that much easier for him (or her) to find my wishes, rather than wading through all the brown-nosing that typically comes before and after begging for presents. 
Wouldn’t it be great if you Genea-Santa could grant you your wishes. It be wonderful to have that broach. How awful to have it stolen from your great-grandmother’s home. I am sure it would have been a heart breaking loss for her.
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Amanda reply on December 18, 2008:
I have a newspaper clipping where my grandmother offered a reward for the broach if it was returned and she would ask no questions as to how the person returning it got it. She really didn’t care about losing anything but that.
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Here’s hoping your three wishes are granted.
If you ever find the answer to the liquor license mystery, please post. We’d all be interested.
-fM
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December 18th, 2008 at 2:55 pm