This is for the 10th edition of Smile for the Camera – “Costume”:
Whenever I think of a “distinctive style of dress” concerning my family’s genealogy, I always think of my g-g-grandmother, Irene Mary (Beckman) Seibert.
Here she is as a child, in one of her more distinctive outfits:

(Photo taken at Elrod Bros. studio at 313 W. [...]

The latest Carnival of Genealogy prompt is The Happy Dance – The Joy of Genealogy:
“Almost everyone has experienced it. Tell us about the first time, or the last time, or the best time. What event, what document, what special find has caused you to stand up and cheer, to go crazy with joy?”
I’ve had a [...]

I got this photograph from a relative who has no idea who any of the people are in the photo.  I identified the young girl in the man’s arms as my great-grandmother, Thelma (Seibert) Furry.  That means the photo was taken around 1911 or 1912, probably in Louisville, Kentucky since that is where my great-grandmother [...]

I first found the original 99 things meme via Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings this morning.  Then this afternoon, I found a genealogical list via Donna Pointkouski at What’s Past Is Prolouge, that was originally posted by, and since expanded and compiled by Becky at Kinexxions.  (My genealogical list of things may have slight variations [...]

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions, mainly because whenever I do make them, I never keep them because I never, or rarely, remember them after December 31st (It’s not because of drinking, I promise).  So I figure, what’s the point?  But having said that… the topic of the 63rd Carnival of Genealogy is [...]

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 [...]

This is a 1941 staged photo of my grandfather, Floyd Cummings, pretending to be drunk with two friends, sisters Mary O’Fay (on the left) and Renee O’Fay (on the right). The car pictured is my grandfather’s first car, a 1940 Studebaker.
The first time I saw this photo, a few years ago, it cracked me [...]

This post is for the 54th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy: The Family Language
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Some people call it Pittsburghese, but I think it’s more of a generalized Pennsylvania thing (or maybe just Western PA), but in any case, many of the older people in my family speak a bit different than the rest and/or use [...]

In thinking about this edition of Smile for the Camera, I couldn’t pin down just one photo. I have a few favorites, and decided to show the best of the best with you. All of them are special to me because they either show an ancestor when they were young, or because it [...]

I said something about two weeks ago on twitter about how I always had thought that my husband was the only one with royal ancestors, but that I had recently (actually it was about three years ago now that I think about it) found out that I too am related to royalty through my dad’s [...]