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 haven’t posted an update about my NaNoWriMo novel since I started writing it in November, aside from a small mention in my Plans for the New Year post, so here it is:
I “won” NaNoWriMo because I was able to write 50,000 words before November 30, but I wasn’t able to finish my novel.  I [...]

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 [...]

As Donna Pointkouski said so well, over at What’s Past is Prologue:
This time of year you can’t read the paper, watch television, listen to the radio, or peruse the internet without tripping over a “Top Ten” or “Best of” list. It’s fun to hear other people’s views on the best and the worst and [...]

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 [...]

I was recently thinking about my family’s traditions and realized that most of those traditions have fallen by the way side.
The one tradition that has stuck, is that our family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve.  I’m really not sure why this started though.  If I had to guess it probably had to do with each [...]

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 [...]

I found this meme over at the genealogy blog Creative Gene and felt like playing along:
Wrapping paper or gift bags? Always wrapping paper.  Although you can reuse bags, which is nice, I think bags are a poor way to wrap gifts.  The receiver doesn’t have any fun unwrapping the gift if it’s in a bag.
Real [...]