Memory Tree Genealogy Journal

Image Source Two days ago, I received a much-awaited email from an archivist with the Children's Aid Society in New York City in regard to a research request I placed at the end of January.  Just in case you're wondering, I'm finding genealogy to involve a lot of what I call "fishing" for information.  Sent out a baited line (ie: email to a historical society, archive, family member, etc.) and wait for a nibble.  Maybe I'll be lucky enough to land a HUGE fish in the form of a break in a brick wall.  Other times, I might catch a shoe (like this week).  Cast, tug, wait, reel-in, repeat. So, back to the Children's Aid Society. Paul's paternal great grandfather, a gentleman named Joseph W. (William?) Daly {1869-1934}, was an orphan train rider.  Until a few months ago, when we started to suspect that he was in fact an orphan, I had never even heard of the Orphan Train Movement in the United States.  Reaching out to one of Paul's cousins enabl...

England, here we come!   "Remember Me - a Genealogy Journal" is heading to Oxford, England for a week of fun in the...well...rain and cold!  Much more fun than that, we'll visit with friends from several military moves ago.  At this point, we each have two children (!) and have aged nearly 10 years (!!).  Here's to hoping we still look the same! With better planning, I really could have made this a fantastic genealogy trip.  The fact is...the places we'd like to visit are over 2 1/2 hours driving distance from our rental cottage in Oxford.  Sans kids, this would have been doable.  BUT - with two under the age of 5, and one of them still consistently napping, we'll take a more conservative approach.  Before we move away from Europe, I'd love to return to visit Dorset (TREVETT family) and Thirsk, Yorkshire (SMITH family).  I know that many, many more of my ancestors are from the UK.  Identifying their actual birth places is on the ho...

In case you were wondering...no, I can't claim credit for the alliterative blog titles like "Maritime Monday" and "Tombstone Tuesday"!  As a way to jump-start my writing, I've subscribed to GeneaBloggers , a database of...you guessed it...other genealogy bloggers.  GB is super-wonderful at networking blogger-to-blogger, promoting writing prompts, and sharing truly helpful research information.  You'll notice their logo in my sidebar ========> Each day, a wonderful list of writing prompts is posted.  LOTS of ideas.  Some weeks I'll do the posts - some weeks I'll let the writing spirit move me.  Either way, it's so helpful for generating ideas! For today's tombstone, I present Isaac Trevett (and wife Elizabeth (Charles) Trevett).  Isaac is my husband's 3rd great-grandfather, who was born in Broadmayne, Dorchester, UK in 1805 [1] and died in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa in 1893 [2] . [1] Ances...