I made it through our first week of the homeschooling year! I was worried there for a little while, because it’s hard to get back into the swing of things when you’ve had 4 months off. {yes FOUR months}. I managed to do a bit of genealogy this week, despite my busy schedule. A distant cousin on my husband’s side found my blog and contacted me. I love it when that happens. Also, I attended the local El Paso Genealogical Society’s meeting last night.
Here are some of my favorite finds this week:
- Tonight’s episode of Geneabloggers Radio is all about newspapers! I have so many ancestors that lived in small towns – that I haven’t been able to find scanned newspapers of. Maybe I’ll find some new resources, because I know that there is a lot of good information out there, just waiting to be found.
- Read about how Carol Burnett helped Lori’s brother propose over at Genealogy and Me. What a great story. 🙂
- Karen over at Genealogy Frame of Mind found a very strange obituary. Not for the faint of heart.
- I enjoyed New Clues to an Old Mystery over at Leaves & Branches.
- I think that it is so important to share any slave records we might find along our genealogical journey. I really enjoyed the heartbreaking story of Margaret Lee’s Petition for Freedom over at Nolichucky Roots.
- Congrats to Sheri, The Educated Genealogist. Her blog turned three!!
And a few pictures from our first week of school…
Tori seems to like only the purple crayons. 🙂
Here is my son Nick, busy at work.
And these are the ANZAC biscuits my daughter made, since we studies Australia and New Zealand this week.
