Genealogist on a Journey

27/10/2023

My website is down for a bit... Don't worry it will be back soon.

16/05/2021

I will be moderating my first room on clubhouse this coming Saturday at 6 pm CST

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/mWqwQ8Yx?fbclid=IwAR0uVxrBdB6Df8hi-lxL1mq__hbm_4iF2ixaWpBDkxRWVn2AqfqZxqcFvTs

Saturday, May 22 at 6:00pm CDT with Rebecca Walbecq, Ray Cousins, Falan Goff. Let’s listen to our ancestor by asking why they made the decision they did. We will walk through the story of Sarah Ann Healy and Asahel Atherton to learn why “asking why” is important.

22/04/2021

New Blog Post! WEEK 12: LOSS: FIRE DEVASTATES THE HAWLEY FAMILY

Reading Time: 3 minutes Not once, but twice the William Hawley family was devastated by fire. The logging industry was a primary industry in Northern Michigan in the late 1800s and early 1900s. William Hawley’s family was no exception. William moved his family from upstate New York to Long Rapids ...

29/03/2021

New Blog Post: Week 11: Fortune: What Would it Be Worth Today?

Reading Time: 6 minutes Have you ever thought about how your ancestor’s possessions would be valued in today’s world? I often think about this because it helps me to better compare their situation against my own. On the 1850 United States Population census individuals were asked about only the v...

22/03/2021

New Blog Post: WEEK 10: Name's the Same: The Schooner Annie Faught
http://genealogistonajourney.net/2021/03/22/week-10-names-the-same-the-schooner-annie-faught/

Reading Time: 2 minutes I typically research newspapers using the website Newspapers.com to find details about the lives of my ancestors that may not be available in other typical genealogical sources. When searching for information about my second great grandmother Mary Anna (Annie) Faught, I found...

08/03/2021

http://genealogistonajourney.net/2021/03/07/week-9-multiples-the-fate-of-william-and-frances-faught/

Reading Time: 3 minutes The theme for week 9 of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks challenge is multiples. I was struggling with this theme. Nothing jumped out at me that was interesting enough to write about. But thanks to Valerie Hughes from the “Genealogy with Valerie” blog, my writers block was cu...

07/03/2021

http://genealogistonajourney.net/2021/02/28/week-8-power-street-lamps-in-alpena/

Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the many topics that I have fallen in love with as I have been researching my own family history is the history of my home town of Alpena, Michigan. Although Alpena was and still is a small town, there is so much history to share. In this blog... Continue reading

22/02/2021

http://genealogistonajourney.net/week-7-unusual-source-the-postmaster/

Reading Time: 3 minutes The source I chose to talk about this week for the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks theme of “Unusual Source” is called “U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971”. These records can be found in more than one repository, I found these records on Ancestry.com. I’m ...

20/02/2021

HELP NEEDED!!!

Good Morning! as you may know I'm having been working on the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks challenge. I'm struggling with this weeks theme of "Unusual sources". These are some of my theme ideas, but I haven't been able to decide. Looking for some help.

* Any thoughts on an unusual genealogy source you have used?
* What could be considered an unusual genealogy source, that we
are creating today, that future genealogist could use to learn
more about you?

Keep in mind that a genealogy source can be anything (documents, photos, websites, book, vital records, family recipes,) that helps us to learn about our ancestors or our descendants to learn about us in the future.

14/02/2021

http://genealogistonajourney.net/week-6-valentine-the-vinegar-valentine/

Reading Time: 2 minutes Valentine’s day is known for flowery words in beautiful cards, and grand expressions of love. Engagements, weddings, first dates…. However, I came across another way that Valentine’s day cards have been used over the years to express the feelings of the sender. Hint, th...

02/02/2021

http://genealogistonajourney.net/week-5-in-the-kitchen-homemade-noodles/

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s funny how a single recipe can be such a big part of a family. In our family that recipe is for homemade noodles. For as long as I can remember when my family thought about comfort food, that meant homemade noodles and lots of them. Although, I would love... Continue re...

01/02/2021

My post from last week about my 2nd great grandmother made Amy's email!

Here is the link if you are interested
http://genealogistonajourney.net/week-4-favorite-photo-the-woman-who-smoked-the-corncob-pipe/