Limbs & Legacies Genealogy

07/03/2025

This will be really cool!

16/09/2024

So excited to share that today I was officially inducted as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)! This has been something I've thought about doing for years, but I finally took the step to apply a few months ago. I'm looking forward to becoming an active member of this iconic service organization! 🙂🇺🇸

If you would like to explore whether you're eligible for this or another legacy society, I can help with your research! Message me on Facebook or email me at limbsandlegacies@gmail.com.

Honoring Gen. Bernardo de Gálvez at the Veterans War Memorial of Texas Texas Daughters assembled March 26, 2024, at the Veterans War Memorial of Texas in McAllen to unveil a bronze statue of Gen. Bernardo de Gálvez. Read More » April 18, 2024

19/07/2024

Researched another of my great-aunt's classmates and was able to successfully contact her granddaughter, who was thrilled to have a picture of her grandmother that she'd not seen before. 😊

17/07/2024

I have a lot of family pictures. I mean a LOT. In addition to my own, I've inherited photo albums from my grandparents, a great aunt and my mom. I've embarked on the (seemingly endless) journey of going through every photograph, weeding out the landscapes and vacation shots (my grandmother took endless pictures of flowers during their early 1970s trip to Hawaii), tossing out duplicates (selecting the one or two best shots from the 42 taken), putting them in chronological order, digitizing them and labeling/storing them. WHEW.

To make it more manageable, I've broken the task down into timeframes. This past weekend, my husband was off at the ranch with some friends, so I was left with an opportunity to dig in and make some progress. The result? I focused on the years 1966-1980, which encompassed my life from birth to right before high school. To my surprise, after some major weeding, I was left with less than 200 pictures. Still a lot, but SO many fewer than what I started with. And I can say that I really love each of the ones that remained.

What struck me in going through all these pictures was I had a whole story in my head for each one of them. Most of them I haven't shared with anyone, but that give insight to me and my family. So now I have an additional step I'm adding to my project... I'm going to jot down a quick explanation or story to go along with each. I'm still searching for how I'm going to attach that information to each picture. I'm using the .jpg file metadata fields, but I hope to find a way to create a digital photo album as well so my current and future family can read more about our family members.

In the spirit of sharing, I'm attaching some of my favorites and sharing the stories behind each where applicable.

Even if you don't do exactly this, remember to share the little stories with your families. I promise you they will cherish those little insights. 🩷

P.S. If you have a favorite family picture and would like to share YOUR story, comment below! I'd love to see them.

01/07/2024

My son and daughter-in-law gave me a subscription to Storyworth for Mother's Day this year. It's basically a service that emails a question about your life to you once a week. You can answer the question and add pictures if you'd like. At the end of the year, you can download all the stories or even have them compiled into a book. What a great way to gather some great stories from your loved ones a little bit at a time. I've been having a blast with it!

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07/06/2024

Wanting to start researching your own family tree? Here are some great online resources - both free and paid services. And if you'd prefer someone else do the research for you, I'm available!! 😉 Contact me at limbsandlegacies@gmail.com for more information!

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30/05/2024

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12/05/2024

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms in your family! 🌷 🌺 🌼 🩷

07/05/2024

Another one of my great-aunt's classmates. Photo found in her senior year remembrance book. Sharing on multiple genealogy platforms so anyone researching him can find him!

05/05/2024

Following the lead of my friend and fellow genealogist Carol over at Unfolding The Story Genealogy, I'm researching unrelated photographs I've found and updating various genealogy sites in hopes the families will find them. This one was from my great-aunt's high school senior year remembrance book. Velma was one of her classmates.

29/04/2024

I absolutely love old pictures. They can put faces with names on your family tree and provide a window into the past. But I REALLY love old pictures that are not formally posed, but more candid or silly. Keep labeling those old pics and jot down the story behind them if you know it! Here are a few of my favorites. Show one of yours in the comments! ❤️

29/04/2024

I've had some photos my grandfather (Woodrow Wilson Bruce) took while stationed in London and Belgium with the US Army in WWII. I could have sworn these original pictures were in Belgium, but I finally digitized them and then used a Google image search to identify the buildings and scenes. Lo and behold, they're from London and the surrounding areas! I've posted "then and now" pictures to see what's changed. Love the modern technology and tools we have to answer old questions!