WORDLESS WEDNESDAY–Family Groups

DO THESE COUNT AS WORDS?

HERE ARE THE SURNAMES OF EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PHOTOS ABOVE

Happy hunting,

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CHRISTMAS THEN & NOW - WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS

I thought this year I would post photos of some of the Christmases from the past and more recent times. 

*  How many photos do you have in your family that were taken in front of the Christmas tree? 
*  Or around the Christmas dinner table? 
*  Do you celebrate Christmas or another holiday?

Here are some of mine.  From both my family and my husband’s. Click on any of the images to see a close up.

I wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas or whatever holiday are celebrating.

  

MY DAD'S FAMILY CIRCA 1920

MY BROTHER JOHN - 1944

ME - ABOUT AGE 3

Me & my brother, Norm with our parents & grandparents-1954

My maternal Uncle, Bob - 1960

My husband & his family - 1953 - The Hall, Fink & Long families

Me & my brother, Norm, about 1958 in Florida

Ron Hall, Jeff Hall, Scott Hall & Dorothy Hall-1990

Jeff & Scott Hall - circa 1979-80

  

Friends-Ron, Nancy, Me, Lara & Morgan

Ron & I with our granddaughters

My Mom

  

My nephew & niece - Myriah & Joshua

My brother John, niece Myriah, nephew Joshua

, sister-in-law Melinda & my Mom

Our granddaughter, Lexi & me

       

Texas friends, Debbie & Steve with me & Ron

At the Ehrke's for Christmas 2010 - Our friends Roxanne, Rick, Sean & me

     

The Grandparents - all of us - 2013

New information on the Murphy's

Yesterday and today I've recevied some new information on the Murphy's in our line. Francis "Frank" Murphy married Agnes Lucy Thorp who is my Great GrandAunt. I always enjoy making new contacts because more often than not it leads to new information, new cousins to make friends with and best of all, sometimes you get those elusive photos of past family that you thought you'd never see.
It's supposed to rain here for the next couple of days which should make it great weather for staying indoors and working on genealogy. I'll let you know what I find.

Over and out,
Michigan Girl

Connection with our Lindsay side!

Boy, is this ever exciting. I was contacted a few days ago by someone who found one of the memorials I had posted on Find A Grave. She said she was a G G Granddaughter of this particular Lindsay. Wait a minute..............I'm also a G G Granddaughter of the same man. Holy cow! That's my Grandmother's family and I don't have any really good contacts on that line.
I wrote back to her immediately. Since then we have talked (she still lives in Michigan) and we have exchanged family groups sheets and photos. What a find. Can't wait to meet her when I go back to Michigan for a visit.
The more you put your information out there, the more likely you are to connect with others doing research on the same lines. Find A Grave has been an excellent site for finding information about deceased family (you'd be surprised where they show up). You'll be saying to yourself, who knew they moved to that state and then were buried there?
That's all I have time for today - back soon,
Michigan Girl

Blogging about family research - Day 1

I have just created this blog as a way to try and connect with more family members. I have been researching my family, including my husband's family, for over 5 years. I've never had a blog before so this will be a learning experience.

Here are some of the surnames that I am researching. This is not a complete list, but includes some of the primary names: Boggs, Bowen, Bowden, Bright, Fink, Frampton, Gillen, Goodbody, Gould, Hall, Hart, Hunter, Lindsay, Milne & Thorp

I hope that this will be a way to share this incredible journey. I currently live in southern California, although I was born in Michigan. My parents and grandparents and many other family members were born in Michigan and many still live there. There are also family connections in many other states.

Stay tuned and let's see how this blog thing works.

Til next time,

Michigan Girl