Greetings, My Cousins is an epistolary story told entirely in online communications. Mostly told through email, there are Facebook and LinkedIn communications also shared. It is both about dialog and information sharing. The dialog is what inspires the project to its eventual resting place with you. It all begins with a Family Tree created for…
Greetings: Someday, someone will ask about their ancestors and their family history. I wish that when they do that, there is a written record that includes not just names and dates of significant events; but also some idea of who we were both as individuals and as families. Currently, genealogists are fond of saying that…
Greetings, John thinks I’m “amazing” because of my six family trees. The truth is it was simply easier for me to organize my time. I originally told him I spent 2 years researching my Purinton family tree. That’s partly true. That included the Goddard and Day family trees. I did quite a lot of the…
July 17, 2020 John Elcik – Beth, Thank you for helping me! I just told Jack that his Maine Maritime Acadamy photo was taken during the time I thought he looked like Ben Gazzara (it may also have been the voice.) More recently, a picture of him with you looks like a young Gene Hackman….
July 22, 2020, 08:55 PM John, IV, I haven’t heard back from George Karkos but will keep you informed about what I find out. I have a 2nd cousin who lives in Bowdoin, ME (I never knew he existed), which is about 5 miles from where we live. When I started my Ancestry journey, I…
July 23, 2020, 10:01 PM John, IV, Thank you, John, I’m loving this!! Jack, however, doesn’t give a hoot about Ancestry but I’m addicted. I spent 2 years on my family tree, the Purintons, Days, and Goddards with some Croteaus and Dearnleys mixed in. There are 3 generations of Humphreys (1st name) with wives named…
