* bissel (Yid.) little bit Recently I was reading Jen Baldwin's blog post “Know Your Family Medical History” [1. Baldwin, Jen. “Know Your Family Medical History.” Ancestral Breezes, 25 June 2012. http://www.ancestralbreezes.blogspot.com/2012/06/know-your-family-medical-history.html: 2012.] and it reminded me of the value of this knowledge. I don't know about you, but I do not think about the medical aspects … Continue reading A Bissel* of Knowledge Goes a Long Way
Naomi Williams Coxwell (1804-1889)
After a busy week I just had to take a moment to share a wonderful photograph that recently was shared with me. Wednesday I was fortunate to have dinner and swap family stories with my second cousin, Suzanne. She and I met through Ancestry and then we began to share photographs as they came into … Continue reading Naomi Williams Coxwell (1804-1889)
Balancing My Careers
Over the past few months I have had some wonderful breakthroughs in my engineering career as well as my genealogy career. I have always known that my genealogy business would have to take a back seat to my engineering job, but I think I had always thought that the chances of real success in my … Continue reading Balancing My Careers
Jen Alford 