Category: Family Photographs
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Where Did the Time Go?
He’ll be 15 years old tomorrow. Where on earth did the time go?
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Fun with Genealogy Files Part 4
In Fun with Genealogy Files Part 3, I shared my obsessive need desire to create virtual place holders. Ones that match the paper file place holders I made for each of my direct line ancestors. You’ll be pleased to know that I have been plodding along, methodically moving documents into their respective…
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Single Tasking Day
Multi-tasking simply doesn’t live up to all the hype. We humans do our best work when we focus, giving each task our full attention. To celebrate that fact today has been declared Single Tasking Day. I, for one, am a big fan.
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My Favorite President
I’ve always felt a connection to President Abraham Lincoln. What a treat it was to meet him in person!
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Four Generation Photograph
I love seeing pictures of my ancestors and multiple generation shots are my favorites. Four generations in the same professionally posed portrait are a rare find. That’s what makes this photograph so special. The baby in the picture is my grandmother Harriette Kathlyn Tolf born 02 Jul 1909. She’s posing with her father…
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Birthday Girl Makes Birthday Cake
What fun I had making my own birthday cake! Don’t you love the rotary dial phone on the wall?
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Grandpa was a Western Union Boy
My Grandpa’s family was poor. Really poor. His father died when Grandpa was six years old. His mother took in laundry and cleaned other people’s houses to make ends meet. All the kids got jobs as soon as they were able to work. By able, I don’t mean old enough…
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First Cousin Twice Removed
What a great smile! That’s the first thing I thought when I saw this picture of Marie Agnes Duha, my first cousin twice removed. Her mother was Agnes Magnheld Clarin (1891-1959), the middle of three daughters born to my 2nd great-grandparents Carl Larsson Clarin (1863-1924) and Bengta Johnson (1866-1895). Marie…
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