Author Archives: Honored Generations

Details, details, details. They really are what can sink a ship, blow a fuse, light a fire or just play havoc with a genealogist life!  Case in point. Recently I was able to get a copy of my grandmother’s death certificate. … Continue reading →

How I wish I could scream that out to the present and past generations. Those newspapers, menus, boarding passes, bills, bible, calendars, bank and business records, the insurance, health, land, and travel documents. All these things and so many more … Continue reading →

The series on NBC, “Who Do You Think You Are” and others on PBS or BBC, has given some great attention to the world of genealogy, showing people that you never know what you will turn up in your past and … Continue reading →

I admit it. I am great at collecting people and gathering data, sources, documents, photos, etc. I love research and recording of people and their lives. However, I also have collected and been given what amounts to dozens of boxes, … Continue reading →

When I was growing up I knew some of the details of my mother’s youth, I knew that she did not live with her parents, that she had an older brother who died very young, that her parents were divorced … Continue reading →

How many times when a baby is born do we look at him or her and wonder who they look like. Do they have mom’s eyes and dad’s nose? Do they favor Uncle Bob or Grandpa Joe? Will they have … Continue reading →

Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations… …..so tells a devout Jew of the 2nd century to his people. And Moses told his people that God requires us to honor thy father & mother.  Each generation has their noteworthy men … Continue reading →

Honored Generations is my dream of using my experience and skills in helping others to find out more about their family history and heritage and to help them tell the stories of their ancestors. I have been reseraching my own … Continue reading →