Category Archives: Weekly Prompts

Sunday Supper at Grandma’s House

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

I grew up in a divorced family, probably the only divorced family in my school. Our friends could never keep our family straight. All of our friends always asked the same question when I walked about my mom, “Which Mom?” … Continue reading →

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Family Recipes Friday

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

What a great idea, who does not like food? Sharing recipes that we have come to treasure over the years. I am going to have to take some time to get mine in writing, most of them are all stored … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, Brick Wall Ancestor (post 2 of 2)

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

After spending yesterday with my family celebrating a birthday and my sons going off to college, I came home and went through all of my information I have on John O’Connell and his family. I also went through my brickwall … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church

Posted on July 28, 2010 by
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Wordless Wednesday, Ontario Paper Company

Posted on July 21, 2010 by
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Tombstone Tuesday – John O’Connell

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

John O’Connell is my great-great-grandfather, finding his place happened to be a lucky find for me when I was at Newberry Library about 1 year ago. I was searching through a folio of cemetery transcriptions for Washington County, NY, I … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesdy, Hudson Falls Paper Co

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

Not sure how long it has been closed, but you can still see the writing on the building.

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Tombstone Tuesday, Dennis O’Connell

Posted on July 13, 2010 by

I have many posts that are dedicated to my Great-grandfather, Dennis O’Connell, and I am sure there are many more to come. You can read previous posts about Dennis and his personal documents that I have by clicking here. This … Continue reading →

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Treasure Chest Thursday – Military Census Record

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

Continuing through the personal documents of Dennis O’Connell (my paternal Great-Grandfather), I also found his 1917 Military Census Record. This record shows that Dennis was living in election district 1, in the town of Moreau, Saratoga County, NY. As for … Continue reading →

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(Not So) Wordless Wednesday – Family Photo’s

Posted on May 12, 2010 by

Standing in back: Joanne and Fred Fischer Sitting in front: (L to R) Betty Fischer, Terri, Ida, Ella Jeager and Dan Terri, Ida and Dan are all O’Connell’s   My aunt recently sent me this picture via email and I … Continue reading →

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