Among my family heirlooms is this ledger, which is basically a handwritten genealogy database.
Long before there was a Family Tree Maker or an Ancestry, my great grandpa used this to track his history.
Author: Ms. Snoop
ABOUT
I was lucky to be born into a family of genealogists, and to be gifted a family tree already bristling with names.
Along the way, other names have somehow found me.
My job is to listen to their stories.
I Like Old Stuff: Our Weird Closet
We have four closets in our 1920s condo. Two are normal, and two are weird. This is one of the weird ones.
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Wayback Wednesday: Elise, Nancy, and Sarah
On Wednesdays we go way back. This week’s photo is my mom Nancy (the baby), between her mother Elise (left) and her grandmother Sarah (right).
I love unposed moments like this, when people were just being themselves. But I also can’t see it without some poignancy.
I know what they can’t: That Nancy would adore her grandmother, but struggle with her own mother, all their lives. She was caught between them here, and would be often as she grew up.
Sarah and Elise were actually stepmother/stepdaughter, and their own relationship was frosty.
There’s a lot of frustration in this photo. There’s a lot about love, mothering, disappointment, failure, and the ways we keep trying.
Socials
It’s been a while since I gave an updated list of all the spots where I hang out online.
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@graveyardsnoop
- Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@GraveyardSnoop
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/graveyardsnoop/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MizSnoop
- Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/47156417
- And this here blog, of course: https://graveyardsnoop.com
Follow me, friend me, recommend me. Much appreciated! ☗
Best-Laid Plans
In 2023, the dead are a long line of impatient customers at the window.
I started this year with big and concrete genealogy plans. I went in so smart, with a limited and specific list of people to research. Just four things on it, and a chief goal to have my Detroit series wrapped up by Labor Day. Boy, hasn’t that one gone wanting?
They’ve all gone wanting because this year has been the opposite of me making the dead wait. In 2023, the dead are a long line of impatient customers at the window.
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