Thursday, November 24, 2022

Over the River and Through the Woods - Some Hoy Thanksgivings

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The picture below was taken 8 days before Thanksgiving 1916.  It is the wedding picture of my maternal grandparents, Frank Eugene Hoy and Ka...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Then, with eyes that saw not . . .

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Sometimes, I think, it is good to be reminded that as all encompassing as a personal loss is, there are those who travel their own path of l...
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Happy Anniversary, Little Sis. I miss you.

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  My sister had many sparkling qualities. She had a photographic memory, a quick mind, and an ability to know what she wanted in life. And  ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Wordless Wednesday - Moment of Zen

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© 26 Oct 2022, Desktop Genealogist Unplugged, Teresa L. Snyder   
Thursday, October 20, 2022

October is National Family History Month

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Before you can celebrate Family History Month shouldn’t you at least have a working definition of the term, family?  Some define family as t...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Happy 70th Birthday, Dear Ruby! 🌹

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  Take a moonlit night on the banks of the Potomac, a few bottles of Boone’s Farm Strawberry Wine, our guardian angel, Jim (also procurer of...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Ancestry’s New Chromosome Painter – Close but no Cigar!

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  I really wanted to give a thumbs up to Ancestry’s new Chromosome Painter.   (Although a Chromosome Browser would make me much happier.) Sa...