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Intentions & Reflections

Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash I haven’t blogged in a while. For two years, I put this blog on private as I’d no longer had the willpower to push out blog posts the way that I did six years ago. I write a little more about this in my blog post Why Do You Do… ?  Recently, I have revamped my blog. I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’. I also removed posts I wrote  just for the sake of posting content and main taining an audience,   even when  inauthentic to me. It means more to me that others feel the value and quality of what I share rather than the quantity. I am not sure how often I will post, all I know is when the inspiration and curiosity strike, that’s when it will occur. My intention for this blog is to lead with more spontaneity than usual, structured content, along with transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability to whatever degree feels right. My inte...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Hallowe'en Memories & Family History

  Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:   It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1)  What are your Hallowe'en memories from childhood or adulthood.  How did you celebrate the day?  Do you have any photographs? 2)  What about haunted houses?  Are there any in your family history?  Black cats?  Creepy neighbors?  Or witches - are there any in your family history?  3)  If you were to make a genealogy-themed costume, what would it be? 4)  Tell us all about it in a blog post of your own, in comments on this blog post, or in a post on Facebook.  Be sure to link to them in a comment on this blog post. I never really went out to go trick-or-treating, but I did wear costumes a few times. I probably wore something generic like a Disney Princess costume. Some years, my siblings and ...

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Where Were Your Ancestors 80 Years Ago?

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1)  Determine where your ancestral families were on 1 April 1940 - 80 years ago when the U.S. census was taken. 2)  List them, their family members, their birth years, and their residence location (as close as possible).  Do you have a photograph of their residence from about that time, and does the residence still exist? 3)  Tell us all about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook Status post. 1. My paternal grandfather, Fletcher Pearson , resided with his parents,  George  W. Pearson (born 1892) and Gursie Gable Pearson (born 1896) -  alongside his siblings: Appleonia, George, Arthur, Mary Ann, Robert, Charline, Pauline, and Phono. They  lived in   Calhoun  County, Mississippi ....