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 I would go to our aunt's house and pass out candy. Afterwards, we took the leftover candy back home and ate it.

In elementary school, we had class parties and did Halloween-themed activities. In the neighborhood I lived in was younger, there were hardly any house lights on.

In my family history, there are no witches. I don't think I would consider going into any haunted houses. If there are witches in my family, that would be quite interesting. My family only had one cat, but it was grey.

I can't think of anything interesting to write for a costume on the spot, so I am not sure. If anything comes to mind, I will add it.

Happy Halloween!

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