I wrote an article on stories from Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton, Md., for the web site Easton Savvy. Check it out here!
Current Projects
I’m headed to Salt Lake City for RootsTech 2012 in a couple of days. I’m working on several exciting projects in the meantime though!
First is a house history that will be a gift for someone, but once the gift is given, I should be able to share it here.
Second, I’m working on a new Album Rescue Project. I purchased two more photo albums from an antique store here in Easton and I’m trying to track down to whom they belonged, and hopefully, their descendants. The photos in these albums are attached to black paper with various types of adhesive. I’m removing them to a new photo-safe album from Creative Memories.
Last, and certainly not least, I’m helping out Historic Easton with a couple of preservation projects. Check out their new web site for more information about the group! I’ll post further updates in coming weeks.
Creative Memories Christmas Cards
At the risk of spoiling the surprise for some of my friends and family who will receive these cards, below are some examples of cards that I made from the Noel and Holidazzle paper, stickers and embellishments available from Creative Memories this year.
Friends Album: Meet the Present-Day Youngs
An article ran in The Journal News of New York this morning about the return of the Friends Album to the Young family. It’s so neat to finally see the photo of Stanley Young III and his father, Stanley Young, Jr. I searched for them for so long.
It’s also really interesting to read how they are seeing familiar features in so many of those pictured in the Friends Album — it’s just as I’d hoped. In addition to the identified people in the album, it appears that still more of those in the photographs also are relatives of the Youngs.
Friends Album Post Compendium
Those who follow my blog know that I successfully located a descendant of the Young family featured in the Friends Album. The album now resides with that descendant in New York. Below are all of the posts about the album, starting with its purchase and ending with the post the day I heard from Stanley Young III.
UPDATE: Friends Album, Photos 1 & 2
New Tools for the Friends Album
Tombstone Tuesday: Friends Album Graves
Wordy Wednesday: Friends Album Update
Friends Album: Checking in with the Neighbors
Sunday’s Obituary: Steel in the Eye
On the Trail of Stanley A. Young Jr.
Tombstone Tuesday: Ernest HAWLEY Sr. and Cornelia YOUNG (Friends Album)
Friends Album Update
I’ve finished going through the photos in the Friends Album and have started the heavy-duty researching into the known subjects and their kin:
Sunday’s Obituary: Steel in the Eye
Protect Yourself!
Read my post on why it’s not the greatest idea to make your mother’s maiden name publicly available.
Friends Album Project, Part 6
Friends Album Project: Part Five
More posts about my Friends Album project:
AIIP11
Read about my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest for the 25th Annual Association of Independent Information Professionals Conference: