A PATRIOTIC THANKSGIVING

Perhaps you family genealogists will ask your relatives about their

 politics or military service after you've given thanks this day.

Perhaps you'd like to write out some memories to contribute to the family history project?

 

TIME TO RECORD FAMILY MEMORIES : CHILDHOOD (MORE CONVERSATION TRIGGERS !)

Originally posted October 20 2022

TIME TO RECORD FAMILY MEMORIES

There is never a better time than NOW.  

If you can, record the interview.  

If interview is too intimidating a word, have instead a lovely chat.

Tell me about your childhood...

What is your earliest memory?

When did you start school?

Where did you go to school?

What  where your favorite subject(s) ? Least favorite?

Teachers?

Did you like school?  

What games did you play?

When you were five, what did you want to do when you grew up?

Do you have any hobbies or interests that began in your childhood?

Tell me about your parents...

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AMERICAN THANKSGIVING

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THANKS!

Thanks for reading ANCESTRY WORSHIP Genealogy.  

It's my labor of love, my way to share, but it's also real nice to know that 

people are reading and finding the information I present interesting and useful!

THANKSGIVING : TIME TO RECORD FAMILY MEMORIES

THANKSGIVING : TIME TO RECORD FAMILY MEMORIES

There is never a better time than NOW.  

If you can, record the interview.  

If interview is too intimidating a word, have instead a lovely chat.

Tell me about your childhood...

What is your earliest memory?

When did you start school?

Where did you go to school?

What  where your favorite subject(s)? Least favorite?

Teachers?

Did you like school?  

What games did you play?

When you were five, what did you want to do when you grew up?

Do you have any hobbies or interests that began in your childhood?

Tell me about your parents...

HOW I WISH

 

Do you remember WISH BONES?  I can't remember a turkey wish bone but I do remember chicken. Whoever had it in their portion of the meal would discover it, announce it, have a person sitting near them take the other (greasy) end, they'd both make a wish, and somehow pull and break the bone.  Who ever got the bigger piece was supposed to have their wish granted.

Remember those who do not have this Thanksgiving! Please share!

PATRIOTIC THANKSGIVING

TIS THE COVID SEASON TO COLLECT HERITAGE RECIPES INTO A BOOK TO GIFT YOUR FAMILY

It seems that time off due to Covid-19 crisis has resulted in many of us gaining a few pounds as we try the recipes that we bookmarked in cookbooks, ripped out of magazines, and begged friends for after tasting them at parties. All well and good.

Several of my friends are attempting to make the free food they have picked up at giveaways into interesting meals.  A little this - a little that.

May I suggest that this is an excellent time to collect heritage recipes for your family history book or a special genealogy supplement.

I suggest that you ask each of your relatives for a recipe they are famous for or love and put it in a collection for distribution just among the family.  Add a photo of the person and any comments they might make such as memories of a meal that included that dish, when they first made it, or who best loves the meal.  Perhaps a traditional recipe from one's native country has been adapted to be vegetarian?

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THANKSGIVING

GENEALOGY CHART TUBE ART PROJECT

CUT OUT LOTS OF LETTERS FROM MAGAZINES

USE THEM TO SPELL OUT SURNAMES

TO PERSONALIZE YOUR TUBE

CUT OUT WORDS AND PICTURES FROM OLD 
MAGAZINES THAT WILL

FURTHER PERSONALIZE YOUR PROJECT.  
LOOK FOR FAMILY CRESTS,

FLAGS FROM ETHNIC HERITAGE COUNTRIES, 
OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT
REMIND YOU OF YOUR FAMILY.

PURCHASE OR REUSE A THICK CARDBOARD

MAILING TUBE THAT HAS PLASTIC CAP ENDS.

USING WHITE GLUE ON A PAINT BRUSH

COVER THE TUBE THINLY WITH GLUE.

WASH YOUR HANDS

AND THEN CAREFULLY COVER THE TUBE

IN THICK ALUMINUM FOIL.

WORK CLEAN, WIPING ANY EXCESS GLUE

AWAY WITH A WET CLOTH.

YOU CAN USE STRIPS OF PATTERNED PAPER

FROM SCRAPBOOKING OR WHATEVER YOU FIND

  IN MAGAZINES TO BEGIN TO FURTHER DESIGN YOUR

GENEALOGY CHART TUBE.

WHEN YOU'VE COMPLETED THE OUTER DESIGN

AND ITS DRY.  ROLL UP YOUR CHART AND PUT IT INSIDE

YOU'LL KNOW WHERE IT IS

AND THE CHART WILL BE PROTECTED

FROM DUST AND FRAYING.

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THANKSGIVING IS FOR FRIENDSHIP TOO

Our harvest festival of PLENTY.

THANKSGIVING DONE RIGHT is my favorite holiday.

It's spiritual, not religious, and it's important to invite your friends who don't have

local family.

PILGRIMS IN THE FAMILY TREE ?

EXCERPT:

Alden was among the 100 or so European men, women, and children who boarded the Mayflower bound for America in September 1620, but after the first winter only about 50 remained to face the New World. From that modest number came estimated millions who could claim a direct lineage to the Mayflower voyagers. Yet very few of those have assembled the irrefutable proof to join the official ranks of Pilgrim descendants.

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, an organization whose mission is to “honor the memory of those who made that perilous voyage,’’ was chartered in Boston in 1897 and now had 52 chapters nationwide. Only those with Pilgrim blood ties are admitted as members. About 82,268 descendants have been documented in the 113 years since the society was established.


YOU CAN ASK THE MAYFLOWER SOCIETY FOR SOME HELP, but it's up to you to prove you're related.


http://archive.boston.com/news/history/articles/2010/09/12/pilgrims_in_the_family_tree/

THANKSGIVING DAY - SWEET REUNIONS

GLAD THANKSGIVING WISHES

THANKSGIVING

THANKSGIVING GATHERINGS and THE 1940 CENSUS - WILL THE FAMILY STORIES EVER BE BACKED BY DOCUMENTATION?

This year the 1940 census has given us so much to look forward to, so much to research and add to our family history writing and genealogy research. 

Thanksgiving gatherings are a good time to talk about the family history and to add stories to your research.

I like to add family stories, testimonials, oral histories, to any book on a family that I write, mindful that it's documentation that makes the project a genealogy project rather than a story project and that some of the stories may not hold up to the research. 

The biggest protestations I've encountered while research genealogy come from those who grew up believing something or other about their family that the research doesn't prove, but when writing about these discrepancies it's the wording you use to explain the controversy.  For instance I was once researching a branch of a large Southern family and they had held a family reunion a few years previous.  One of their earnest and sincere members sent me a copy of the genealogy that had been distributed to the members.  I followed this research back and found that it stuck right where I was but this family researcher didn't bother to write "The following is speculation."  I had to.

The information you may have found in the 1940 census is a good starting point for discussion, especially if you bring along some copies to look at after everyone has eaten and the left overs have been put away and the dishes washed!  Family members who lived during the Great Depression or World War II may hitch onto information about who was supporting the family, who joined the CCC's (Civilian Conservation Corps), and so on.

Record whatever anyone has to say. 

Though I've found that some stories people tell are inaccurate, I've also gotten some informational leads that lead me to the accuracies.

THANKS GIVING : WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR

What am I thankful for? 

I want to thank my readers for reading ANCESTRY WORSHIP GENEALOGY because I always imagine someone is reading when I write, but it's very good to know that's actually true!

I want to thank those of you who have posed some QUESTIONS about genealogy research, as in answering I find myself learning more too!

I want to thank Google for the no cost blogging platform and tools that make this blog happen without my having to come up with money.

I want to thank Dover Publishing, which provides no cost artistic images for non-profit web sites and other uses. I never worry that I'm violating someone else's Rights to an image when I use Dover images.

I want to thank Yahoo for notifying me and helping me when my e-mail account was hacked into and my address book was used for spamming. It was disheartening and I still feel concern that my new genealogy friends might have been conned. 

I am also thankful that I have intelligence and the willingness to seek out information and that there have been times during my years as a genealogy researcher when I suspected I had divine help.

That's a lot to be thankful for!

A THANKSGIVING FAMILY CELEBRATION : WHY NOT START A FAMILY COOK BOOK?

FAMILY RECIPES are a wonderful thing to include in a family genealogy book. Tasting foods your relations ate can bring you a little closer to understanding their lives. But I have a suggestion!



Maybe Thanksgiving dinner is the best time of all to bring up starting a family cook book. Everyone can bring a copy of the recipe that gets them the most compliments to share. START YOUR OWN FAMILY HERITAGE COOK BOOK!

In my family many recipes have died along with the cook. Every time I taste Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Pigs in the Blanket) however wonderful they are, I keep hoping to taste the ones that my aunt used to make in a huge pressure cooker and bring to every family wedding, even when there was a caterer!

THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS LOTS OF GENEALOGY INFORMATION IS FREE ON THE INTERNET

This week I looked into the LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA genealogy offerings. I was really impressedwith the obituaries that volunteers have uploaded of those who DIED IN MINING ACCIDENTS. These on -line obits have details as to how each miner died.