My Portfolio

When I started looking for ancestors I had no idea I would end up finding so much more.  It is my niche in the world, I decided, to find ancestors.  I get a feeling for what kind of family I am looking for and where they might go next.  Sometimes it...

At the top of the list of a rew people who made me feel special are my new cousins.  I have met them here and there through my Genealogy work.  I have known three of my new cousins now for about 2-3 years.  But they all make me feel special.  They...

My Burland Ancestors have had many things written about them.  I have found many of my heirlooms online at Ebay.  I had never thought that I would ever find anything about my ancestors online.  But, when I was online a couple of years ago, I googled Burland.  Imagine my surprise when...

My Burland Ancestors have had many things written about them.  I have found many of my heirlooms online at Ebay.  I had never thought that I would ever find anything about my ancestors online.  But, when I was online a couple of years ago, I googled Burland.  Imagine my surprise when...

A family in flux.  In the last year my family has been in flux.  Through this time family history has been a recurring thread.  On my Mothers side there is a tapestry being created.  On my Dads side that same tapestry is unraveling.  With my daughter, the tapestry is weaving a...

When I was in first grade President Kennedy was shot and ultimately died...

The most important thing I have ever done, I did when I was still quite young myself.  I was a married girl of 20 when I became a mother.  I was separated from my husband at 21 and divorced at 22.  I then became a single parent.  Though I did the...

Who knew my Great Grandfather born in 1867 had a scar on his abdomen or that his eyes were gray.

I really don't remember where I was on 9-11.  I just remember a feeling of incredulity looking at the buildings on fire.  I kept thinking, "There will be a lot of injuries."  But there were none.  It was eerie and sickening to think of all those people just gone.  Everything that...

 He was very tall. Had dark hair slicked back. And the handsomest boy I had ever met.

I wouldn't change anything I did in my adolescence.

She said, "You were the good reader, weren''t you!"

I am a product of my era.

I was a Tom Boy.  I liked to catch mice in the woodpile and show them to the neighbor, climb trees and fight with the boys in my neighborhood.

Before I started making my family tree I never really thought about leaving a legacy.