The passing of a dear cousin

It is with a sad heart that I found out yesterday evening of the passing of a dear elderly cousin of mine yesterday morning. His name was Sidney William Hutcherson Jr., I have written about this cousin of mine before here and here.

I learned something every time I talked to Jr and was always amazed at how much he knew about the family....and life.

I will miss him.

I gave my genealogy 101 workshop presentation yesterday!

Hello one and all,

I thought you all might want an update on how the presentation went yesterday.

I had previously posted about an upcoming genealogy presentation that was being given at Farmington in this posting.

No one was more surprised then me at how many people were there. The room was set up with tables and chairs enough for 40 people. By the time I got started there was another 10 or 11 extra chairs lining the walls. It was awesome!

There was a wonderful vibe in the room with everyone wanting to learn how to get started in finding their ancestors. After a short break Rae Ann gave a wonderful presentation on how to preserve the family heirlooms that your research uncovers.

I don't know what will come from this but I really enjoyed the experience.

Hope you enjoyed, glad you stopped by and please come back again ;)

Quiet for a while

Happy New Year, I'm still here! I have been busy, as has everyone, with the holidays, work and making sure that Santa visited all of the good lil boys and girls in my family.

I got an email today that jogged me out of my stupor of no postings. It is about a local workshop that you might be interested in....Heck you might even want to attend it if you are going to be in town on the 22nd of this month.

The email included this cool flyer telling about the workshop:

Happy Birthday Grandma

Today is the birthday of my paternal grandmother, Minnie Frances Shofner. She would have been 95 years old today.

Minnie Frances Shofner was born 5 Dec 1915 to Robert William Shofner and Annie Elizabeth Liles. She married Hurley T Tharp on 5 Jan 1935 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky. She died in 1989 after being sick and unable to come and visit us in Louisville for several years before her death, less than a month before I graduated high school. When it happened I found comfort in the thought that this was the only way she would have been able to make it to my graduation. The earliest picture I have of her is this one:

According to the back of this picture this was taken in May 1933. Unfortunately, it doesn't say why she was so dressed up or where the picture was taken.

I actually had a dream that had her in it last night. When I woke up I didn't think too much about it except I knew that I couldn't remember the last time that I had a dream that had her in it. Then when I was doing some work in my genealogy file, I noticed the day.

So Happy Birthday Grandma, I still miss you after all these years.

Hope you enjoyed, glad you stopped by and please come back again ;)

New Holiday Background

Howdy followers,

I've let the time get away from me between postings. I have been doing a whole lot of nothing lately and am trying to get out of that practice.


While catching up on my reading of the blogs that I follow, I ran across the Resources for Holiday Blog Decorating posting from Geneabloggers. In this posting Tom lists several resources for Holiday Backgrounds, Icons, Banners and Templates for our blogs. After looking at several, I found something that I like for the holidays. So I thought I would make a change in the appearance of the blog for a little while. This new look will only be until the holidays/winter is over.

Hope you enjoyed, glad you stopped by and please come back again ;)