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2024: Y … A to Z of DNA and Me: Y (Why) Did Ancestry Miss These “DNA” Traits?

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

This is my 9th year of writing in the annual April A to Z… and I changed my topic a few times until settling on DNA. I’m also writing again in my 3rd year of 52 Weeks 52 Ancestors this … Continue reading →

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2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 17 (April 22 – 28) War Ancestors in My Family…

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

This is my 9th year of writing in the annual April A to Z… and I changed my topic a few times until settling on DNA. I’m also writing again in my 3rd year of 52 Weeks 52 Ancestors this … Continue reading →

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Family Stories: 2023 Veteran’s Day… My Military Family

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

When I think of Veteran’s Day… my first thought is to my husband who served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. And without him serving, we would never have met. I am proud to say I’m the wife … Continue reading →

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2022: L… A to Z April Challenge: Time Traveling… Letters & Papers from the “Trunk in the Hall”

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

YooHoo… I’m super excited to be back with everyone in the “7th” April A to Z Challenge… and my theme is “Time-Traveling” through my blog – “Everyone Has a Family Story to Tell“. If you have stumbled upon this post … Continue reading →

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2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 47 (Nov. 18 – Nov. 24): Soldier

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 47 (Nov. 18 – Nov. 24) Soldier I “first” joined Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on its “first” year in 2014… and what a whirlwind year that was… writing, … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Heirlooms: Letters & Papers from the Trunk in the Hall: V-Mail Letter; Dec. 3, 1944

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Friday Night Heirlooms: Letters & Papers from the “Trunk in the Hall”: V-Mail Letter;  Dec. 3, 1944  The “Trunk in the Hall” held the letters and papers my grandparents saved – and they saved everything from canceled checks, postcards telling … Continue reading →

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Lost Files from West Haven 2010

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Honoring the Boys! Lost Files from West Haven High School, West Haven, CT. – files of the boys who left school to  join the service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor! December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was attacked without warning … Continue reading →

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