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Recent Posts: Everyone Has a Story
2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 25 (June17 – June 23) … Storyteller
2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 24 (June10 – June 16) … Hard Times
Family Stories: 80th D-Day… May They Not Be Forgotten
2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 23 (June 03 – June 09) … Health in my Younger Years…
2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 22 (May 27 – June 02)… Creativity
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2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 17 (April 22 – 28) War Ancestors in My Family…
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: Heading to Warner Robins Air Force Base… Okinawa… and back to Warner Robins
These stories and more… are written from the words of my husband, Steve Insalaco, on time spent in the Air Force from boot camp to all bases he served on. Heading to Warner Robins Air Force Base… and more After … Continue reading →
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Family Photographs… and their stories: Daddy with his Navy buddies on the deck
Every photograph tells a story… and it’s often the little details… forgotten until too late to even ask. If only I’d started telling their stories earlier… I would have all the answers, but the photograph still tells me a story! … Continue reading →
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2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 12 (March 18 – 24) 12… Twelve Things I Discovered while Researching My FAMILY
2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 12 (March 18 – 24) No. 12 “Twelve” Things I Discovered while Researching My Family I “first” joined Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on its “first” year in 2014… and what a whirlwind year that … Continue reading →
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2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 4 (Jan. 22-28) I’d Like to Meet
2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Week 4 (Jan. 22-28) I’d Like to Meet 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, editing and researching daily for 365 days! … Continue reading →
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