Since it's the Saturday right after Christmas, it's kind of natural to expect Randy Seaver to ask us to talk about our genealogy Christmas presents for tonight's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.
Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.
1. Was Genea-Santa good to you? What genealogy gifts did you receive for Christmas this year?
2. Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.
Well, I didn't get the one thing I asked Santa for, but I know it's going to be really difficult, so I didn't expect it so soon anyway. But I did get something very cool!
A new (to me) cousin found me through my blog, and she has been sharing photographs like crazy!
She's a cousin on my Armstrong line, which I don't know as much about. I've only been in contact with one person who is also researching my family. So this was a total surprise.
My great-grandmother Laura May Armstrong had a brother and a sister. The previous researcher is researching the sister, Rachel Anna Armstrong. This person is researching the brother, Stacy Biddle Armstrong: all-new information!
Along with lots of photos and great information about Stacy and his family, my newfound cousin even has photos of some relatives I know.
For example, here's a school photo of my Aunt Carol, from the 1st or 2nd grade (which Carol isn't sure she has a copy of):
And here's a photo of my grandfather from 1970 that's new to me:
The baby in the photo is the cousin who contacted me.
Apparently my grandfather used to visit this cousin and her family up in New Jersey kind of regularly. Even though my family was living near him during some of this time, he never mentioned he was visiting relatives (fink!).
Here's a photo of my great-granduncle Stacy Armstrong and his wife Lydia:
So many photographs! We're playing the matching game with a lot of them, recognizing a person in one photo and then in another. Only a few of the photos are labeled (of course!), so we're focusing on those names and faces and piecing things together.
Thanks for the great Christmas present, Genea-Santa!
This is a wonderful gift! Can’t wait to hear more!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm so excited!
DeleteI have found an interesting repository of patents created by my grandfather. Here's one::
ReplyDeleteI claim:
1. A method which comprises impregnating throughout pre-moulded cellulose pulp articles with a sodium silicate solution containing kieselguhr in suspension therein, and heat-dryingthe articles at temperatures insufficiently high to decompose the pulp.
2. A method which comprises impregnating throughout pre-moulded cellulose pulp articles with a sodium silicate solution containing a metallic oxide pigment in suspension therein, and heat-drying the articles at temperatures insufliciently high to decompose the pulp.
3. A method which comprises inpregnating throughout pre-moulded cellulose pulp articles with a sodium silicate solution containing kieselguhr and a metallic oxide pigment in suspension therein, and heat-drying the articles at temperatures insufliciently high to decompose the pulp.
4. A method which comprises impregnating throughout pre-moulded cellulose pulp articles with a sodium silicate solution containing kieselguhr and a metallic oxide pigment in suspension therein, and drying the articles at about 200 to 300 F.
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ALBERT L. CLAPP.
Well, Mike, I can read it and understand the words, but I have no idea what it's for. What does it make? How many more patents did he file?
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