by Brandy Heineman | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Family History
My ancestral home, or one of them anyway, is being torn down. It might have already been demolished. I never lived there; other than my own grandfather, I never knew the people who did. When distant relatives wax sentimental about their memories (via Facebook), I am...
by Brandy Heineman | Aug 27, 2013 | Blog, Family History
“Mother’s Two Brothers” Part 1 can be found here. Registers of Enlistment for the United States Army provide some details of James W. Webb’s military career. He enlisted on September 9, 1897 at Nashville Tennessee. His birthplace was Campbell...
by Brandy Heineman | Aug 13, 2013 | Blog, Reading
I’ve written before about the fact that there’s power in naming things. However, I don’t think I have written about my angst over my novel’s genre, at least not directly. Is it a mystery since it has a mystery in it? Is it a romance because it...
by Brandy Heineman | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog, Family History
I picked up these photos at the antique shop, on the same trip when I found “Grandma and Grandpa Shaws Wedding Picture.” Whether the Shaws photo was jumbled with these or part of the group is tough to say. Of the group, I started with the one that gave the...
by Brandy Heineman | Jul 30, 2013 | Blog, Family History
“Mom’s potato salad is the best. Brandy’s is close.” That remark, while not the highest compliment my cooking has earned, remains for me the most memorable. Spoken by my sister at her bridal shower, she validated a generational link being...
