by Brandy Heineman | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog, Family History
(Or, How a Find My Past Free Trial Weekend Rocked My Research, pt. 1) Welcome to my 4-part series on how a promotional free access weekend at FindMyPast.com was all it took to inject fresh clues into my toughest genealogy mysteries–and even to solve a few of...
by Brandy Heineman | May 25, 2015 | Blog, Family History
This isn’t the post I would like to write about Truman Weaver. Earlier this month, I put the spotlight on Gertrude Weaver. Today I’d like to shine it on her grandfather, my 4th-great-grandfather. For the longest time, he was a brick wall in my tree, and even now I...
by Brandy Heineman | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Family History
Here’s a hundred-year-old treat for those of you attending graduation potluck lunches in the coming weekends. Tucked between the pages of my antique cookbook, I found this… Transcription: Macaroni & Kidney Beans. 1 cup macaroni 1 teaspoon salt 1 quart...
by Brandy Heineman | May 11, 2015 | Blog, Family History
For Mother’s Day, I’m writing in honor of Gertrude Weaver Witter Richey, who saw her share of heartache and then some. She lost her young, ambitious husband Jay to black diphtheria in 1911 while pregnant with their fourth child, but the Witter family circled around...
by Brandy Heineman | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Family History
Since today is my birthday (woo-hoo!) I’m sharing one of my very favorite finds with you! To know her is to love her I “met” Laura Broadway at the local antique shop. Sadly, this cabinet card lacks a photographer’s mark, but I’m guessing...
by Brandy Heineman | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Family History
I know what I was hoping for. Alas . . . On my last trip to the antique shop, I found this postcard with a note to Mr. Carl Shartle of Meadville, Pennsylvania on the back. I forget sometimes that rural Pennsylvania life wasn’t all churning butter and butchering...
