Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico's Blog – April 2011 Archive (8)

For anyone who is interested, on May 21st, the Eiteljor g  Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana is sponsoring a full day of activities and speakers about Native American history,…

 Irish/ Scottish  Research Talk on 1 June by Anne Bowman.  Lemon Grove Library 

I am going to post this to the blog page hoping we will be able to reach out to the homebound, gasoline broke home bound and all other researchers. I think this is going to be the way of the future due to gas prices and the situations of today.

Come join a chat (class) Instructed here at Genealogywise.com or if you still also have an aol.com address attend the various chats held there. Do not over look Looking4Kin 's web site and chats that…

  Starting in the Middle of the Page for Genealogy.  

  Now have you ever done that? Leapt in with both feet and landed in the middle, the choice to go forward or to go back wards.  Do we look to the future generations or do we look at the past generations?  It makes for an interesting tilt to your research.  

  Some times unorthodox methods shake the tree and good fruit falls from it. 

  Some say that I am out to collect the most relatives I…

Disasters Week

Disasters were the fire, after I moved. Tornado when I was a Junior in the High School. Floods many times we had floods. Fortunately it damaged only the foundation and out buildings and we have had to reset the one corner of the house a few times. The house sets on a rock base and only one corner is not. Large old style timbers make the base of home very strong sturdy. Winds and water was the most normal damage we would have. Trees blown over and road blocked were a…

Radio and Television    

We listened to lots of Radio and did not have a TV until I was 13 plus. We could not watch it but on Friday night and Saturday evening Talent shows and Sunday news early.  Later we watched Sky King and other events.

Ed Sullivan Show, was popular. I loved the detective shows on radio. 

Toys Week 

Toys, well we had dolls, cowboy boots, guns and bows and arrows.  We built Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets.

 We did a lot of games…

  Family Traditions on New Years Eve.

  Yes, we gathered family together, near and not far and had food and played cards and games.  Dad and I would make eggnog and Mom would have with our help made pies and brownies. Family and friends that came would bring a dish or dessert also. Dad liked to make homemade eggnog that way no chemicals in his drink or eggs. We lived on a ranch and chemicals were coming into play big time in feed mill plants to increase growth and production…