Evolution of A Blog!

I started this blog way back in January of 2006! (Somewhere around the 16th I believe)

The things I have blogged about have changed drastically. I recently spent some time going through some old posts and it was a lot of fun reliving what I/we were doing and it is amazing home my little boy has changed into a young man.

I use to blog about photography, scrapbooking, and cross stitch. While those things are all still a part of me I find it easier to post on facebook or twitter about that stuff. Pictures of family and friends all go to facebook now. When I first started blogging I had this blog plus others so there were times where this one wasn't getting any updates but I was still blogging on my other blogs. Now, I am down to one blog that is filled mainly with genealogy stuff with some of the other stuff thrown in from time to time.

This is what I use to blog about:

And this is what I blog about now:

If you have been with me since the beginning...Thank You and if you are new...Welcome!

I'm hoping that I can use this blog this year to further my genealogy research and hopefully make some new friends and maybe even gain some cousins along the way!

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Stitching Update…Lots of pics

LHN Family Sampler (excuse my crooked house…not sure why it looks like that) American Flag Quilt Sampler by Rosewood Manor. I love stitching on this; I did however run out of the Brethren Blue. I decided to put this down for a little while and have picked up the family sampler again. A close up! HAED Natures Mourning. I have not worked on this in a while. I plan to stitch on LHN Family Sampler until Friday and then work on this next. Last but not least is a little freebie that I did before Christmas.

Family Sampler Update

I was hoping to get more done on this this past week but another trip to the ER on Wednesday night did not leave much time for stitching. I was very dehydrated and my potassium was low and I found out that I have a UTI. I was really surprised about the UTI because I did not have the normal symptoms. The antibiotic has really been helping. I was not feeling well and just laying on the couch but then I got dizzy and fell so Jason had to come home from work and take me to the ER. Yesterday was the first that I really spent any time stitching but I did get a lot done. I switched to my HAED Nature’s Mourning for this week. So far today I have gotten a lot done. Hopefully this week I will stay healthy and want to cross stitch. Enjoy your week! Happy Stitching!!

5 Tips to Break Down Your Brick Wall

Originally posted at Lost Tree Project as a guest post February 2019. Eventually we all hit a brick wall. My first brick wall was with Joseph Thomas {my husband's 3rd great grandfather} I spent months searching. Brick walls can last weeks to months to years. Below are some quick tips to help you break through that brick wall. Research another ancestor for a while and then go back to your brick wall . You will see your brick wall ancestor with new eyes. Use a checklist to see if you missed any records. {You can find my Evernote Research Checklist in my shared genealogy notebook.} Revisit your research. Maybe you missed a piece of information in a document. Maybe something seemed like it wasn't important but now that you have more information you find it is important. Learn something new. It does not need to be genealogy related. When you shift your thinking to something else and then go back to the brick

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