A Life Update

Wow, time has flown by. The past two years have left me with little time to blog as I worked my way through grad school, internships, and a regular job. Not to mention living in a new place (Boston) full of history, including mine, that needed exploring. In May I graduated with Master's degrees in History and Library Science - Archives Management from Simmons College. The month before that I got engaged. :)! In the past two weeks I have moved across country (to Phoenix, Arizona) and have started the job hunt. Next weekend I will be able to attend the SCGS Jamboree. I was bumbed that I would not be able to make it this year, but a bit of schedule rearranging is allowing me to be there for Thursday and Friday. On Thursday I will once again be a part of Kids Camp while on Friday I will be one of the presenters of the JamboFREE Beginning Genealogy - Next Steps. I look forward to seeing many of my friends from SCGS and online at Jamboree. And now that I have free time again, this blog will be update more than once or twice a year.

SNGF - Your "Heritage Pie" Chart

From Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musing: 

Ah, Genea-folks, it's Saturday Night again - are you ready for more Genealogy Fun?
Your mission tonight, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1)  List your 16 great-great-grandparents with their birth, death and marriage data (dates and places).  [Hint - you might use an Ancestral Name List from your software for this.

2)  Determine the countries (or states) that these ancestors lived in at their birth and at their death.
3)  For extra credit, go make a "Heritage Pie" chart for the country of origin (birth place) for these 16 ancestors. [Hint: you could use the  chart generator from Kid Zone for this.] [Note: Thank you to Sheri Fenley for the "Heritage Pie" chart idea.]
4)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a post on Facebook or google+.

1. James Elza Shaw, b. 30 Sept 1859 Ohio; d. 7 June 1934 California

2. Katherine Cole, b. 6 May 1860 Ohio; d. 15 May 1939 California

3. James M. Edmison, b. 8 Aug 1873 Canada; d. 18 Jan 1951 California

4. Anna Linderman, 1 Jan 1872 Michigan; d. 26 Mar 1950 California

5. Demetris Birbilis, b/d. Greece

6. Polexene "Polly" ?, b. 1861 Greece, d. New York

7. Gregory Devriotis, b/d. Greece

8. Anastasia ?, b/d. Greece

9. Giuseppe "Joseph" Spedale, b. 14 May 1869 Sicily, Italy; d. 7 Jan 1930 Ohio

10. Leonarda "Eleanor" Bugica, b. 12 Nov 1863 Sicily, Italy; d. 26 Sept 1958 California

11.Cologero "Charles" Geraci, b. 24 Dec 1869 Sicily, Italy; d. 4 Dec 1921 Ohio

12. Irene "Rose" Spedale, b. 22 Jul 1880 Sicily, Italy; d. 30 Nov 1969 Ohio

13. Joel Gustafsson Linner, b. 19 April 1867 Sweden; d. 28 Jun 1897 Minnesota

14. Anna Lydia Johansdotter Davidson, b. 21 May 1868 Sweden; d. 17 Apr 1921 Minnesota

15. Philip McCall, b. 6 May 1860 Pennsylvania; d. ?

16.  Dora Emily Rutter, b. 3 Feb 1861 Iowa; d. 29 Mar 1936 Minnesota

 Yes these are my great-great-grandparents; I really am that young. 

Two of my g-g-grandparents were born on the same day: 6 May 1860 (#2 & #15).

I am:

1/4 Greek

1/4 Italian

1/8 Swedish

1/16 Canadian (English/Scottish)

1/16 Irish (#15 was the son of Irish immigrants and one of my brick walls)

1/4 American (colonial roots)

 

SCGS Jamboree - Kids Camp

Do you know of any kids interested in attending Kids Camp during Jamboree?  Please pass this flyer along to any that might (or rather, to any interested parents).

Download a copy of the flyer.