First off -- WOW!! I have followers! With so many great blogs out there, it is nice to think some would take the time to read yours. I started because I enjoyed my daughter's blog so much, I thought what a great way to share with the family our history. As I've said before genealogy is much more than lists of names, it's finding things or stories to reveal something of their life. I follow quite a few blogs using Google Reader and now I've added "The Blogs I Follow" to my blog . I find that they work in conjunction with each other.
I had always thought I should write about my growing up, so my daughters and my grandchildren would know something of me, my mom and dad and their parents too. The experiences that we had were so much different than theirs. Listening to the radio before we got that television in the early 50's.
Having the ice man lug in a big chunk for the ice box in the late 40's. Using the "candle stick" phone of a neighbor until we moved to the country and got on a 4 party line. Our job experiences were a lot different than the kids have today. In high school, jobs were limited to all types of farms in our community, dairy, chicken, turkey and tobacco. Oh, and one crazy job hanging stage curtains in schools all over Ct and Mass. My mom when she was younger along with her sister and parents worked in thread and cloth mills. Those big granite or brick buildings stand empty or converted to condos or hold a variety of small business. I guess what I'm trying to say is our world is constantly changing, what I've experienced is not what my grandchildren will experience nor is it like our ancestors life time. There's a lot of stories hidden in these lines that I need to share, I hope the kids find it interesting.
P.S. One tidbit I picked up on "Facebook Bootcamp for Genea-Blogers"
is to export your blog. I backup mine to my computer and a backup drive.
Maybe I''ll cut and paste some of this stuff into a little booklet, that would be neat. And who knows maybe someday I'll really come out of my shell and join Facebook ;-)
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Ok, Les, please be my Facebook Friend! And my Dad's Facebook Friend. And the friend of the others who are following you, and also Thomas MacEntee, who wrote about you last week to give your blog publicity (see Geneabloggers.com) after I tipped him off about your blog. :-) I got my cousin Kate Keller to blogging yesterday too. This is so fun--to connect, read, learn, share, support and motivate each other. I learn every day! I set up my "Gramma's House" blog to do just what you posted about--so my grandchildren can learn about me and my life, my thoughts, feelings, relatives etc. Thanks so much, Les. Now I've gotta look up your daughter's blog!
Welcome to geneablogging Les! You do not need to be on Facebook to participate in the various carnivals so jump on in. I encourage you to share your memories and creating a booklet of them is a great idea.
Welcome to the genea-blogosphere! I'm already hooked on your blog. And I have to figure out how to get that Orange Ni-Hi Lamp widget for my husband.
Greta. At last a woman who understands the call of "The Lamp". All my daughter said when she saw it was "DAD!!!"
Under the lamp is a "get this widget" it takes you to the site, then just copy and paste all that HTML stuff.
Oh wow did you evoke some memories for me when you talked about the cloth and thread mills. We lived in Mass. when I was very young - my mother always made all of our clothes - We would go to the woolen mills to buy wool - That was in the mid 50's, I remember those buildings were old then - but I sure remember going there and the mounds and mounds of beautiful wool. Gosh - thanks for the memory
Terri
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