Generations: December 2011

Welcome

Trying to write one's family history can be rather daunting, to say the least. Even more so when you're dyslexic and have poor gramar skills. It can be quite exasperating trying to put some simblance of order to the tons of information I've accumulated since I began this journey while living in England in 2004. Should I write a book, use Facebook, use a genealogy website or write a blog? There are so many options, but no matter which avenue(s) I choose there will always be a family member who will not be able to access portions of my collection and research. What to do, what to do? Do I do more than one? Yes. This blog will be my avenue of sharing information, and feelings, as I progress through a mirad of projects such as writing a book and updating my tree on Ancestry.com. This, I believe, will also allow for sharing of information quicker. Though they are all different in how they share information, the end goal is to be the story teller for my family. To tell the stories of generations that came before me, who still walk with me and for the generations yet to be. I welcome your comments, questions and inputs.

30 December 2011

John Wesley Cullimore & Courtenay Marie Hill Cullimore

My Great Great Grandparents

This picture is in the Cullimore Family Bible

Date is unkown at this time.

04 December 2011

Benjamin Nelson Graham & Hannah Grace Dickisson Graham

Thanksgiving week I was contacted by a cousin through Ancestry.com. Her mother had done a lot of genealogy research on her family in the 1970s. Today she shared this wonderful photo from the book written by her mother. She is related to Benjamin's sister Mary. I was thrilled beyond words to learn she had a picture of my Great Great Grandparents. And, she has information confirming some of my speculations such as Hannah's lineage to the Butterfields and the Smeads; and, the relationship between her and Mary's husband Charles Butterfield. I look forward to learning much more from my new found cousin. She is not sure of the date of the picture or the children in the picture. Maybe we can discover that together.

02 December 2011

Ben Nelson Graham - Handmade Crafts

Albert Weigandt - "In Memory of My Cruise to the Orient on the USS Chaumont in 1937"

This is a hand embroidered silk cloth my grandfather had made in Asia reflecting all the places he had been while serving on the USS Chaumont in 1937. I did not place photos in the two frames as he had left them empty and I had it framed with archival glass and mat.