Chapter 4 - What do you know about your parents' upbringing?
Uncle John Zukowski, my fathers younger brother who was also my God Father. Uncle John was better know to his fans as Johnny Zeke. Here is his story: Johnny Zeke was a race car driver, promoter, starter, driving instructor, crew chief and a member of the Air Corps during World War...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek We Took the Tuk-Tuk When you are thinking of taking a cruise you can readily imagine what the major mode of conveyance is going to be and perhaps even know in advance what it will look like. The cruise...
On the road…again!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek The Many Legacies of Ginkgo biloba Storytellers and family historians who aspire to share legacy stories of those they love sometimes find themselves searching for material that people will remember warmly and treasure deeply. Indeed,...
Herman Henry (Hank) Thiessens By Golden V. Adams, Emeritus AGR Note: In the last HTFA Heritage Matters, many of the challenges Hank faced in his early years were revealed. He triumphed over them in the remaining years of his life and, as one of his nephews, Daniel Sheldon, expressed upon receiving...
This week's legacy question is, "Who is your favorite ancestor and why?" I don't actually have a "favorite ancestor", but I have chosen to write about my great, great, great, great grandfather, Burrell Price. Burrell Price was born in 1810 in what is now called Mecklinburg County, North Carolina. Imagine...
When Family History Missionaries were called and sent out to the world, they were sent to serve in local Family History Centers. The missionaries were trained by a selected staff at the Brigham Young University (BYU) Family History Center. It was a huge task and it impacted the library operation considerably....
December 22, 2013 Santa Fe New Mexico So maybe now I have some answers to why I am drawn to this area of the country and have been coming out here so frequently since being in my 20's. And why I have spent hundreds of hours trying to learn how to...
Written by W.A. Adams (William Albert) When every pool in Eden was a mirror Which unto Eve her dainty charms proclaimed She went undraped without a single fear, or Thought that she had cause to be ashamed. 'Twas after she had eaten of the apple Her eyes were opened and...
On the road...again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek An Old Photo From Home Ask who? what? where? when? why? and how? ...and a story starts to develop The photo above was put into the hands of the Footloose Forester only a couple of hours before it...
I was very blessed to know all four of my grandparents. I grew up next door to my dad's parents in Boxville, Kentucky. Their names were Charles Henry Jenkins and Harpie Dera Jenkins, but we called them Daddy Monk and Mama Harpie. They were very special to me because I was...
Peace of mind, a tolerant understanding heart Wisdom—faith and right thinking All of these help make a successful life. These with doing unto others, as we would have them do to us, Is the way I do want to live.
So lonely tonight, with so much of love and life past My memories go back--to happy busy days, The years have slipped by me so fast. I live it all over and over again, When I had all my dear family with me But now they have families of...
Written by her daughter Florence Frank She was old, and often I called in to talk with her for a while and sometimes I would stay to give her daughter a chance to go out for the evening. I was young, full of life and vigor, and in looking at her,...
THE LIFE STORY OF ARTHUR CURTIS JOLLEY By Leland D Jolley Arthur Curtis Jolley was born November 29,1885 in Mt. Carmel, Utah to William Jackson Jolley and Elisabeth Jenkensen Stolworthy. He was baptized July 4, 1892. The family lived in Mt. Carmel until 1897. It was here Arthur received his...
My grandmother, Em Turner Merritt Nickinson, with her three children, Betty, the oldest, Ted, far right and Em, my mother, as a toddler. My grandmother, Em Turner Merritt Nickinson, was not your typical grandmother by any stretch of the imagination. When my family came to Pensacola each summer for a two...
When I started looking for ancestors I had no idea I would end up finding so much more. It is my niche in the world, I decided, to find ancestors. I get a feeling for what kind of family I am looking for and where they might go next. Sometimes it...
My great grandfather George Albert Anderson was a pioneer of the transportation industry in Boston in the early 1900's. He lived in Maine - born and died there - and always listed on the federal census for his hometown in Maine. On the census report his occupation is given as Conductor...
Our family car is famous! Did you know that the picture of a family in an old model car in the Boy Scouts of America Genealogy merit badge booklet is a picture of our family? The picture was taken in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey in about 1912. I can date...
Colin’s Input Dad left out quite a chunk of information here so I have inserted this to help bridge the gap. Anything I have put in is all in Italics. After Dad left the army I’m not sure when exactly, but Dad & Mum went to live in Dover and I...
