Craig on August 6th, 2007

I’m back tonight at GeneaBlogie headquarters in Carmichael, California, after a trip of nearly three weeks to Missouri. A good deal of the time was taken by travel itself, since we opted to take Amtrak. We spent time in St Louis and Kansas City. As I’ve mentioned in some of the posts while on the [...]

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Craig on August 2nd, 2007

[Posted from Los Angeles, California] A magazine called Internet Genealogy, which appears in both print and online editions, has posted its September issue, which includes mention of a number of geneabloggers, including Creative Gene, Randy’s Musings, The Genealogue, and GeneaBlogie. I had never heard of Internet Genealogy magazine until I was contacted by e-mail a [...]

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Craig on August 2nd, 2007

[Posted from Los Angeles, California] The 29th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, hosted this time by footnote Maven, has been posted. The Topic this time is “Moral or Legal Dilemmas in Genealogy and Genea-blogging.” As always, there are very interesting and intriguing writings. Be sure to check it out!

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[Posted from Los Angeles, California] In several posts in the last year, I’ve mentioned the Oblate Sisters of Providence (see The French Negroes of Illinois series, here, here, and here; and the Gunsmoke post). In St Louis, I found this photograph of Sister Mary Philomena (nee Emma Micheau) and Sister Mary Celestine (nee Adelaide “Addie” [...]

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Craig on August 1st, 2007

[Posted from Los Angeles, California] We’re taking a brief rest from the train. Arrived in LA on time at 8:15 this morning. In fact, the Southwest Chief ran on time all the way from Kansas City. We’ll be here until Friday, relaxing with Photo Grrl’s nephew, Chris and his fiancee, Melissa. I’ll use part of [...]

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