Sunday, December 31, 2017

Surnames A-Z: E Names

This idea of listing surnames over the coming weeks comes from The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  I think this will be fun.

Some of my surnames I have already posted information on . . . others I'm still working on.

Continuing the blog list of surnames for both mine and my husband's family that I'm doing genealogical research.  Maybe we connect, maybe not.

So . . . here are the E's:

Ehrb - Pennsylvania
Erb - Switzerland and maybe Pennsylvania

At the moment, these two families are not linked.  

New Year's Eve

What are your traditions?  How did you celebrate in the past?  What are your plans for this year?  So many questions and not many answers.

When I was growing up, New Year's Eve was just another night.  A couple of times I remember celebrating .. . one time with banging of pots & pans with our cousins from Tumwater.  We would grab some and go outside and make noise.  Another time, I was babysitting the neighbor's daughter.  I would watch the ball drop on TV.  Then fell asleep on the living room floor.

As an adult, my husband & I would go out dancing (most of the time at the Eagle's either in Olympia or in Centralia).  Usually my parents would take our son as we would be having a family gathering on New Year's Day to celebrate my aunt's birthday.

Sometimes, we just stayed home and celebrated the new year.

This year my husband wanted us to go out dancing as we hadn't done that in a while.  However, I came down with a really bad cold the other day and am now staying home and sleeping.

2009 at Eagles in Centralia
2009 - Backfire Band performing



2009 - our son ringing in the new year

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Surnames A-Z: D Names

This idea of listing surnames over the coming weeks comes from The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  I think this will be fun.

Some of my surnames I have already posted information on . . . others I'm still working on.

Continuing the blog list of surnames for both mine and my husband's family that I'm doing genealogical research.  Maybe we connect, maybe not.

So . . . here are the D's:

Dambrill
D'Arcy - Ireland
Darnell
Davis - Idaho, Wyoming, California, Illinois, Michigan, New York
De Bohun - England
De Contenent - France
De Elleigh
De Fourgeard - France
De La Chiere
de Monthermer
De Moru - France
De Noblet
De Plais
De Shelton
Deelwood - Virginia
Dennis - Virginia
Denny - Virginia
DeWitt - New York, Holland
Drury - Virginia


Saturday, December 9, 2017

Surnames A-Z: C Names

This idea of listing surnames over the coming weeks comes from The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  I think this will be fun.

Some of my surnames I have already posted information on . . . others I'm still working on.

Continuing the blog list of surnames for both mine and my husband's family that I'm doing genealogical research.  Maybe we connect, maybe not.

So . . . here are the C's:

Cain/Cains/Caines - Pennsylvania, Kentucky
Calthorpe - England
Campbell - Virginia
Carlton - England
Chapel - England, Virginia
Christian - Virginia, Kentucky
Clay - Virginia, Wales, England, West Virginia
Clere -
Combs - Virginia
Conquest - 
Crawford - Indiana, Ohio
Crispen - Virginia