The Family Shrub
Adventures in GenealogyA Return to Daviess County
Months ago I made my first trip to Daviess County. I posted about it in December here. My friend Amy was back in Indianapolis, taking a vacation from New Orleans (huh...). We decided last fall that we just hadn't gotten enough of this area and that we would have to...
Spring Spring Go Away
Spring is not my favorite season. I am a summer and fall girl. I love the hot humid Indiana summers, especially the nights when I can sit outside in a tank top and shorts and sip on a mojito well into the evening with no worry of a chill. I love the fall because of...
A favorite ancestor – Truman Isaac Lacey
I know it's wrong to play favorites with family members, which makes me feel like it's wrong to play favorites with ancestors. There are a few, however, that stand out to me for whatever reason. Some of them may have great stories that I have been able to find. ...
Newsflash: Women may not be human!
So I was on an obituary hunt yesterday. It was a drizzly nasty Saturday morning and I thought it was the perfect time to head on down to the Indiana State Library for a little research. While I only found one obituary on my list of six hopefuls, I had a great time...