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Casagrandi Family, 1920′s America 29 Mar 2012 | 04:40 pm
My grandfather sent me this picture with the following caption. They are the Casagrands. Great Grandpa, Petro Casagrandi in chair. Second row, in the middle is Grandpa, Martin Casagrande. The remaini...
Migration, slaves and family favorites: Samuel Lambeth+ 23 Dec 2011 | 08:22 pm
The Lambeth Family of North Carolina rocks. As of this evening, I’ve traced my tree as far back as the 1730′s with Samuel Lambeth. The search is made easier in large part by the Familytomb Genealogy d...
How many ways can you misspell Keaton? 20 Dec 2011 | 10:40 pm
Fiddled around a little more tonight, and can’t get past Isaac (/Isace) Keaton (/Keeton) (b 1810 VA). Spelled Isaac Keeton in the 1850 Census of Cannon County, Tenn., it says he was married to a woma...
A short introduction to why I would not use preimplantation genetic diagnosis 16 Dec 2011 | 08:03 am
I’ve written a little about past family, but what about the future? Here’s a piece from my human biological variation class. I wrote it during finals week, so excuse any errors, but it’s certainly a c...
Singleton Family 3 Oct 2011 | 09:22 am
This is a photograph I fixed for my great-grandmother, Evelyn Keaton. It’s nearly impossible to take out the cracks, so I did what I could. The Singleton Family. Paris, Tennessee. My great-grandmothe...
New focus: genealogy 29 Aug 2011 | 02:13 am
Somehow, at the age of 21, I’m immersing myself in the tedious work of genealogy research that’s usually reserved for The Retired. I’ve decided to focus this blog on that, as it’s never really had a ...
What’s up with Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park? 11 May 2011 | 07:22 am
I finished my Natural History of Missouri class, and now I have more questions than when I started. That’s a good thing. Now I’m revisiting some things I observed, but never documented. Arcadia Vall...
New drawing: Larry! 25 Apr 2011 | 11:07 am
Filed under: Art, Drawing
Photo: Toxic Environment Cow (Costa Rica) (via Vandrelysten – Aching for the Distance) 3 Feb 2011 | 04:19 pm
My friend Miranda’s blogging about her travels every day. A world traveler since seemingly forever, she has a ton backlogged right now…or is it backblogged? This one particularly struck me, since it’s...
2010 in review 2 Jan 2011 | 07:58 pm
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy...
