by Christine Bell | Jan 27, 2015 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
The featured image in this article is my Grandpa Sam. Samuel Harmon Black was born in northern California in 1895 and died in central California in 1981. He married Mary Snively in 1920 and they had two children. The younger of their two children was my mother. I...
by Christine Bell | Dec 23, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Emily felt warm and comfortable sitting near the hearth while the fire popped and danced. She felt so fortunate to be spending this evening in the humble but lovingly decorated cottage that her great-grandfather Hugh had built. In one corner of the room was a fir tree...
by Christine Bell | Nov 18, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
It’s almost Thanksgiving Day and my thoughts turn to the story of the first Thanksgiving in America. It’s a story of a group of immigrants gathering to express gratitude to God and to the Native Americans for the help received in settling in a new land. For a...
by Christine Bell | Oct 21, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Keep me, protect me, share me and I will live forever! “Me” is your family photographs. In two previous posts I wrote about “Keep Me” and “Protect Me.” This post will be about “Share Me.” I am currently in the process of selling, giving away or throwing away some of...
by Christine Bell | Sep 30, 2014 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
Keep me, protect me, share me and I will live forever! “Me” is your family photographs. In my last post I wrote about “Keep Me” and this post will be about “Protect Me” Every family has a story and the opportunity to record it and protect it. Photographs and other...
