15 2024 July
The Nauvoo Nest: Parley Street
Family history can be a healing poultice in life. It was the first week in February 1846 when my ancestors were forced to leave Nauvoo,...
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02 2024 June
We are going on a Treasure Hunt: Road Less Traveled
“Two roads diverged in a wood; and I took the one less traveled by.” Just like the poet, Robert Frost, your ancestor might take you...
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01 2023 November
The Nauvoo Nest: Roots
We have a flowerbed at the Nauvoo Nest that consumes a lot of time and energy due to an invasive species…..Stinging Nettle. Every season it...
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09 2023 July
We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt: SEAGLASS
We walked Utah Beach, in Normandy, France, picking up sea shells and sea glass. Glass is not something we normally want to pick up. It’s...
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05 2023 July
We’re Going On A Treasure Hunt: GATHERINGS
Gatherings are part of our family history! Many people today enjoy family reunions as a planned gathering. Bethany and I embraced the afternoon at the...
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We’re Going On A Treasure Hunt: LIBRARIES
In traveling across Massachusetts, we found ourselves close to Warren Massachusetts, and decided to stop in on the birth of my 3rd great grandmother, Catherine...
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We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt: A Landmark
Map My Ancestors helped me and Bethany discover our Buffalo, NY ancestors. We visited a landmark from their lives, Niagra Falls, seeing and hearing what...
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12 2023 June
We’re Going on a Treasure Hunt:War
While preparing to fight in France during WWII, cousin Frank Bayles received …. A Pocket Guide To France. The first line he reads is telling...
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11 2023 May
The Nauvoo Nest: April
The April journey to Nauvoo excites all of your senses. The colors, smells, warmth, light and peace all combine together, and you feel your soul...
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