One of the many rules guiding family historians and genealogists in their research is that working with an original document is better than ...

Usually at this time of year, I write a “Year in Review” looking back at what I accomplished with this blog. But this time, I will look ahea...

Christmas 1978 This was our first Christmas in our first house. I was not sure whether this was our new apartment after we moved to Portsmou...

Fred R. Slade, Jr 1946 In December 1946, my father had been in the Coast Guard less than a year. He served on the Eastwind , a wind-class ic...

Mary Eleanor Davis (1929-2005) College graduation photo My mother was beautiful. Always. As a baby. As a little girl. As a teenager. As a gr...

On 21 December 1989, my dear grandaunt Violetta Davis Ryan died in Harrisonburg, Virginia.   4 Jan 1905 - 21 Dec 1989 College Graduation 1...

Gary and Jan in front of our tree Christmas 1976 Since the pictures are so bad and the tree not very pretty in 1975, I’ve skipped ahead to o...