2 Nov 2025 -- I am slowly transitioning to combining my letters into larger PDFs as I have learned that it's very tedious to have so many individual letters for others to download. So, in order to make it easier (hopefully), these files will be combined -- > all letters for one month, and then … Continue reading letters to and from…
Author: ragincajun5
A huge history buff who loves genealogy, photography, stained glass and mom of 2. Maybe someday I can actually visit some of the places I've researched.
I have run across a mystery..... so I'm hoping by putting it out there "into the world" that someone may chime in if they have this person in their family. Continuing from my previous blog subject, we are still talking about Nicholas Power(s) and his wife Bridgit (Brigit), originally from Waterford City, Ireland. We are now … Continue reading Is there a “Sherlock” in the house….?
It's time to make the leap from the US records to Europe. Finally! Feeling more confident, wanted to see how I did with moving to those other records. So, here goes! ~Rachel Powers Family - origin is Waterford, Ireland Me > father (still living) > Teresa U Powers > James Joseph Powers > Nicholas Powers Nicholas Powers … Continue reading Making the leap across the pond!
letter from a friend If anyone has info on Pearl Palmer, please share! I came across this letter included with the ones my great grandfather Avery Brink Wight wrote to Eleanor Woodworth. Pearl also wrote to Eleanor. At the time this letter was written (1905), she had a sister living in Winfield (KS) and a … Continue reading to Eleanor Woodworth from Pearl Palmer
letter #1 - 24 July 1904 Calling the Wights & Woodworths! This is just the first of hundreds of letters that I inherited.... and I am privileged to have them in my possession. However, it takes a Wight / Woodworth family "village" to transcribe them and that is what I am asking. The correspondence from … Continue reading letters, letters, letters!
I think the point of having this blog is not only to continue to be challenged for the 52 Ancestors writing prompts, but to be able to share what I have found during research to family who may be interested. So here goes... My great-great grandfather, Sarazin Trahan was born 1 October 1831 in … Continue reading A little here and there
OK, y'all, I'm interpreting this literally: it's a WILL. I would love to spend hours on this blog, but as I work full time and am a full time single parent, I just don't quite have the energy to make it professional. The photo above is what I imagine Massachusetts might look like... so just … Continue reading 52 Ancestors #9 Where There’s A Will
Our family heirloom is a pocket watch that was passed down from our Great-grandfather, Avery Brink Wight, to my Grandfather, Avery Bruce to my brother Avery James. Avery Brink (spouse, Mary Eleanor Woodworth), born in January 1878 in Kechi, Kansas, served in the Spanish-American War (Phillippines) as well as being a Major in the Army … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 weeks #8 Heirloom
This is a tale of History - "Her"-story. (My mom had a book that was rightly called "Herstory" and as we were both history fanatics, I have never forgotten.) This week's theme is "Valentine." To be honest, I was going to skip it. I'm not a very "Valentine" -ish person and I don't like to … Continue reading 52 Ancestors 52 weeks #7
THEME of the week: What's in a NAME? At least once, you've probably thought a lot about your name - looked up it's meaning, where it's from, and so on. (Rachel is Hebrew/biblical, meaning "ewe." My mother is not around to ask why they chose this name for me, but my guess is that since … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 Weeks – week 6
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