Tag: family story

52 Ancestors, week 5-in the kitchen

Memories of childhood, at times, center in the kitchen. For this prompt, I thought I would visualize my Great-Aunt Essie Houston Kitchen. She lived in a two-bedroom tenement on 140th Street up in Harlem, New York. We would visit her once a month after attending church services at the Transfiguration Lutheran Church on West 126th…… Continue reading 52 Ancestors, week 5-in the kitchen

Wishful Wednesday – Chat and chew with Nancy of Africa

Here’s a new blogging prompt from GeneaBloggers, called Wishful Wednesdays. The page for Wishful Wednesdays says, “What ancestor do you wish you could have met?” I thought of quite a few ancestors I wish I could have met. Then I thought, why not start from the beginning. I chose my earliest ancestor (that I know…… Continue reading Wishful Wednesday – Chat and chew with Nancy of Africa

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – A Fearless Female Blog Prompt

From Randy over at Genea-Musings: Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1) Read Lisa Alzo’s blog post Back for a Fourth Year: Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month on her blog, The Accidental Genealogist. 2) Choose one of her daily blog…… Continue reading Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – A Fearless Female Blog Prompt