Printable Family Tree

A personal, meaningful and unique gift for the person who has everything. I created this printable family tree – every inch of it – from the background (a water color painting) to the family tree template (using Microsoft Publisher), and am sharing it for your personal use. Blank printable family[Read more]

Cloth Calendars

Raise your hand if you grew up with a cloth calendar hanging in your kitchen. They were usually made out of linen or cotton (like flour sack towels) and intended to be taken down and used as a kitchen towel when the year was over. However a lot of people stashed[Read more]

Happy Mother’s Day

I have many fond memories of visiting my maternal grandmother and working on our family history. She took me all over her tiny town (population 8,480) to scroll through micro fiche and decipher faded handwriting in old books and documents at the library. She’d arrange for my great Aunt Ruby[Read more]