Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
That Day I Fell Out of an Airplane
The picture below shows me and my Uncle Steve (my mother's brother). It was taken in 1972 in Miami, Florida.
As a little girl, when I would see this picture in our photo album, I was told that I had fallen out of an airplane, and my Uncle Steve was fortunately there to catch me. :-) Best story ever!!
If you look closely, you can see the old-school pacifier I wore on a ribbon around my neck. My mom tells me that one day, I put it somewhere safe, and the spot was so safe that no one ever saw it again. I'm also told that one day I took her wedding ring and stowed it safely outside in the yard in the grass. Amazingly (and the reason that I am still alive to tell the tale), the ring was found!
Anyway, back to the picture - if you squint and look even more closely, you can see that I have an actual real-life diaper pin holding my diaper on! Now there's something you don't see around, unless you watch old Bugs Bunny or Three Stooges episodes. I remember those diaper pins, they were big and had a plastic or metal cover on the one end that was pastel-y in color (I guess so it didn't look so much like a safety pin).
I'm so happy to have this picture!!
As a little girl, when I would see this picture in our photo album, I was told that I had fallen out of an airplane, and my Uncle Steve was fortunately there to catch me. :-) Best story ever!!
If you look closely, you can see the old-school pacifier I wore on a ribbon around my neck. My mom tells me that one day, I put it somewhere safe, and the spot was so safe that no one ever saw it again. I'm also told that one day I took her wedding ring and stowed it safely outside in the yard in the grass. Amazingly (and the reason that I am still alive to tell the tale), the ring was found!
Anyway, back to the picture - if you squint and look even more closely, you can see that I have an actual real-life diaper pin holding my diaper on! Now there's something you don't see around, unless you watch old Bugs Bunny or Three Stooges episodes. I remember those diaper pins, they were big and had a plastic or metal cover on the one end that was pastel-y in color (I guess so it didn't look so much like a safety pin).
I'm so happy to have this picture!!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
My Genea-Wish List (SNGF)
Randy Seaver's latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posting asked this:
1) Think of the genealogy related wishes you have - what education, database, or information would make your genealogy research dreams come true? Be specific - as many wishes as you want to list!
So yeah, I've got a few, like:
1. I'd like to know who the parents of my great-grandmother Elizabeth (Lizzie) Obendorfer Domelle were.
2. I'd like to have a well-documented proven link (as in death record, birth record, newspaper entry) between my great-great grandfather John Mix, his father, Jonathan Collins Mix, and his father, Collins Mix.
3. I'd like to be independently wealthy so I could hire a team of historians and professional genealogists to find information for me while I fly to cool locations to stand and ponder the weight of history. Maybe it's just as well that Who Do You Think You Are? is over for the season.
4. And finally, what I consider my most important wish - I would like if all the local historical societies would receive grants, or donations, or bags of money would fall from the sky into their offices (not landing on anyone of course), so that they could scan and make available online all of their collections. sigh - this one I'd really like to have...
Thanks Randy for the interesting topic suggestions!!!
1) Think of the genealogy related wishes you have - what education, database, or information would make your genealogy research dreams come true? Be specific - as many wishes as you want to list!
So yeah, I've got a few, like:
1. I'd like to know who the parents of my great-grandmother Elizabeth (Lizzie) Obendorfer Domelle were.
2. I'd like to have a well-documented proven link (as in death record, birth record, newspaper entry) between my great-great grandfather John Mix, his father, Jonathan Collins Mix, and his father, Collins Mix.
3. I'd like to be independently wealthy so I could hire a team of historians and professional genealogists to find information for me while I fly to cool locations to stand and ponder the weight of history. Maybe it's just as well that Who Do You Think You Are? is over for the season.
4. And finally, what I consider my most important wish - I would like if all the local historical societies would receive grants, or donations, or bags of money would fall from the sky into their offices (not landing on anyone of course), so that they could scan and make available online all of their collections. sigh - this one I'd really like to have...
Thanks Randy for the interesting topic suggestions!!!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Wordy Wednesday - 13 April 2011
I had a request to provide some more information on the photo I posted this last wednesday for Wordless Wednesday - so here goes!
First off, here's the pic:
It's from black and white film negatives that belong to my grandfather. Hand-written on the paper they were wrapped in is "Sept 1958".
Of course, it has to be kept in mind that it could be that the film was developed in September of 1958, the pictures weren't necessarily taken then. BUT, I also had a roll that had "Aug 1958" written on it, so I didn't think it was too far behind in time.
In 1958, my grandparents lived in East Palestine, Ohio. And, on the "Aug 1958" roll, there were pictures from a family trip to New York City.
So, my guess would be that this is a picture from the trip home to Ohio from New York City. I can't tell from the landscape where exactly this picture was taken, although I have seen many scenes like this on my trips on the turnpike in PA between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and on my trips driving north from Philadelphia to Binghamton NY.
The car on the road, is (I believe), a 1953 Chrysler Windsor 2-door. This conclusion is based on a conversation with a guy I work with who's hobby is working on cars. He showed me a picture that we matched to the back of this car so I'm pretty convinced. But I'm willing to consider other suggestions as always!!
When I look at the possible route using mapquest, I see that it's basically a straight line between the two places! I had no idea.
That road that is highlighted across PA is Interstate 80. The history of that road that I found on wikipedia notes that a small part of the road (near NJ/PA border) was completed in 1953, but other parts of it were not even started until 1959! So this easy highway crossing of PA would not have been possible in 1958.
If I go to google maps and do the same destinations but tell it to avoid highways, it doesn't look that different:
BUT, even though it looks similar, when looking at the route steps for this, there are a LOT of different roads used, so there's no one road that this picture is likely from.
So then! Conclusion then is:
It's likely the photograph was taken sometime between August-September 1958 while the family was in the car driving from NYC to East Palestine, Ohio.
As a point of reference as well, here are the photographs that were taken right before and after the one shown above:
First off, here's the pic:
It's from black and white film negatives that belong to my grandfather. Hand-written on the paper they were wrapped in is "Sept 1958".
Of course, it has to be kept in mind that it could be that the film was developed in September of 1958, the pictures weren't necessarily taken then. BUT, I also had a roll that had "Aug 1958" written on it, so I didn't think it was too far behind in time.
In 1958, my grandparents lived in East Palestine, Ohio. And, on the "Aug 1958" roll, there were pictures from a family trip to New York City.
So, my guess would be that this is a picture from the trip home to Ohio from New York City. I can't tell from the landscape where exactly this picture was taken, although I have seen many scenes like this on my trips on the turnpike in PA between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and on my trips driving north from Philadelphia to Binghamton NY.
The car on the road, is (I believe), a 1953 Chrysler Windsor 2-door. This conclusion is based on a conversation with a guy I work with who's hobby is working on cars. He showed me a picture that we matched to the back of this car so I'm pretty convinced. But I'm willing to consider other suggestions as always!!
When I look at the possible route using mapquest, I see that it's basically a straight line between the two places! I had no idea.
That road that is highlighted across PA is Interstate 80. The history of that road that I found on wikipedia notes that a small part of the road (near NJ/PA border) was completed in 1953, but other parts of it were not even started until 1959! So this easy highway crossing of PA would not have been possible in 1958.
If I go to google maps and do the same destinations but tell it to avoid highways, it doesn't look that different:
BUT, even though it looks similar, when looking at the route steps for this, there are a LOT of different roads used, so there's no one road that this picture is likely from.
So then! Conclusion then is:
It's likely the photograph was taken sometime between August-September 1958 while the family was in the car driving from NYC to East Palestine, Ohio.
As a point of reference as well, here are the photographs that were taken right before and after the one shown above:
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