Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Family, Observations, Places, genealogy on Aug 14th, 2008
Around the first week in July I replied to a post on one of my favorite genealogy web sites, Gente di Mare. One of the site’s regular contributors mentioned that he was leaving on vacation for a few weeks in Trapani. Along with adding my well wishes for a pleasant vacation, I mentioned that, coincidentally, [...]
Posted in Family, Observations, genealogy on Aug 11th, 2008
If my weak Italian is correct, sono di sessantatre anni oggi. The Italian association seems fitting for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which relates to my Sicilian ancestors. I have been almost obsessively immersed in genealogy over the last eight months or so, and during this period my focus has been principally [...]
Posted in Family, Observations, genealogy on Aug 9th, 2008
Of all the obstacles that one encounters researching one’s ancestors, perhaps, the one most dreaded is also the most inevitable: the point at which one can proceed no farther, when every clue has been exhausted, when every lead has been pursued, and the paths to the past end as abruptly and mysteriously as they began. [...]
Posted in Technology, genealogy on Jun 26th, 2008
It has been roughly six months since I took the plunge to purchase iFamily for Tiger, a relative newcomer to genealogy software for Macs. I had reservations about the product at the outset triggered initially by the its name, iFamily for Tiger. With Apple already promising Leopard on the horizon I was concerned [...]
Posted in Family, Observations, genealogy on Jun 3rd, 2008
Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down,
‘Twas sad as sad could be ;
And we did speak only to break
The silence of the sea !
All in a hot and copper sky,
The bloody Sun, at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the Moon.
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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