November Genealogy Challenge Met
Denise Coughlin
Bobby Remelius
Sheri Fenley
Jenna Campbell
Cheryl Cayemberg
The cemeteries they submitted are being converted to Cemetery Walk Videos and I am uploading them to Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube Channel as I complete them. A huge thank you to those who accepted my November (and in Bobby's case, the October!) Genealogy Challenge
December Genealogy Challenge: Bring Back a Family Tradition
Every Christmas my dad would buy a huge assortment of nuts - a very special treat. He'd place them in a big bowl by his chair along with his metal nutcracker and pick (which I still have). It was a much anticipated treat and this year I'm going to repeat it.
When my grandchildren and children come to visit, I'll talk to them about my dad and how much we all looked forward to sitting in the living room cracking open our favourite nuts (mine were brazil nuts!). Mind you I can't participate in the eating since I'm allergic to nuts but I can still enjoy the time together.
Some other ideas are to string popcorn to make a garland - did your family do this? How about making a special dish that your mom or grandmother made for a holiday dinner? Did you have a special book or story that you read every Christmas Eve? I'm sure you can think of something special in your family that you can introduce your children or grandchildren to.
I didn't completely fail your November challenge. I went and photographed a local cemetery and uploaded to BillionGraves for the first timt.
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Jill, that's great. I figured there would be genealogists who had indeed met the November challenge and chose to upload to Billion Graves or FindAGrave.
ReplyDeleteAll I hoped was that folks would get those cemetery photos online - somewhere, anywhere!
But of course I had no way of knowing who accepted and met the challenge if they didn't send the pictures to me :-)
I am SO glad you did! Regarding reviving a tradition, hubs and I went out today and bought a big bag of nuts! Next to find my big wooden bowl to put them in and my dad's nutcrackers. Hubs bought new nutcrackers just in case my dad's don't work anymore
There was a cemetery walk in the Wakeman Cemetery in Waterville, Ohio on October 9, 2011. There are 25 Pioneers and Patriots buried in the cemetery. They fought in the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The walk was sponsored by The Greater Toled Civil War Round Table and The Waterville Historical Society.
ReplyDeleteI've recreated the Holiday "treat" table my parents used to do, but your post reminded me that I forgot nuts! Must get some! I also don't have that awful ribbon candy they would put out and no one would eat. I think I saw some at the dollar store though... :)
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