Personal – Page 2 – The Kingealogy

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Turbulent Times

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp

Part Two of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part One and here for Part Three. [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n March 31st, 1942 Grandpa entered into active military service. Grandpa sent Grandma love postcards and pictures from the

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Young Love

February 15, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #52stories, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, #GBP, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp, Shuman, The Genealogy Blog Party

Part One of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part Two and here for Part Three. [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Topliff Sapp and Carl Bryan Shuman were Wetzel County politicians, both having been Democratic County Chair, were best friends, and

Love Letter – Valentines Day 2018

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Sapp

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the Family History Writing Challenge, I should be writing about one of my ancestors. I chose instead to write about one of descendants ancestors, my husband. The best way I can help my descendants get to

Invite To Dinner – Dead Man’s Party

February 9, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]wouldn’t invite any of my ancestors to dinner. That may sound harsh or odd for a genealogist to say. It would be tempting to invite to dinner a brick wall ancestor or a loved

Man of the House

February 8, 2018February 17, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, King, North Carolina, Sapp, West Virginia

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y greatest achievement or accomplishment was the prompt I was going to work on next. I could not think of anything. I was talking to my son about how hard it was for me to

Greatest Academic Achievement

February 7, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Sapp

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y greatest academic achievement is not a single award or diploma. It is the events of one summer and the events that led up to it. While in high school I was in a car

Music Memories

February 5, 2018February 6, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Gorby, Sapp

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of my first memories of having a strong sense of pride in myself was the last two years of junior high school in Advanced Band Class. I first played the clarinet in elementary school with my teacher

My Scarf of Many Colors

February 5, 2018February 16, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, King, Sapp

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ontinuing with the theme of Goals and Achievements for 52 Stories is something I taught myself to do, without little help from someone else. The answer for me is loom knitting. I am still learning. With any

Favorite Photo – Or Photos

February 3, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, McIntyre, Pruitt, Randolph, Shuman, Wolfe, Yoho

Week 2 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge was difficult. The theme is Favorite Photo. I could not pick only one. I asked the men in my life to help me pick. Actually,

Start – Finnegan Begin Again

February 1, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal, Projects#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Gendover, Genealogy Do-Over

[dropcap]The [/dropcap]year will start with a “simple” task. The preparation and education that comes with it: a Genealogy Do-Over. I will run behind the 2018 schedule but the point is to do it right. I