#52stories – The Kingealogy

Ancestral Hobbies and Interests – Ties That Bind

March 25, 2018March 25, 2018Descent, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]obbies I share with my ancestors all involve yarn. I have an addiction to crafts that involve yarn and am a yarn collector at this point. Knitting: I taught myself to loom knit, I am still learning.

Childhood Careers – Adult Reality

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Sapp

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]uring childhood, I wanted to go to into politics. I wanted to make a difference in the world. To enrich others lives and help them was my goal. It did not matter how I did

Blogging – FHWChallenge2018

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #52stories, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, #GBP, #NotAtRootsTech, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, The Genealogy Blog Party

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his past month has a been a whirlwind of blogging. I have learned so much. The biggest lesson was not about my ancestors, it was about friends, family and genealogy methodology. It also showed me if

Love Lessons – Paul and Alice Randolph

February 26, 2018April 5, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, #FHWC2018, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Randolph, Wolfe

The descendants of Paul Chester Randolph and Alice Omega (Wolfe) Randolph learned many lessons about love by listening to their story and watching them. Grandma Randolph made it point to share secrets of long-lasting marriage with her

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

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

My Five Year Goal

February 3, 2018February 17, 2018Blogging#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is my first time writing for 52 Stories in 52 Weeks. It is about a current, personal goal in progress. I am glad it is not asking for resolutions. At my husband’s place of