It’s National Voters Registration Day 2012!
Posted by Liv | Filed under Genea Musings
ccording to theGriot.com, today, September 25, 2012, over 1100 organizations across this country will come together nationally to inform people about voting opportunities and get them registered to vote in time for the 2012 General Election! This day reminds me of my 83 year old paternal great-grandmother, Birdie Elizabeth (Green) Aldridge, who I blogged about [...]
Tags: birdie aldridge, birdie green, Election 2012, great-grandmother, paternal great-grandmother, United States, US Census Bureau, Vote Texas, voter suppression, Voters Registration Day, votetexas.org, voting rights
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – What Type of Genealogist Are You?
Posted by Liv | Filed under Genealogy Fun
t’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun with genealogy extraordinaire – Randy Seaver — and tonight’s mission, should I decide to accept it is determining: What Type of Genealogist I Am! I’ve decided to accept this mission and here is my assignment (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1) Read Lorine McGinnis Schulze’s blog post “What Type [...]
Tags: genealogist, genealogy fun, Lorine McGinnis Schulze, National Genealogical Society, Randy Seaver, SNGF
Treasure Chest Thursday: Southern Pacific’s Famous Sunset Route
Posted by Liv | Filed under Treasure Chest Thursdays
I had no idea that my father worked for the railroad industry too until I came upon a W-2 with total wages he earned working for Southern Pacific (SP) in 1949. When I asked mom about his employment with SP, she said he did work for them, but only for a short period of time before [...]
Tags: Alpine TX, Davis Mountain Range, Del Rio TX, El Paso, houston, Marfa TX, New Orleans, Pecos High Bridge, Railroad industry, San Antonio, Saw Tooth Mountain, Southern Pacific Lines, Sunset Route, Treasure Chest Thursday
