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Today ~ May 31, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My first cousin,  a   "Living Cianfichi." The second great  granddaughter of my second great grandfather, a "Living  Lundberg." My second cousin once removed, a "Living Doll." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 31  My second cousin, a Grotte .  She would have been less than 100 years old today. Born on   May 31, 1891 The first cousin once removed of my step Father, Henry James Edward Guilfoyle .   He would have been 123 years old today. Born on   May 31, 1887 The first cousin once removed of my step Father, Thomas G. Guilfoyle . He would have been 127 years old today. Born on   May 31, 1904 The wife of my third cousin once removed,   Valborg Marie Engerdal .  She would have been 110 years old today. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Ri

Today ~ May 30, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My step-daughter,  a   "Living Palmer." The son of the step-daughter of second cousin once removed, a "Living Weddle." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 30, 1907 My grand aunt, Olga Dhoretta Westby .  She would have been 107 years old today. Died on   May 30 My second cousin once removed,   a Nolan .  Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ May 29, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin once removed,  a   "Living Copplin." My third cousin once removed,  a   "Living Dixon."  The husband of my first cousin once removed, a "Living Hocking." My third cousin once removed, a "Living Jernigan." The wife of my second cousin, a "Living Ree." MARRIED on   May 29 My second cousin, a "Living Grotte ." The husband of my first cousin once removed a "Living  Hocking." My third cousin once removed, a  "Living Steen." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 29 My second cousin once removed, a Forward .   He would have been less than 100 years old today. Born on   May 29 My second cousin once removed, an Erickson .  Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ May 28, 2014 MARRIED on   May 28 My second cousin, a "Living Hocking ." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 28 My twin female second cousins, Braith's .  They would have been less than 100 years old today. Born on   May 28, 1903  My second cousin once removed,   Harald Trygve Opseth .  He would have been 111 years old today. Died on   May 28 The father of my ex-mother-in-law, a Tebaldi. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Although we only stayed 3 days in London (I know, you are thinking we were there much longer than three days, but we weren't) we accomplished and saw a lot. I shared many photos, but you only saw a small fraction of the photos I actually took. I usually take 350-500 a day when I am on a trip like this. It takes a lot of time to go through the photos and choose which ones I wanted to use, watermark them and write a post. I apologize it has taken me so long to do this. It was awesome to hook up with the new friends we made while on our Barcelona Cruise a couple of years ago. Because they were willing to come "play" with us we stayed those extra days in London. I think it had been years since they had been to see the sites, so it was good for them as well. We hope we get to see them again soon, maybe next time they will come our way! London was beautiful! It seemed surreal to actually stand at Big Ben, the Parliament Building, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palac

Today ~ May 27, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin twice removed,  a   "Living Alberg." The wife of my second cousin, a "Living Claire." My second cousin once removed,  a   "Living McKenzie." My second cousin once removed,  a   "Living Olson." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 27, 1895 The wife of the first cousin once removed of my step Father,   Martina Straub .  She would have been 119 years old today. Died on   May 27, 1914 The father-in-law of the first cousin once removed of my step Father, Peter Paul Greiner .   H e would have been 100 years old today. Died on   May 27 The ex wife of my husband, a Walters .  Died  on   May 27, 1926 My great grandmother, Dagny Elina Dulin. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

I am participating in Julie Goucher's activity: Prompt for week 34 is ~ Easter Memories What does Easter Mean to you? A religious event? The first main break (in the UK) since Christmas and New Year A more general Spring/Autumn event Easter Bunnies Eggs Chocolate Traditions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was not raised religiously, so going to church on major religious holidays may have only happened once or twice in my lifetime. Easter makes me think of children and yes, bunnies, baskets, eggs and chocolate. My fondest memories from when I was young was going to my maternal grandfather's, George Milton Harding's, for Easter Egg Hunts and great meals cooked for us by grandma Helen. They had a great backyard which included a pond.  We always wore a dress on Easter, but never gloves or hats. I do not have memories of coloring Easter Eggs as a child, but I am sure we did. The suddenly, we were grown up and there weren't any kids. The family still g

Today ~ May 26, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My third cousin,  a   "Living Westby." My second cousin, a "Living Mills." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 26, 1888 My first cousin once removed, Jens Torgal Jensson .  He would have been 126 years old today. Born on   May 26 My second cousin once removed, a  Flermoen .   He would have been less than 100 years old today. Born on   May 26, 1776 My fourth great grandmother,   Elisabet Jonsdotter . She would have been 238 years old today. Born on   May 26 The wife of my first cousin once removed, an   Olson. She would have been less than 100 years old today. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ May 25, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin once removed,  a   "Living Dobbeck." My third cousin, a "Living Forgey." My third cousin, a "Living Gate." My third cousin, another  "Living Gate." My second cousin once removed,  a   "Living Gerberding." The husband of m y second cousin once removed,  a   "Living Kallstrom." MARRIED on   May 25, 1942 My second cousin once removed, Edward Olsen . My first cousin, a "Living Lundberg." My second cousin, a "Living Grotte." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 25, 1892 My second cousin twice removed, Ida Petronelle Henricksdatter .  She would have been 122 years old today. Born on   May 25, 1904 My great aunt, Eleanor Harding .   She would have  years old today. She would have been 110 years old today. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical tr

I am participating in Julie Goucher's activity: Prompt for week 33 is~ Big Regrets - I should (or not) have bought that large purchase Small Regrets - I should (or not) have had that thick shake at MacDonalds Miscellaneous Regrets Relationships Jobs Friends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't we all have regrets? Mine go in my head and out of my head. "Woulda, coulda, shoulda," nothing you can do about it now. I hear people say, "I should have bought that house back in the day, it would be worth so much now!" These are the kinds of things I tend not to pay much attention to. Anyone and everyone can say something similar to this. Hindsight… Reflecting... Big regrets? I have tried to live my life to be caring of others, helpful and patient when needed. I have tried to be a good friend, wife, mother, daughter, aunt, niece, cousin, sister, neighbor, worker and grandmother. At times I have not been the best in

Today ~ May 24, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My second cousin twice removed,  a   "Living Olson." IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Born on   May 24, 1896 The wife of my grand uncle, Lillie Marie Skaro.  She would have been 118 years old today. Born on   May 24, 1812 My second great grandfather , Torgal Torgalsen Vestby  ( Rønningen) .   H e would have been 202 years old today. Born on   May 24, 1840 The great grand uncle of my step Father, Richard Fleming .  He would have been 174 years old today. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogical treasure hunts!   Copyright © 2014 Cheryl Palmer All Rights Reserved

Today ~ May 23, 2014 A very  HAPPY BIRTHDAY   to : My first cousin,  a   "Living Cianfichi." My second cousin, a "Living Olson." My second cousin, another "Living Olson." My third cousin, a "Living Steen." The wife of my second cousin once removed, a "Living Sorger." My second cousin once removed a "LivingWarner." MARRIED on   May 23 The sister in law of second cousin once removed, a  Nordby.  The brother in law of second cousin once removed, a  Nordby.            ~ ~ ~ Sibling brother and sister, Nordby, married sibling brother and sister Sandeno.~~~ IN LOVING MEMORY   May They Rest in Peace Died on   May 23 My first cousin twice removed, a  Bakken. Died on   May 23 The sister in law of the second cousin of my step Father, a Glenn. Died on   May 23, 1676 My eighth great grandfather, Henery Andrews. Thanks for stopping by!   Wishing you success in all of your genealogica

I am participating in Julie Goucher's activity: This week's prompt is - How do you De-Stress? Read Swim Walk Music Yoga   Sport Anything else? What triggers your acknowledgement that you need to de-stress? Headaches other pains? What triggers you stress? As always, share what you feel comfortable - anything from nothing to.....your choice! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These days, I do not get as much stress as when I was working. Lately, I am finding I stress over my granddaughter's dance competitions, this is her first year in competitions. Because mom had many work  obligations with the business changing ownership where she works, she wasn't available much at the beginning of this season so I played the mom roll. Buying costumes, jewelry, hair, makeup, ballet shoes, tap shoes, etc., etc. I learned  how to do her hair piece and hair, and also worked a bit on the prop. The 3 girls on the "mini team" each have a p