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Carl David Salfield -- A Biography

1890 Page Street, San Francisco, California I've been working for several months to document what I know about C.D. Salfield (1849-1929)....

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Me, Myself and I

And, just like that, we are come to the final week of the "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" writing challenge. Writing about my genealogical...

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Cousins

When you say the word "cousins," most people think about the children of their parents' siblings. Most everybody seems to have them,...

Dec 15, 20235 min read

You Wouldn't Believe...

In just a few days, it will be Christmas. Hopefully, sometime before then, Doug and I will pull our 2' artificial tree out of its bag...

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Family Recipe

After Mom died, I collected all her folders of recipes as well as about twenty cookbooks that had belonged to her or my grandmother or my...

Dec 1, 20235 min read

Troublemaker

I've been threatening for a while to write about my great-grandfather who was, I'm afraid, not a Good Man. I don't know whether he was...

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Stayed Home

I've written about my maternal grandparents, Inez and Shug, and about my paternal grandfather, Erwin Sr. This week's "52 Ancestors in 52...

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"Is this a good time?" seems an appropriate way to begin -- not just "is this convenient" but also "ARE we having a good time?" as well as "Is this a good time, or what?"

These are my stories in response to the themes of Amy Johnson Crow's "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" writing challenge. As an on-again-off-again genealogist since 1999 or so, 2022 was the year I got stuck in and Learned Some Stuff. Getting the opportunity to share that tickles me to pieces. If you have a question or comment, I'd love to hear from you!

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Got a bunch of old family photos but you don't know who is in them or where or when they were taken? Me, too! The absolute BEST resource for that is "The Photo Detective" by Maureen Taylor, which has just been updated!

And, in terms of delicious indulgences, I love "Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900" by Joan Severa. A wonderful "coffee table book" just to leaf through.

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Jul 23, 2023

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Your dad and my maternal grandfather probably would have had lots to talk about. My grandpa worked on the Apollo 11 and 13 missions.

Dec 26, 2023

What a lovely article on your adventures in genealogy and meeting wonderful cousins.

Nov 18, 2023

My grandmother was a baker who made 4-tier wedding cakes and made bread but I found out in August that one branch of my family (descended from her sister) had confectioner as a profession in the Census. My father's cousin was descended from this line but till then I didn't know which branch she was from.

Thank you so much for your writing.

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Nov 19, 2023

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Thank you so much for sharing! Who knew there were so many confectioners?

Sep 15, 2023

Interesting to learn of your grandfather's life, which sure started out with some adversity. It looks like he really turned that around in trying to be a good father...though still keeping secret how his early life had been. I couldn't find this posted over on Facebook under the group Generations Cafe'. I would have made this comment there if it had been there.

Oct 13, 2023

Thank you for this! I'm sorry it took me so long to see it. Yes, I think the secrets they kept meant my grandparents were rather isolated. It's sad, really!

Aug 26, 2023

I enjoyed reading your 'prattle', it is very similar to the searching and discovering I have experienced. Thanks for sharing. 😎

Aug 29, 2023

Thank you so much!

Aug 05, 2023

What an enterprising family!

Jun 24, 2023

Your mother sounds like an interesting person. Shame about the T bird. My brother once had a Triumph with the wooden panels. That was an interesting quote about the bread too.

Jun 26, 2023

Thank you! I was also a HUGE Triumph fan, that was my dream car!

Jun 23, 2023

I am likely the only person, ever, who bought a Corvette one day on a whim!! I was actually helping a recently single friend look for a car--but I too was recently single and thought the Corvette was just my style. I loved that car although some prior research would have told me a 77 'vette was not much more than a pretty lemon! The bank manager sighed when she reminded me that the car payments would be more than my monthly rent!! Was I discouraged? Not on your life. At the end of 6 months I sold the car--since every time I drove it the car ended up in the garage for repairs. BUT--and this is a big BUT--I had a Corvette at the age of 26 and newly-single--and I LOVED it.

Good for you! That's what I like to hear!!!!

Jun 16, 2023

How terrific that you have the photos of the Corvette and know so many details to share with relatives. Enjoyed this post so much!

Thank you! I have the original maintenance agreement for the car (or, more correctly, the digital image of it, now).

Jun 09, 2023

I had never heard of the Filles du Roi until just the other day, when I learned of some historical fiction books about them. My daughter introduced me to the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon several years ago, and this falls in that category. Thanks for the great read. I really enjoyed it.

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

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Carl David Salfield -- A Biography

Me, Myself and I

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