I've been spending more time with a camera this past year, and less time doing genealogy research and website additions.…
Sally Byrne had been my mother-in-law for less than three years when she died suddenly and too soon on April…
Gathering data online is my primary research activity these days, but there's something special about holding a historic book, letter…
There's a long tradition of crappy photographers in my family. Great grandmother Edna was a pioneer of bad photography with…
I keep this blog focused on personal topics and hobbies, primarily genealogy, with only the occasional mention of matters related…
An afternoon of downtime in Washington DC a few weeks back afforded me an opportunity to visit Arlington Cemetery, and…
Did you happen to find this site while searching for your Byrne ancestors? I'm glad you visited, but want to…
A highlight from a recent New England trip was getting to spend some time in and around Portsmouth, NH. The…
Probably the ugliest and more boring highway in California is Interstate 5. And it's also a road I travel on…
For many years, my grandparents dedicated a wall in their Santa Cruz home to old family photos. They were mostly…