Monthly Archives: August 2012
Amanuensis Monday: The Wedding Trip
John Newmark of the Transylvanian Dutch blog started a genealogy meme of Amanuensis Monday in February 2009. He defines amanuensis as a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I’ve been looking at my maternal grandmother’s (Ruby REINHARDT) Bride’s Book. I’ve talked about my grandparents’ first meeting, their engagement, memorable events here and here, the shower, the Hope Chest … Continue reading
Amanuensis Monday: photos
John Newmark of the Transylvanian Dutch blog started a genealogy meme of Amanuensis Monday in February 2009. He defines amanuensis as a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I’ve been looking at my maternal grandmother’s (Ruby REINHARDT) Bride’s Book. I’ve talked about my grandparents’ first meeting, their engagement, memorable events here and here, the shower, the Hope Chest … Continue reading
Whirlwind Claire started us off on Day 2….
Tuesday, July 24 at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIPitt) I still had this one queued up from my week in Pittsrburgh so here goes: Day 2 of GRIPitt. We had two lectures by Claire Bettag, CG. She was the mentor of ProGen 11 and is undoubtedly the Best. Mentor. Ever. Ever. She spoke about archival … Continue reading