The site Family Search, has a project where volunteers can transcribe genealogical documents for general use. I found out about the site and it’s services shortly after I stumbled into family history research. And signed up to do some indexing shortly after that. I would guess that I’ve been indexing since last December. I find [...]
The Island Calls by Teresa Garrido Roberts, is an interesting journey of a woman who searches for her Chamorro father who abandoned the family when she was only three years old. The story is not uplifting. In fact, it is quite grim at points. Low tide at Asan Beach by cappuccino_iv Without giving the [...]
Since I’m still obsessing over the family tree, and the fact that I can discover what life was like on Guam during the Japanese occupation by researching, since no relative would ever tell me, I am reading Hold the Marianas: The Japanese Defense of the Mariana Islands . I got an inter-library loan, thinking it [...]
In my typically obsessive manner, I have been researching the family tree and doing as little else as possible. I had begun to tire of it when I discovered the names of my great-grandmothers sister. That led me to more previously unknown family members. And voila, I was sucked back in. It’s easy though, to [...]
I’m not a huge fan of turkey. I appreciate the skill of a good cook, who can make one just right. But I don’t love the turkey taste. I like it well enough at Thanksgiving. But I’ve never understood people who will buy the biggest bird they can find and eat the leftovers for days [...]
