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Baby Naming Lists Are Fun

One thing that is fun to think about when you are pregnant is what you will name your baby. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination, and until your baby arrives there will always be the question of whether the name that you have spent hours agonizing over will be a good fit for him or her. There are many baby name lists out there that list popular names, unusual names, celebrity baby names, and so on. Lists are fun to look at and they can provide inspiration too. Recently, I came across a list of the top baby … Continue reading →

Popular Baby Names From A Century Ago

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Today, parents often give their newborns a name that was inspired by popular culture. This is not a new phenomena. If you take a close look at the baby names that were popular about one hundred years ago, you will find that your ancestors were also inspired by popular culture when they named their babies. Perhaps one of your ancestors was named after someone who was famous in 1910. In many ways, day to day life is very different now, than it was around one hundred years ago. Your ancestors didn’t have cell phones, access to the internet, or big … Continue reading →

Tracking Down Details About Your Mentally Ill Ancestors

There are some things that are talked about and understood so much more now than they were in years past. When you are exploring your family history, you may find that there are ancestors that people are reluctant to discuss, or for whom many details are missing. It is possible that these ancestors may have suffered from a mental illness, for which they may have been hospitalized in a mental institution. Mental illness was very much misunderstood until quite recently, if you look at it from a historical perspective. During the 1930’s, frontal lobotomies (removing part of the brain) were … Continue reading →

Plan A Family Reunion This Summer

If it has been quite some time since your family last had a family reunion, now may be a good time to think about why. Here are a few common reasons that families put off having family reunions along with some suggestions to help you get around those reasons and plan a great gathering for your family this summer. With the way the economy is, money could be one reason that your family has not had a reunion lately. The good news is that you don’t need to keep holding out until the economy shapes up. By keeping your reunion … Continue reading →

Love Letters: Flights of Romance

How much do you know about Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh? For years, those names only meant one thing to me – the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. It was a scandal that shocked the nation in the early part of the twentieth century and it is a heart-breaking tale to this day. Who Were Anne Morrow & Charles Lindbergh Their love affair or storybook romance as the popular press wrote of them in their own time was not quite a fairytale. Lindbergh made history as an aviator and he was a national hero. He met Anne Morrow during a visit to … Continue reading →