Autumn tea ~

A friend stopped by today for tea, cookies and my help researching her Italian ancestors . . . we found her great grandfather's manifest passenger list, he arrived at Ellis Island in 1913 and we also found his WWI draft registration in 1918 . . . she was so excited and I may have got her hooked!  Was a nice peaceful day . . . .

Family ~

FAMILY

Our refuge from the storm, our link 

to the past, our bridge to the future. 

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I love the words on this sign  . . . sings to the love of family and the family historian in me! We attended our friends birthday get together last evening . . . the sign was a wonderful gift from her daughter . . . thank you my friends for letting me share your gift!

Lego Family Tree ~

My six year old grandson loves Lego's and is amazing at what he creates with them.  He decided I needed a Lego family tree to sit on my genealogy/family history bookshelf . . . I love it and he is very aware of what Oma does!

Old Augsburg, Germany ~

The larger drawing/picture of Augsburg, Germany has been in our family for a long time. You can't tell in this photo, but there is a tear in the top middle portion and the corners are curling. I have been wanting to scan this piece for many years...it's quite large and does not fit on my Canon printer/scanner.

I received a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner for Christmas and love it. I hadn't tried the "stitching"option yet. I became inspired when Vickie scanned a page from her James Madison Hall journal and stitched the page together. I scanned the drawing and then used the stitch option. Well, I have to say it worked great for me! The stitched copy is above the larger original (in photo above). I printed the stitched copy onto "book" paper (8.5 x 11) I have. The color didn't come out as bright as in the original...I will have to work on that part of it.  Now it will fit perfectly in my Haf surname binder.  Thank you for the inspiration Vickie...I hadn't taken my flip-pal out since New Years...the possibilities are endless.