Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 06:52 AM - General Chit-Chat
When I started this project, the 4 trees I had were clearly separate entities with no crossover. Now there are various points where there is an overlap. Someone from tree #1 was married to someone from tree #2 and someone from tree #2 was married to someone from tree #3.
I'm telling you this because there are going to be times where you do a search for a name and the results are going to show two entries. One from one tree and one from another.
And yet, I can't bear the thought of merging all the trees into one. The way they are now, at least I have a clear idea of which group I'm working on when I have new material to enter.
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Friday, December 09, 2005, 02:11 PM - General Chit-Chat
I just put up several Polish recipes of foods my Grandmother would often make, whether for Easter, or Christmas, or just daily fare. These are Polish comfort foods.
Maybe your family made them slightly differently, but this was our tradition and you are welcome to try the recipes out. They are set up to print out at a 3x5 format which is perfect for pasting onto your typical recipe card.
Sandy
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Friday, December 02, 2005, 12:13 PM - General Chit-Chat
Thanks to Jim Smenda for contributing some pictures of processions from St. Barbara Church.
He's also given us a picture of a mystery baseball player wearing a St. Barbara's uniform. I didn't even know they had a baseball team! If anyone recognizes him or knows where that photo was taken, please let me know.
I think the location might be in the general vicinity of the ravine that was between W.18th and W.15th north of Denison Ave. The house seen to his left looks like one of the houses on W.18th but I'm not positive until I can get down to the old neighborhood and take a look.
Don't forget! If you have any interesting photos to share, we'd love to get them. Unique items like these should not fall into the back of some box somewhere never to be seen again.
Sandy
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005, 04:33 PM - General Chit-Chat
Many thanks to the descendants of the JAMES FISH and the EBENEZER FISH Jr. families who have so generously shared their historical treasures with us. Aside from the many photographs and Dauggerotypes, I've also received vintage letters, documents, newspaper articles, and other things that I've been trying to get online as soon as possible.
It's beginning to feel like a Brooklyn, Ohio museum around here, and that is GREAT!
Sandy
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Sunday, July 17, 2005, 08:11 AM - General Chit-Chat
When I get the opportunity, I've been visiting some of the local (Cleveland) cemeteries and photographing headstones. Many of them are already available for viewing.
Some of the monuments I see are huge! I wonder what the cost was at the time they were placed at the plot? I guess it helps you get a feel for the relative wealth of some families. Riverside Cemetery has a wide variety, but not much in the way of interesting designs. Perhaps the most unique features are on the ones that have the laser engraved photographs of the dearly departed. Woodmere Cemetery (Berea) had a very unique monument shaped exactly like an old log cabin, but about the size of a doghouse. Bohemian National (Chicago) must have had a lot of woodworkers or something. Several monuments were shaped just like a standing tree trunk with bark and all.
Before our modern times, cemeteries were more for social gatherings, I guess. Riverside had a small lake where folks could go out on boats. Some families would go to the cemetery and have a picnic. Does anyone do that anymore?
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