Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas from my family to your family!

Published 23 Dec 2021, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas !!

Merry Christmas from the Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog 

Published 24 Dec 2020,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving !!

 

Published 25 Nov 2020, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Suggestions For Christmas

Advertisement from The Crittenden Press, Friday, 8 December 1922, p. 5:

Published 17 Dec 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Published 28 Nov 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Independence Day!

Published July 4, 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Never Forget

Central Park, Henderson, Kentucky 26 May 2019

Published 27 May 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Easter!

Published 21 April 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy New Year 2019

Published 1 Jan 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas !!

Published 24 Dec 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Letters to Santa Claus 1911

In December 1911, Letters to Santa Claus began to appear in the weekly Crittenden County, Kentucky newspaper, the Crittenden Record - Press. Below are letters written by children to their favorite red-clad friend.

14 December 1911

Dear Santa Clause [sic]:  I am a little girl 12 years old and I am so anxious for Xmas to come and I hope you will come and visit me before you get too tired, for I want so many things.  I want a nice doll and carriage, candy, apples, oranges, nuts and I would like to have a rain coat, but mama says I am asking too much but please don't forget my doll.  Oh!  Say, I wish I had some nice books. Well, I want so many things I will just let you decide. I will ring off. From your little friend, Verah Crider.

Dear Santa Clause:  I am a little girl 8 years old. I want you to please call at our place. I live at the foot of the Willson hill. I sure want a doll, candy, nuts and a lot of things, but I will be satisfied with what you want to bring me. Wishing you a merry Xmas, I am  your little friend.  Valna Crider.

21 December 1911

Mexico, Ky., Dec. 16.  Dear Santa Claus:   I am a little girl 5 years old and have light hair and blue eyes, I try to be good hope you will think of me, I would like to have a big doll and set of dishes, oranges, apples, bananas and all kinds of nuts and candy  I will go to bed early and shut my eyes tight, please come and don't forget my little sister and papa and mama. So I will close, from a little girl.   Ruth Bibb, Mexico, Ky.

Dear Santa Claus:  I am a little girl 9 years old and will be so glad when Xmas comes. If you don't give all of your presents away before you visit me, I want a doll, a pair of little scissors, candy, nuts, apples, oranges, and bananas. I like to read and you may bring me all of the good books you have to spare. I have a brother and a little sister and please don't forget them.  I will close, wishing you a merry Christmas.  Your little friend, Velma Fritts, Route 4, Marion, Ky.

Published 20 December 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Published 22 November 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Honoring All Veterans

Great Lakes National Cemetery, 

Holly, Michigan

3 October 2018

Published 11 November 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Labor Day!

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Published 3 September 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.com/

Happy 4th of July!

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Published 4 July 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Memorial Day 2018

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Published 28 May 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

My New Year's Resolutions

It’s that time of the year when, full of optimism, we make our New Year’s resolutions. Most of us promise to eat less or exercise more and those are great resolutions, but I have chosen to make my resolutions pertain only to genealogy. The following resolutions were originally published here in 2007, but they are still pertinent today.

1. I resolve to re-read all of my research notes and files on my families in the hope that a new clue will emerge.

2. I resolve to cite all sources and will use the correct format so that if my genealogy cousins want to check my sources, they will be able to easily do so.

3. I resolve to file all of my paper document copies in the proper place so they will not be lost when I want to re-read that document.

4. I resolve to be kind to novice researchers when they ask for help or offer an opinion on a genealogical puzzle. Novice researchers sometimes mature and maybe they will, in turn, be helpful to another beginning genealogist.

5. I resolve not to laugh when someone tells me they have researched their line back to Adam and Eve. Someday, somehow, someone may just be successful in achieving that goal.

6. I resolve to respond to a query if I know the answer even though the last 10 times I did so the person inquiring never acknowledged the response or the time it took to look up the answer.

7. I resolve to thank those who have helped me in my search for family information.

8. I resolve to decide what I want to be done with my research papers, books and files and put it in writing so that when I can no longer make that decision, my family will know my wishes.

9. I resolve not to portray my ancestors as anything more than who they really were - hard working, honest people, who cared for their families, reared a house full of children, and were good citizens. Not a one of them was president or in charge of anything except their own family and that is quite good enough.

10. I resolve not to take myself and my research so seriously that I can not enjoy the everyday pleasures of living.

Published 1 January 2018 Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas!

Published 24 December 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Published 23 November 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday!

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog!  It began in October 2007 and 1418 posts have been published. That is a lot of words and photographs!

Published 29 October 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/