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The following is another interesting article written by my friend, Tom Fiske: Cicero, the Roman statesman and lawyer who lived until 46 BC, was credited with the statement, “The reasons behind the world’s greatest events are often more interesting that Continue reading Getting the Whole Picture
The following is another short and interesting item by my friend, Tom Fiske: I still have the letter. Although the envelope had been mailed sixty years ago, when I saw the handwriting I knew who had written it: my grandmother. Continue reading Investigating the Dark Side
The following is by my friend, Tom Fiske: A born recycler, I have been fixing things all my life. Radios, bicycles, old cars, and furnaces. I mention furnaces because when I was dating Evie, my fine wife, I went to Continue reading Recycling Family Histories
Following is another thought-provoking article by my friend, Tom Fiske: A couple years ago I met with a friend, Carolyn, who had an old diary from the 1860’s. It was a handwritten account by her ancestor, Seth B. Reid, who Continue reading Do It Now! – Before the Termites Get At It!
Following is another of Tom Fiske’s interesting articles: This afternoon I was writing to a Kentucky author named Keven McQueen. I had just read an excellent book he wrote and was telling him what I thought. In my email I Continue reading Valuable Trunks
Another thoughtful piece from my friend, and fellow businessman, Tom Fiske: Every family has members that no one talks about. In my case it was my great-grandfather Adam Sebastian. He worked hard, succeeded, and died young. The problem was that Continue reading One Cousin’s Meat Is Another Cousin’s Poison
Here’s another piece from my friend, Tom Fiske: It is all a few dates and a collection of stories. At least that is all my genealogy is. Maybe a photo or two. Little else. Other peoples’ genealogies may consist of Continue reading Mundane Genealogy
Another piece from Tom Fiske… Enjoy… Maybe it’s just my family that has problems, but probably not. I just know that I have been warned not to dig up the past by very serious cousins – on more than one Continue reading Don’t Dig Up the Past!
Another amusing article by my friend, Tom Fiske: I saw an Internet article titled “Texting from Beyond the Grave.” New technology allows a person to imbed a chip in his or her granite tombstone that can be excited by telephones Continue reading Beyond the Grave
Here’s another fine article by my friend, Tom Fiske: Genealogy has given me a lot of fun, but more importantly it has given me a sense of where I belong in the grand scheme of things. And it is not Continue reading Passing Along the Vision
The following is another interesting and thought-provoking article by my friend, Tom Fiske: Did you ever read the story or see the movie, Mrs Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch? It was an interesting but sad story about poverty-bound people that Continue reading Cabbage Patches in Our Past
The following is another thought-provoking article by my Friend, Tom Fiske. Today I received an email from a man named Vic who is writing a book. He thanked me for help that I have given him over the past two Continue reading Sleeping Well at Night
The following is another interesting article by Tom Fiske: Who knows the reason? I can’t remember what it was, but I joined a group of people at my church that were working on their autobiographical histories. That is, members were Continue reading Telling the Whole Story
Another gem from Tom FIske: It’s not that I have given up on Genealogy. It’s just that all the easy stuff has come to light. Now I am down to searching through Bavarian files from the 1800’s and early American Continue reading Cold Case Ancestors and Spies
Following is another gem by Tom Fiske: When I put my parents’ names on the first genealogy form, there were only my two kids and me to worry about. But I thought they would be interested someday. And to tell Continue reading Saving A Life’s Work