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Snowed In, Mays Landing, N.J

Flew in to Mays Landing last Friday to visit my Grandmother. She had a bad fall last Wed and then fell again twice before I arrived on Friday. My Grandmother is 94 and lives by herself. My Sister came from NY so between the two of us we have been busy taking care of Grand mom. I was suppose to leave Monday but I was snowed in. My flight was changed to tomorrow but it might be cancelled it is snowing again! I moved from Mays Landing to Ocala, Florida sixteen years ago, so you know I am freezing! I have never seen so much snow. My sister and I tried to make a snowman but the snow would not stick.

I am worried about my Grandmother, she cannot live by herself anymore. We are making arrangements for someone to come stay with her. I have to go back home for awhile to make arrangements so I can come back as soon as I can. My father is retired now and lives close to grand mom but she still needs live in assistance. Today were are getting her the “help I’ve fallen alarm” that still is no comfort to my sister and I.

The other night we looked at some old photos, she had an old suitcase full! In there was an old grade school photo journal of my grandfather! This was the first time I seen photos of him so young.
It is snowing and snowing….it sure is pretty

Me & Michele

Genealogy column: You may have had 'quinsy' and not even known it

 An interesting article in the Citizen -Times. com page - the various words once used for diseases now known by other names
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100111/COLUMNISTS/301110010/Genealogy-column--You-may-have-had-%E2%80%98quinsy%5C--and-not-even-known-it 

Follow Friday - Hoffman Family News Blog

I read the post about digital scrapbooking on the Hoffman Family News blog. There was even a picture of what was created using digital scrapbooking. I then followed the suggested link that was recommended so I could read more about digital scrapbooking.

Kick-Ass Genealogy’s blog is where I landed. I loved her article and sense of humor. I then followed her suggested sites and looked through all the digital scrapbooking ideas. Pretty cool stuff.

Today I went to Hobby Lobby, the local craft store. They had the Memory Mixer digital scrapbooking made easy program. It retailed for $35.00 but I had a 40% off coupon!

Here is what I made……..         

    

Wordless Wenesday; Mystery of Mathias Knaus solved!

Mystery of Mathias Knaus solved!
I have blogged before on how it was driving me crazy that I could not find information on when Mathias died. No one in my family remembered when he died but knew where he was buried. I flew to New Jersey last year to visit my Mother and talked her into driving me to St. Peters cemetery in New Brunswick. There are no tombstone inscriptions for St. Peters.
We asked the “keeper of the books” where his tombstone was and he looked up Mathias’s name. He stated there was no death date listed but he was buried in the family plot. When we found the family plot Mathias’s name was not on the headstone just his parents. The “Keeper of the books” said his records state that it was a double headstone and Mathias’s name should have been on it.
Over the year I searched every record source I could. I had an idea of when he died but with no exact death date I could not afford the process of elimination through the New Jersey State Archives.
Last week I decided to see if the New Brunswick Public Library updated their online newspaper search. They did! I typed in Mathias Knaus and found a death notice, now I know when my great great grandfather died, 05 Jan 1916. I also found several articles on him, one in particular....a notice of a will executed to his wife…..I sent away for it yesterday!

Genealogy Course

Has anyone taken an online course for a certificate in Genealogy? If so,can you give me the name. I cannot find any Genealogy courses where I live.