For several years fellow blogger Amy Johnson Crow has been running a genealogy challenge that has seen increased popularity in the last couple years. Over on WikiTree, they have decided to pick up this challenge and issue a weekly open-ended prompt on the message boards. Each prompt is designed for members to discuss and respond with an ancestor or story that fits with that week’s prompt. In addition to answering over on WikiTree's G2G forum, I'll also be answering here in a more complete form.
For week 19 we have an aptly named springtime theme of "Nurture".
I've been in the garden full-time this past week and it has been nice to see the rewards already showing from that. This week's prompt is a perfect reflection of this time of year and the prime candidate popped into mind.
Here, you can see Charles Wajdak on the right posing in front of his home for best lawn award. In addition to this gem of American life, I've found numerous articles about him visiting ailing family, raising his children, and various exploits from his fishing days along the Texas coast.
Over the last week, I had a trial to Newspapers.com and took advantage of it by searching out unique family names. Charles Wajdak was an easy target for his unique last name, and I was happy to find so many articles about him and his family.
I’m not big on subscription services, especially when most of the information they have can be found for free with a bit of legwork. However, the free trial periods to websites are a great way to take advantage of their convenience without getting committed to a high-priced service that is generally not worth the investment.
What are some of the things you've discovered in old newspapers about your family?
- Patricia
For week 19 we have an aptly named springtime theme of "Nurture".
I've been in the garden full-time this past week and it has been nice to see the rewards already showing from that. This week's prompt is a perfect reflection of this time of year and the prime candidate popped into mind.
Here, you can see Charles Wajdak on the right posing in front of his home for best lawn award. In addition to this gem of American life, I've found numerous articles about him visiting ailing family, raising his children, and various exploits from his fishing days along the Texas coast.
Over the last week, I had a trial to Newspapers.com and took advantage of it by searching out unique family names. Charles Wajdak was an easy target for his unique last name, and I was happy to find so many articles about him and his family.
I’m not big on subscription services, especially when most of the information they have can be found for free with a bit of legwork. However, the free trial periods to websites are a great way to take advantage of their convenience without getting committed to a high-priced service that is generally not worth the investment.
What are some of the things you've discovered in old newspapers about your family?
- Patricia
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