iPentimento Author - Carol Wilkerson

Grandma’s Pocketbook

February 21, 2012 By Carol Wilkerson Leave a Comment

Grandma’s Pocketbook Do you watch Antiques Roadshow, or search for fashion memory-makers like old purses? When I was watching Downton Abbey last night something made me think of my grandma Josie and her pocketbook. Grandma never called it a purse. It was always her pocketbook. A name that harkened back to olden times [...]

Filed Under: Memories, Writing Tagged With: Grandma's Pocketbook, Memories of grandma, purse, stealing grapes, the 1950's, webduck

I’ve Signed The SSDI Petition – Have You? It’s Not Just About Genealogists!

February 16, 2012 By Carol Wilkerson

I’ve Signed The SSDI Petition – Have You? It’s important for you to know about this petition and to sign it to protect your ability to access the Social Security Death Index and other records as well as stopping ID theft in its tracks. Rather than me doing a big long post about it, please [...]

Filed Under: Databases, public records Tagged With: #openssdi, #webduck #genealogy, RPAC, SSDI, Stop ID thelft now!, The Legal Genealogist

Graveyard Rabbit Carnival – The Whittemores of Pleasant Grove Iowa

February 8, 2012 By Carol Wilkerson Leave a Comment

This is an early photograph taken around 1995 in the churchyard at Pleasant Grove, Iowa. The headstones are for John Whitmore (Whittemore, etc.) and his wife Mary Elizabeth DeSpain. The churchyard is at the Shinar Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Des Moines County, Iowa. I’m participating in the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival hosted by The Graveyard Rabbit. [...]

Filed Under: Graveyard Rabbit Tagged With: Brown County Illinois, Graveyard Rabbit Carnival - The Whittemores of Pleasant Grove Iowa, Medal of Honor, Miller, Shinar Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Whitmore, Whittemore, Whittmore

Who Do You Think You Are Review – Martin Sheen

February 5, 2012 By Carol Wilkerson 2 Comments

I’ve enjoyed the Who Do You Think You Are program from day one, and so admittedly, this is a biased opinion from me. I’ve been trying to determine just what has changed this season, and I think I can say the show seems a bit more streamlined. Not so much of the “how to’s” as [...]

Filed Under: Ancestry, WDYTYA Tagged With: #WDYTYA, #webduck #genealogy, Ancestry, Betty Burnley, Cerilda Yates, Earl Deshay, Martin Sheen

Breedlove Photo Found In Paradise California

February 4, 2012 By Carol Wilkerson Leave a Comment

One of the many benefits of having your family tree on Ancestry is that people can find your tree and see your photos to determine whether or not the photo they found might be someone from your family line. That is exactly what happened to me this week. I received a message on Ancestry from [...]