An Honor To Be Considered

It's an honor to be considered among the nominees for Family Tree Magazine's Top 40 Best Genealogy Blogs of 2011.  

This blog is a member of the MY FAMILY HISTORY category.

There are eight categories to vote on, and you can choose five (5) blogs in each category.

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There are some great blogs listed among the nominees!

Tombstone Tuesday: LeMasters

Source: Salamonia Cemetery (Jay County, Indiana), LeMasters marker, photographed by Travis LeMaster, 26 March 2009

Floyd LeMASTERS and wife Shirley Opal (GAGLE), as well as son Floyd D. and wife Nevada J., and one unidentified LeMasters are buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.

Floyd was born February 2, 1894 in Jay County, Indiana, the son of Luman Cooper and Barbara Isabel (WEHRLY) LeMASTERS.

Opal was born September 12, 1895, the daughter of James and Myrtle (FREEMEYER) GAGLE.

Floyd and Opal were married October 9, 1913. They had two children: Remonda and Floyd.  Floyd was adopted.

Floyd D. LeMASTERS was born March 24, 1923 and died August 15, 1972.  He married Nevada Jane McKINLEY, born 1922, died 2001.

I do not know yet how the Edythe G. LeMASTERS (1907-1929) fits into the family.  

Tombstone Tuesday – To participate in Tombstone Tuesday simply create a post which includes an image of a gravestone of one or more ancestors and it may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor. This is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.

Advent Calendar : Holiday Travel

Did you or your ancestors travel anywhere for Christmas? How did you
travel and who traveled with you? Do you remember any special trips?

Every year on Christmas Eve we would go to my Grandma Wright's house in town.  Then, on Christmas Day, we would travel about an hour to my Grandma LeMaster's house.  

Right after my daughter was born, my in-laws flew all of us to Siesta Key, Florida for Christmas.  That was an interesting trip, especially with a six week old baby.  The weather was beautiful, and it felt strange not to have it be cold and snowy for Christmas.

My mother added her memories regarding holiday travel:

As a child, we went to grandparents home on Christmas eve to celebrate and exchange gifts.  When my brother moved to Chattanooga about 30 years ago, we decided to drive down on Christmas Eve Day and be with them.   A winter storm was predicted so we told the kids that we asked Santa if he could deliver gifts early and we left two days before Christmas eve. My mother went was us as she was a widow at the time.    It was warm (50degrees) and we went shopping on Christmas Eve.   We had a great time.