Vance Turner Connect

One thing I enjoy is putting together small quotes using images from Pixabay.com and adding text with Paint 3D. Thought I could post a few here, just for your interest.

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2022/02/19/a-friendly-visit/

Census records are another good source of information for genealogists. However, I’ve observed that ages are often the census taker’s guess rather than accurate fact. I suppose it wasn’t po...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2022/02/18/researching-census-records/

Joseph the son of Joseph the son of Joseph One of the challenges of tracing a family tree can be the repetition of names. Collecting and sorting data can lead you into a maze of repeated names, a...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2022/02/12/family-name-repeats/

It’s been several years since our last post on this blog. Cousin Linda B and I started it with bright hopes, but life intervened, with its various health issues for both of us. Lately, though, ...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2022/02/11/hello-family-friends/

A Cup of Tea, Heavenly Comfort By Phena Catherine Taylor When you’re weary and you’re fagged, And life scarcely seems worthwhile, When you have become discouraged, You hardly dare to smile. W...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2019/09/14/a-cup-of-tea-heavenly-comfort/

The introduction of catalog shopping allowed isolated farmers to make purchases without travelling to town, but some prairie stores did not welcome the competition. Barry Broadfoot in “The Pion...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2019/09/08/eatons-catalog/

NIGHT ON THE WATER By Linda C Butler Told by Doris Jacobson (Bryenton) My dad, Ralph Bryenton, operated a boat service on Wekusko Lake, Manitoba, ferrying passengers from the village of Herb Lak...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2019/07/24/night-on-the-water/

Herb Lake Foragers By Linda Butler Euell Gbbons (1911-1975) a writer who encouraged his readers to harvest wild edible plants, said that foraging is harvesting where you did not sow. My first exp...

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Dad tried his best when I was young to fix it in my mind that “as the tiny twig is bent, so is the tree inclined” And when he’d lay me ‘cross his knee on punishment intent, I used to … ...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/against-his-inclination/

“I don’t know who my grandfather was. I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” —Abraham Lincoln “Parental advice is passed from generation to generation— each hope...

https://vanceturnerconnect.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/generational-wisdom/