Category Archives: Holidays

Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2013 by vanbraman

Happy Mother’s Day to my Mother. The first Mother’s Day was celebrated by Anna Jarvis a little over a 100 years ago. A few years later in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made it an official holiday when he announced the … Continue reading →

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Irish Heritage

Posted on March 17, 2013 by vanbraman

Religion in Family History Since today is St. Patrick’s Day, I have been thinking about my Irish heritage. I have several branches of my family with Scotch-Irish ancestry. It is sometimes difficult to determine if an ancestor is Scottish or … Continue reading →

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