Just a short time after the Fletcher family reunion, my mom hands me an old photo of her dad, his brothers and sister, and their parents, so I scanned it. I love looking at the faces of family I never got to know, makes me a little sad too, but it's just too irresistible to think about grandparents and their parents. Above are: Walter Olie Fletcher (my mom's dad), his brother Malcolm, his sister Jesse (Great Aunt Jesse, I DID get ... Read More

Or is that Boselega and Fulcher? Since I went to my family reunion this past weekend, I have been thinking (again) about the origins of the surnames of my dad and mom, Bosley and Fletcher respectively. In times past, I have been interested in the family tree, and have even manage to fill t he family Bible with names of grandparents I never got to know and their parents. This is what I found on the Surname Database: Bosley This unusual name is of ... Read More

I took advantage of this little graphic that came my way via a graphic's yahoo group, and decided to fill in my family tree. Years ago in High School we had to do a family tree project, and I worked so long and hard on it. I remember hours at my grandmom's dining room table telling me stories of her brothers, sisters, mom and dad in the mountains of West Virginia. I remember going to my Great Aunt Jesse, and her ... Read More