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Category: Family

Week 17 of 52: Land

April 25, 2020 jsheliga

For week 17 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Land.” Apparently when my grandparents (Ed Sheliga and…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: Birth, Buffalo, Cabin, Cattaraugus County, Clement Hetzel, East Otto, Edmund Sheliga, Farm House, John Hetzel, Land Records, Nelson Parkin, Newspaper Article, Ruth Parkin Sheliga, Sheliga, To-Do List, Well Water

Week 16 of 52: Air

April 19, 2020 jsheliga

For week 16 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Air.” My maternal Grandpa, Ivo Johnson, was a…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, 82nd Airborne, Army, Battle of the Bulge, Ivo Johnson, Letters, Uniform, WWII

Week 15 of 52: Fire

April 11, 2020 jsheliga

For week 15 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Fire.” My Grandpa Ed Sheliga was a volunteer…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Edmund Sheliga, Fire Fighter, Parades, Tonawanda, Volunteer, Wheatfield

Week 14 of 52: Water

April 2, 2020 jsheliga

For week 14 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Water.” A picture that I have on my…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Beach, Marriage, Parkin, Sheliga, Water

Week 13 of 52: Nearly Forgotten

March 31, 2020 jsheliga

For week 13 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Nearly Forgotten.” I don’t think that it is…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Birth Certificates, Buffalo, Cemetery, Edmund Sheliga, headstone, Szeliga

Week 12 of 52: Popular

March 24, 2020 jsheliga

For week 12 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Popular.” In trying to think about all of…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Buffalo, Charles Whittaker, Covington, Ella Whittaker, Ernest Larkin, Inez Whittaker Larkin, Newspaper Article, Pennsylvania, Tioga, Wedding

I Wished for More Time… But Not Like This

March 21, 2020 jsheliga

There were so many times that I wished that I could get paid for my job but not have to…

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Posted in: Family Filed under: Corona Virus, Ruth Whittaker, Shadow Box, Spanish Flu

Week 11 of 52: Luck

March 13, 2020 jsheliga

For week 11 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Luck.” I thought about the different ways that…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Family, Family History Library, Irish, Luck, Salt Lake City

Week 10 of 52: Strong Woman

March 4, 2020 jsheliga

For week 10 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Strong Woman.” I come from a long line…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family, FGS, Grosvenor Room, Libraries, Podcasts Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo Registered Voters, Election, Extreme Genes, FGS, Forum, Gena Philibert-Ortega, Grosvenor Room, Podcasts, President, Vote, Warren G. Harding, Women

Week 9 of 52: Disaster

February 29, 2020 jsheliga

For week 9 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Disaster.” I was thinking about my ancestors concerning…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Apple Orchard, Barney Whittaker, Barns, Farm, Farming, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Tioga

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