This year, I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 2025 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, weekly prompts to tell your ancestors’ stories. She recently released the prompt for January 22-28: The theme for Week 4 is “Overlooked.” It’s close to impossible to research everyone equally. Who is someone in your family tree who you haven’t researched very…
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Honoring Civil Service: My Grandmother’s Legacy as a Bookkeeping Machine Operator
Today is the anniversary of the Federal Civil Service, which was created on 16 January 1883. It was an act created to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States. This anniversary holds personal significance for me. In 1948, my grandmother, Angelina “Angie” Campanile, worked as a bookkeeping machine operator for the State…
Part II – Ancestor Profile: Mollie Monroe Brand
This is part two of a two-part post series diving into the story of my great-grandmother, Mollie Macephius Monroe Brand. Please head over to part one if you have not yet read it. Note: This post is not meant to be a complete genealogical study, though it has been completed and documented. It is just…
Part I – Ancestor Profile: Mollie Monroe Brand
Mollie Macephius Monroe Brand was my great-grandmother on my father’s paternal side. I never had the opportunity to meet her, but she always felt like an enigma to me as a child, and I craved to know her story. I only knew of one picture of her and the stories my grandmother shared. My grandfather…
