There are many reasons for canning fruits and vegetables. The biggest reason was many mouths to feed. We were not storing food for 10 years, we were storing food for the next few months. Scalding the glass canning jars was the chore of Uncle Jacob. He was a special Crusader for the children. He always…
Coralee Mae Kinney Fussell, wife, MOM, grandmother, multitalented artist, seamstress moved from Dover Foxcroft Maine to Lake Placid FL, graduating high school there and went to church with her parents Fern & Paul Kinney in Ortona, FL. Coralee’s husband to be joined the Army Transportation Corp before he was old enough with the help of…
Famous grilled oysters on the half shell, half raw, the rest steamed in their own juices kept the diners coming back till the bounty was totally consumed. The gourmet cook never claimed to be a chef but bragged that his home in Naples was within 5 minutes of the finest dining anywhere in North America.…
The family history was sacred and to be told as exact as possible. Grandma Fern sat with her hands folded in her lap while she answered my question did she ever go to school? “Why yes child, why would you ask a question like that?” I was just curious and she started the story of…
Oral history records more than genealogy. Oral history has so much more to offer than a picture or a chart. Visiting with Uncle Roy was like I never knew who he was. He was always quiet. Roy started talking about driving the family truck called a skeeter from the cane patch to the cane mill…
Inheritance is not usually fluid, it can be tangible or invisible. Not long after the last grain of sand drops from the hourglass of time, inheritance leaps to the foreground as a legacy for the descendants. Inheritance is commonly defined as money or property. In actuality, inheritance is the act of knowingly giving a possession…
Your free legacy is not about an heirloom, a recipe, a quilt, a home or even money. Your free legacy cannot be held or seen but to your heirs it is priceless and cherished above all other gifts. Your legacy is the celebration of your hopes and dreams for the future, that will be passed…
The definition of what is a legacy is defined as follows. The baton of family history was passed to us involuntarily. Some call the baton our heritage, genealogy, family history, stories, land or possessions. However, our legacy is the celebration of our hopes and dreams for the future, that will be passed on to our…
Oral History is a familiar audible voice, talking or singing about a story or an event, that has personal memories of an individual, family or groups of people such as a town or nation, that can be recorded as first-hand knowledge of past events and records with the mere sound of the voice. Written…
Family history in a voice recording was the desired Legacy. Dad asked his mother to record her life story. He left a recorder and tapes so she could record as long as she wanted. He retrieved the tapes and long after she passed, he began to listen. Her voice ebbed, flowed and the volume was…