Thriller Thursday

Today's blog prompt suggest thrilling stories from the past but I have one for today.
While doing some searching last night, I located a family tree on ancestry.com with familiar names. In looking at it more closely, I found that the submitter had the same great-grandfather as me! How exciting!!! Now, to try to get in touch with him; I check his profile and see that he hasn't logged in for over 6 months...bummer, I hope he gets my message.
Well, good news! He got the message and replied first thing this morning. And his profile lists him as living only abou 1 & 1/2 hours drive from one of my sisters! I am so excited and hope that we can share information.
I love meeting new relatives I did not know that I have.

Woodhead/Hollingworth Connection

For sometime now, I have been trying to find a connection between the surnames WOODHEAD and HOLLINGWORTH.
This started because of a list of birthdays my great-grandfather wrote up in a "Birthday Book" in the 1850's. His surname was Hollingworth. Scattered in among the Hollingworths and some other names I am familiar with, there are several with the surname Woodhead. I have not found any family members who know where that name fits in.
I have been searching on ancestry on and off for a few years but have really stepped up my search the past few days. I have found several records connecting all the Woodheads I have names for, but none connecting them to the Hollingworth family.
In the early 1800's, the many of the Hollingworths came to America but, apparently, the Woodheads stayed in England.
I will continue my search but am hoping this blog will help me get in touch with someone who knows of the Woodhead family.

Society Saturday

Today we at CHAT had a very nice meeting. We had a tour of the Jefferson County (WV) museum and our request to use their meeting room on a regular basis was approved. We talked about what topics to address in upcoming meetings and hope to join in the tour of Washington homes next Fall. We will be putting up fliers around town about our group and hope to get more members.
All in all, a good day.

Tombstone Tuesday

Much of my father's side of the family is from upstate New York; Monroe County, Hilton, specifically. I was there this past weekend and while visiting my father's grave and planting flowers there, I took pictures of others I had not connected to the family before. Now I just need to find the correct people in my database and connect the pictures to them. In the meantime, RIP Dad, I miss you.

Remembering Grandma

When Gregg and I got married, his mother had already passed away so I never got to know her. But his paternal grandparents were still living and his grandmother taught me a few of the family recipes that Gregg requested. One was spaghetti sauce. Every time I make it, I think of her fondly. Today we are getting snow here in WV; yes, that's right, I said SNOW! Very unusual and won't last but it pretty and made it a good day for spaghetti sauce. In memory of Grandma Bender, I thought I would share the recipe as she told it to me. My notes are in parentheses but I try not too change it too much.

SPAGHETTI SAUCE
Grandma made hers in a large pot on the stove and let it simmer all day. I do it in a crock pot.
Grandma did not give amounts for most of the ingredients, just "to taste".

3-4 large cans of tomato paste (Grandma told me to be sure to get the kind with the picture of the lady on it <smile>
water: same amount as cans of tomato paste using the cans for measure to get all the extra paste out
1 onion, chopped (more or less as desired)
1 green pepper, chopped (more or less as desired)
Parmesan cheese
basil
thyme
oregano
garlic or garlic powder
onion powder if not using chopped onion
seasoned salt
(I also add mushrooms; if using canned, I also add the water)
olive oil

Mix all ingredients except reserving some onion and green pepper in large pot or crock pot. Bring to low boil then reduce heat and simmer several hours. When I use my crock pot, I usually have it cook about 6-8 hours.

MEATBALLS

1-1/2 lb. ground beef
1 egg
seasoned bread crumbs

Mix together 1 lb of ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, reserved onion and green pepper and all spices listed above for sauce. form into small to medium balls and add to sauce after sauce has cooked about an hour or so. Do not cook the meatballs before placing them in the sauce.
Cook the remaining ground beef in a small skillet, again adding the spices listed above. Add to sauce about half way through cooking. (I don't always do this, preferring instead to use all the meat for meatballs).

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FamilySearch YouTube channel

I read about this is a recent edition of Internet Genealogy magazine. I am looking forward to listening and watching some of the videos.http://www.youtube.com/familysearch