Broad Valley Orchard

Hello, I just posted a quick Farm Journal report that apologized for my having been away from writing for too long.  Well, I’m back to my research, and back to my writing.  I took a 3 month detour when I decided to work part-time for the US Census.  I needed a change of pace.  I […]

Hello, We have been so busy dealing with the grueling winter and damp spring that I have not sat down at this keyboard to write  for too long.  Suffice it to say that Summer Solstice is already behind us, and it is steaming out there! We just got a brief rain shower that gave us […]

Hello Genealogical Folk, I’m Back!  I took a 3 month Census job for a change of pace  (I had gotten ‘blocked’ in my family research).  I also needed some funds for home and farm repair, and for some possibly more expensive genealogical research. I got back on Ancestry.com, and found some tantalyzing leads that might […]

Hello all, Yes,  life has been “too busy”.  I decided I needed a change of pace, so I took a part-time job with US Census.  I’d really like to share my thoughts of what I have learned working in our northern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  I’d share my observations with you, but you […]