Hello, Stephanie Although our Strong lines don't connect (mine is from Cardiff, Wales emigrating to Michigan in the1860s), I may be able to help you with your home schooling and genealogy query. Take a look at the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) website. There are some lesson plans for "My History is America's History" - to state the obvious the idea is to use one's family history to tell the story of the country's history. Diane -----Original Message----- From: mrsskelly1@juno.com <mrsskelly1@juno.com> To: STRONG-L@rootsweb.com <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 05, 2001 06:48 Subject: Introduction Stephanie Skelly >Greetings... > >By virtue of having many family historians and genealogists we (my >husband and I) have a pretty substantial family tree to share with our >children in the future. However, many branches are noticeably shorter >than others! My Strong line is one of those lines!!! > >My father is James Arthur Blyler, b. 1930, Berkeley, CA to >Ercil Frank Blyler and Hazel Delle Strong, b. 1898, Corning, CA >Hazel Delle Strong was born to >Albert Arthur Strong, b. 1869, probably in Illinois and Carrie Belle >Streblow, b. 1870, Cass, Du Page County, IL. > >He died, probably in Corning or Santa Cruz, CA, shortly after my >grandmother was born and I have no other information about him. He and >Carrie Belle Strong had three other children: > >Arthur Frederick Strong, b. September 07, 1889, d. April 1969. >Albert Edwin Strong, b. August 08, 1891, Illinois, d. January 21, 1963, >Santa Cruz, CA, m. Helen Adele. >and >Ruth Louise Strong, b. March 23, 1896, d. January 1980, probably Sonoma >County, CA, m. Harold Bellus. They had no children. > >I am hopeful to possible 'hook-up' with some Strong descendents who might >share ancestors. BTW, this is a fits and spurts hobby for me as I have >four children that I home-educate. We are hoping to incorporate family >history into our school efforts this year...but this is still a work in >progress :)... If anyone has any wisdom to share in that vein, I would >be grateful for that as well. > >Stephanie (Blyler) Skelly >8933 Wildwood Avenue >Saint Bonifacius, MN 55375 > > >==== STRONG Mailing List ==== >======================================================== >Address for online searchers of STRONG MAIL LIST ARCHIVES: >http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages Cross Indexed: >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9881 > >MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages not indexed: >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9853 >========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >