Diane, Your note landed my daughter and me at www.myhistory.org! Looks like they have some great things that will, hopefully, help us focus our efforts.... Thanks for your kind and helpful reply. Stephanie On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:47:05 +0100 "Diane Treacy-Cole" <diane.treacy-cole@virgin.net> writes: > 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 > >========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > ========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >