Travels with My Granddaughter & A Little Genealogy

I had a chance to spend time with my granddaughter, Tori, over the holiday season. She wanted to visit the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota so after she programmed my GPS we were off.

We had  a 15 minute wait for our tour of the Ca' d'Zan Mansion and a guide suggested we tour Mable Ringling's Secret Garden and the Ringling Private Cemetery. Tori looked aghast!  This was her day to view paintings, statues and circus memorabilia - not genealogy! As we walked over to the garden she spotted the fence and gate. There were the graves of John and Mable Ringling and John's sister Ida Ringling North.

As we toured the house, art and circus museum I would occasionally catch her eye and we would both laugh. No matter where we go, somehow we end up talking about dead people, cemeteries or genealogy. Tori and I highly recommend the Ringling Museum if you are ever in the Sarasota area.

Tori in the courtyard of the Ringling Art Musuem

Tips for the week:

• Explore online back up services
• Mozy
• Carbonite
• Genealogy Blog
• Judaism by Ariela Pelaia
• Researching in Michigan's Upper Penisula?
• Stanton Township Death Records - 1905-1952
• Genealogy Book
• Citing Ancestry.com Databases & Images Quick Sheet  By Elizabeth Shown Mills
• Texas became a state on December 29, 1845
• Learn how your ancestors lived at the Texas Civil War Home Front Living History Website 

Take Care and good luck with your research this week.

Pattie

Texas Rangers - Baseball Team or Law Enforcement

The Texas Rangers were formed in 1835 as a law enforcement branch with statewide jurisdiction in the state of Texas. They handled many high profile cases including Bonnie and Clyde, John Wesley Hardin and the bank robber Sam Bass.

Growing up, I have to admit I had a crush on a Texas Ranger. He was on television every week and had a magnificient white horse name Silver!

If one of your ancestors was a Texas Ranger (law enforcement) check out their official website: http://www.texasranger.org or click on the title of this article.

If you are a Texas Ranager's baseball fan then you will want to visit their official website: http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex

BTW - There is a section on the Texas Ranger site devoted to the Lone Ranger....


Take Care,
Pattie

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