Blogs from Whittier, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America

We thought we should post something before we go. If you're interested in our trip (which, at 12 weeks seems more like an odyssey...) check back here. We're going to try to update when we can. Call it an extended honeymoon, call it "studying abroad", call it "snowbirding"--but we're going to South America for 3 months. We're starting in Lima, Peru and ending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We feel really fortunate to have this opportunity and we're going to try to soak up the most of it. We don't mean for the blog to be for one way communication; please leave comments and/or email us! We promise to write you back. Josie & John... read more

I'm going rural Nebraska. Hmmm.....rural Nebraska. Aside from travelling, I can't stop my personal geneology search either. This trip will take me to such exciting ports of call as Silver Creek, Davey, and Unadilla, Nebraska to photograph tombstones. Not because its October or because its a creepy/cool thing to do, but because I think I can get a lot of pieces to my puzzle by doing so. There are a lot of dates that I am missing and I am running out of people to ask. The resources I have are pretty extensive but time consuming to find and there is also a lot of question as to whether these are the correct matches etc. . I figure a gravestone doesn't lie (not usually anyway). I've located some of the cemeteries and start out to find ... read more