Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

March 29...

March 29 - Create a free Footnote Page or a Genealogy Trading Card at Big Huge Labs for a female ancestor. Some of you may have created your own card back in September 2009 following Sheri Fenley's post over at The Educated Genealogist. This time, the card is for your female ancestor. Tell us about who you've selected and why and then post a link to what you've created.
Mary Alice (Coleman) Johnstone
Johanna "Jennie" (Felt) Borgreen
I originally posted these on Feb. 9 2011 here.They were a gift for my mom for Christmas. They're part of a set of 12 or so, cards featuring all my maternal grandparents and and great grandparents.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

ATCs....Ancestor Trading Cards

William H. Johnstone
Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern baseball cards,[1] or 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches (63 mm X 89 mm),[2] small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets.[3] The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland.[4] Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or cloth. The cards are usually traded or exchanged rather than sold. wikipedia

Nell and Carl Borgreen
"Bathing Beauty"
Ancestor Trading cards are a spin off of Artist Trading cards.
Using clipart and vintage photos I've created a set of fun and 
whimsical ancestor cards.

Nell, Carl and baby Judy Borgreen
Printed on cardstock and housed in a little
altered box, they are good for nothing
but holding, looking at and enjoying.

Carl Borgreen
"Flyboy"
This set was a Christmas gift to Mom who
is a paper and rubber stamp artist and makes
ATCs for swap groups all year long.

Gust Borgreen
"The Blacksmith"


Nell and Carl Borgreen and others
"The Jailbirds"

Johanna "Jennie" and Gust Borgreen

The Johnstones

Mary Alice Johnstone

Nell Borgreen "Nurse Nellie"

Gust Borgreen "The Kingfisher"

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

A Poem for Judy

Judy Ellen Borgreen
This poem was written by my grandfather, Carl Borgreen, for his daughter, Judy. Judy is my mom. Grandpa was a deep soul and left many of these little treasures behind. He died suddenly, when Mom was only 17 and left a vast hole in her heart, and in the hearts of everyone who knew him.

Mom has a bulging packet of photos and poems, cards and newspaper clippings and I'm slowly making my way through it all. I'm scanning everything so that it can be assembled in a meaningful way and shared with the family. I never knew Grandpa personally, but through these snippets and the stories of him, I feel a very powerful connection to him.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday...Find a Grave.com

Ruth Borgreen

 Borgreen family marker

 Johan August "Gust" Borgreen

 Johanna "Jennie" (Felt) Borgreen

Old Highland Cemetery in Great Falls MT

I was so happy the day I found Find a Grave. What a fantastic resource this site is when you are trying to
locate ancestors' final resting places from far away. At the time I found these grave site photos, I didn't even know what cemetery these ancestors were buried in. This was a very productive internet search. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the work that is done by the people who volunteer for this project. You can browse by location, date, and/or name. So helpful. You can search famous graves or just stroll through looking for  interesting epitaphs. And in true "pay it forward" style, you can join the Find a Grave contributors and help out with the project. So Fantastic!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Taking a little break

Some other projects have taken over my life for the time being. I have research to do for my reenacting projects. Using my new found genealogy research skills for that and practicing my library and microfilm work. I'm also working on a secret little ancestor project for a Christmas gift. Will share that in time. I'm also working on my family tree scrapbook album. Got quite a good start at scrap camp. Will pick away at that as I get time. So I thought I was taking a break, but I'm really just focusing on other genealogy projects for right now. Will get back to the nuts and bolts soon. I think next order of business will be requesting funeral home records. Hopefully I'll find some obits there. I also want to track down the best place to view Great Falls Tribune archives on microfilm. Still so much to do.