tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422383139355516259.post556864329871532509..comments2024-03-10T03:36:06.267-07:00Comments on Is this the middle?: Word of the Day: PedigreeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01468655681800817415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422383139355516259.post-80924254306622815732012-02-15T15:02:01.387-08:002012-02-15T15:02:01.387-08:00Thanks-- I guess there have been so many story-tel...Thanks-- I guess there have been so many story-tellers in my family that I take it for granted, so thanks for reminding me that I'm lucky to know these little tidbits. <br />My mother just got a treasure trove in the mail from a cousin-- with letters and photos, some over 100 years old. We're still going through them, but as humble as the objects are, I get a thrill out of holding objects that my great-grandmother held. She died in the flu pandemic of 1918, and I would have loved to have known her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468655681800817415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422383139355516259.post-49108960447508428462012-02-14T11:51:38.295-08:002012-02-14T11:51:38.295-08:00Oh, I love this. Having just become interested in ...Oh, I love this. Having just become interested in genealogy myself, I would love to have stories with this level of detail about ancestors of mine.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422383139355516259.post-25891571675156150452012-02-10T09:09:19.341-08:002012-02-10T09:09:19.341-08:00I got lucky-- but I always do when I open a dictio...I got lucky-- but I always do when I open a dictionary. The trick is remembering the word I originally wanted to find!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468655681800817415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422383139355516259.post-66978486936374201802012-02-10T08:07:47.426-08:002012-02-10T08:07:47.426-08:00I love that the etymology of pedigree amounts to b...I love that the etymology of pedigree amounts to being the foot of a crane. Like window deriving from wind hole, there's a definitive connection between meaning and word. I really like this post.Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.com