Blog index
Genealogy
- The Joy of Genealogy: People!
- Things Are Not Always What They Seem
- Five Things Genealogists Hate to Hear
- The Evolution of a Patriot
- 5 Reasons You Should Write a Novel About Your Ancestor
- Why I Am Not a Real Odaffer
- Looking For Clues
- Genealogical Truth is Stranger than Fiction
- What’s in a Name?
- Johann Wolfgang Odaffer IS a Patriot
- My Evolving Interest in Family History (and the DAR)
- 4 Tips for Better Genealogy
- God’s Grand Plan or Lucky Random Chance?
- 10 Geneology Taglines and Tales
- 4 Reasons Why Geneology is Fun
Guest Posts
- How the World Has and Hasn’t Changed Since My Family’s Reunion Started Almost 100 Years Ago
- A Tribute to My Poem-Writing Grandma Ruby
- Looking For Clues
- Johann Wolfgang Odaffer IS a Patriot
- My Evolving Interest in Family History (and the DAR)
Interpreting History
Mini Stories About Odaffers
My Life and Philosophy
- An Unknown Roque Champion
- One Guy’s Caregiver Experience
- Zeroing In On Zoom
- Can Books Influence Your Life? You Bet!
- My 80 Years With Guns
- A New View of the Miraculous Honeybee
- The Amazing One-Room School – Revisited
- A Look Back – Not an Ordinary Day
- My Favorite Animal Stories
- It’s Just Soup
- A Tale of Four Libraries
- The Unusual History of An Unusual Name
- In Search of Hoot Owl
- Another Slant On Living On A Farm
- Some Thoughts About Civility
- The “Great Debate”
- The Cultivation of a Cubs Fan
- The Big Cubs First Pitch Experience
- Extolling The Value Of Mischief
- The Importance of Healthy Marriages Through the Generations
- Why That Good Ole One Room School Was So Good
- Five Full Blown Farm Fears- What One Farm Boy Remembers
- Christmas When I Was 7 Years Old- Dec 25, 1941
- Why I Am Not a Real Odaffer
Presentations
- Wacky Tales and Insights from a Rural Childhood
- The Scoop on the One Room School: Told By An Insider (Video)
- To Bee or Not to Bee? Unbeelievable Revelations About The Miraculous Honey Bee (Video)
- Is Mathematics Beautiful? If it is, Is it Because God is a Mathemetician?
- Math Fun for Everyone
- Days of Yesteryear: The Great Depression and The Lone Ranger (Video)
- Lefties in Our Midst: Myths, Facts, and Pfantasies (Video)
- A Blue and Scarlet Skeleton (Video)
- Exciting Adventures With Animals Around the World: 6 Tales (Video)
Short Stories About Treasured Objects by O’Daffer Family Members
- An Unexpected Gift
- Last Minute Gift From India
- First Pitch Baseball
- My Favorite Autograph
- How Can a Pencil Be So Important?
- Gray Reunion Meeting Minutes
- Purple Lady
- My Dad’s Croquet Mallet
- A Treasured Watch
- Piggy Mask
- My Rifle
- Painting of 1021 Gregory
- Hoot Owl
- A Poetry Journal
- The Picture
Tributes to Family Members
- 80th Birthday Tribute to Harriet Gove O’Daffer (24 page booklet)
- Obituary for Harriet O’Daffer: Loving Wife of 66 Years to Phares O’Daffer
- Trying To Place A Value On Memories
- A Notable Veteran: William Henry Gray
- A Tribute to My Poem-Writing Grandma Ruby
- A Tribute To My Mother
- Memories on Memorial Day- Some Old Time Values
- A Witty Elderly Ancestor With A Sense of Humor