Cow Hampshire

I've been tagged by Bill West of West in New England, to participate in a Non-Fiction Meme.

Question: What issues/topic interests you most–non-fiction, i.e, cooking, knitting, stitching, thereare infinite topics that has nothing to do with novels?

Answer: I enjoy reading topics about real history, architecture, House & Garden, and Food & Wine.

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Question: Would you like to review books concerning those?

Answer: No. I don't bother to read book reviews, as I would rather make up my own mind about whether a book is worth reading or not. I almost never look at “Best-Seller” lists.

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Question: Would you like to be paid or do it as interest or hobby? Tell reasons for what ever you choose.

Answer: I wouldn't review books, even for pay. See response in previous question for reasons.

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Question: If you have already done something like this, link it to your post.

Answer:  Been there, haven't done that, no T-shirt.

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Rather than tagging 10 others, if you are reading this and would like to participate, please do so, and link back this article.  Since MY own responses to this meme are a bit sparse, you may want to also read Lori Thornton's meme responses, to get a better idea of how to answer these questions.

Janice

The year 2007 was a good one for blogging, and the genea-blogger articles were no exception.  Although most of my stories do not relate to my own family, I did include a few that should be mentioned.

.Best Picture.

The best old family photograph that appeared on my blog in 2007 is not a blood relative, but it is a treasure discovered in a family photograph album. Passed down to me from my grandmother (through my cousin) was a photograph of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

.Best Screen Play.

The family story that I shared in 2007 that would make the best movie was New Hampshire Genealogy: The Legend of the Irish Drummer Boy. So many of the Irish immigrants to the United States participated in the Civil War.  Their story needs to be told.  I would pick Liam Neeson, to play the part of my great grandfather, Patrick John Ryan. Liam is several inches taller than Patrick was, however he would naturally be sporting a proper Irish accent.

.Best Documentary.

The best information article that I wrote in 2007 was, of course, about the Greatest Generation, in “When My Dad Was A MoMM” (It already has a catchy title, don't you think?)

.Best Biography.

The best family biographical story that I wrote in 2007 was a tribute to my mother, who passed away in March of the same year. The photographs, perhaps more than the written word, capture the spirit of that lovely woman who I can claim as my own.

.Best Comedy.

The best funny video that I shared on my blog in 2007 was Funny Genealogy: My Family Can-Can.  In addition to several of my ancestors, Ken Burns joined in the fun. This video spawned several others, and proved definitively that genealogists indeed have a sense of humor.

These “Bests” were compiled as my submission to the the 42nd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy,  requested by Jasia of “Creative Gene.”

Janice