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<title>Sagegardens RSS Feed</title><link>http://sagegardens.com/index.php</link><description>Somewhat regular observations.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2011 Marj</dc:rights><dc:date>2011-07-10T11:49:31-08:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:50:09 -0900</lastBuildDate><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/sagegardens/hNxm" /><feedburner:info uri="sagegardens/hnxm" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Frederick Berge in the Civil War</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><dc:date>2011-07-10T11:49:31-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/ZF9CfsbhZfc/index.php</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index.php#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He re-enlisted as a musician in Company M, 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry until the end of the Civil War.


...Enlisted from Luzerne County, Penna - April 27, 1861 and was mustered into the United States service at Harrisburg, Penna. as a musician to serve for a term of three months in Company C. 

...May 9, was on duty there until June 3, '61 and at Chambersburg Pa. till June 16, '61. 


...Affair with Ashby's Cavalry of Rebels after they had crossed the Potomac River where Company I of the Regiment was captured. 

...4. -'64 and Reenlisted as a Veteran Jany. 4 for 3 years more or during the war in same Co. and Regiment under Capt. 

...At about 1 p. m. of the 16th, I was ordered to move my regiment
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...On the 1870 census, Frederic Berge, age 32 living in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is listed as a shoemaker, owning real estate valued at $1500. and personal estate valued at $500.   His wife Catherine, born in Ireland is listed as 28 years old and her occupation as keeping house.


Also in the household in 1880 are a 8 year old son Frederic, attending school, 3 year old Mary and 1 year old William (our ancestor). 

...Catherine is 40, keeping house and the children are 18 year old Fred who is a blacksmith and was unemployed for 3 months of the census year.   Mary is no longer in the household (according to pension application, Mary died 1 May 1872) ; William is 12 and at school, and John 10, and Agnes 7 are also attending school. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/eL75A0rBZdM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jun-2011#unique-entry-id-54</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Wordless Wednesday</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Kodiak</category><category>Alaska</category><dc:date>2011-06-08T12:25:34-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/z6b7lKTHc9Y/jun-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jun-2011#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Josh is working in Kodiak this month.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/z6b7lKTHc9Y" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jun-2011#unique-entry-id-49</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Memorial Day cookout</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Anchorage</category><category>Alaska</category><dc:date>2011-05-30T17:26:33-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/9Kh7OeCj0ZU/may-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/may-2011#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Gretta enjoying the cookout with the neighbors.     I took the short film with my iTouch and used an app called &ldquo;Film Director&rdquo; to add a 20&rsquo;s silent film look.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/9Kh7OeCj0ZU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/may-2011#unique-entry-id-47</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>I'm Back in Anchorage </title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Alaska</category><dc:date>2011-05-19T12:30:54-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/2k3xAswFRX4/may-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/may-2011#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Been planning a visit to Josh for the summer but pushed up the arrival date by several months when he was offered a job that will keep him away from home the rest of May & most of June. 


 Figured it would be better for Gretta to have me to keep her company than to have her boarded out for such a long stretch.
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	&bull;	The BBC folks flew from Prudhoe to Anchorage (via Barrow and Fairbanks) to catch flights back to London. 


	&bull;	All in all it was deemed a successful experience and one I look forward to seeing on BBC America in the fall.  
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...A DEEPENING STORM IN THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL PASS SOUTH OF BANKS ISLAND TUESDAY MORNING. ...  BLOWING SNOW AND WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH TO THE EAST CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST INCLUDING NUIQSUT AND PRUDHOE BAY.   VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MID- MORNING TUESDAY.   CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE WIND AND SNOW DIMINISH. &nbsp;...  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/WEAWhJMayLg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/apr-2011#unique-entry-id-43</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Made it to Wiseman.</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Documentary</category><dc:date>2011-04-18T11:05:07-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/sMb41MemVnU/apr-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/apr-2011#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Josh just posted this shot of Wiseman on his FB page, so I know the first leg of the trip up the Dalton was on schedule.


He also posted the photo below of one of the cabins.    It&rsquo;s so Alaskan- bleached skulls and solar panels!


One more photo, courtesy of Charley Boorman&rsquo;s twitter pic.


Can&rsquo;t wait to hear the first-hand account of the trip, and to see the documentary, which I understand will air on BBC America in the fall.
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...The next travel day, Monday is expected to be sunny with a high near 34.


...Wiseman, approximately 17 miles north of Coldfoot, is at the base of the Brooks Mountain Range. ...  The Grandest Arctic scenery is ascribed to the region between Coldfoot and the Sagavanirktok River, about 140 miles to the North.   Along this section, you pass over Alaska&rsquo;s highest roadway summit, Atigun pass (4,800 feet) through the Brooks Range, 75 miles from Wiseman. 

...I  do hope Josh has time to take a few pictures to share when he gets home!
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/3_dssVqzeIc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/apr-2011#unique-entry-id-41</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Dalton Highway</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Documentary</category><dc:date>2011-04-15T10:28:03-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/y5EdQf5rRJU/apr-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/apr-2011#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The trip up the highway to Deadhorse and the Prudhoe Bay oil field is going to be broken up with a 2 night layover at the Arctic Getaway in Wiseman.    Looks like a very cool place and I&rsquo;m just a little bit jealous.


...And the farthest north I&rsquo;ve been in the state.


Not jealous however of the prospect of the long cold drive on the Dalton, which I understand in the early days of the pipeline construction was just called the haul road.    All the construction equipment and supplies had to be hauled north and so the road was built.


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FBX=Fairbanks, I&rsquo;m pretty sure


R= roller, I guess


...any suggestions?


Charley and Sue and some of the crew having dinner in Fairbanks last night before they start up the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay.


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Talkeetna is a starting point for visitors to climb Denali,   


There are a number of bush pilots headquartered there who can take climbers up to starting points for their climbs. 


And sometimes people go for a day trip/photo op.


Healy on the other side of Denali was the next stop and a chance for Sue and Charlie* to experience dog mushing.


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I&rsquo;m following their journey via J&rsquo;s Facebook posts & twitter feeds from some of the cast and crew, with an occasional phone call or text message thrown in when he has a moment (and cell phone coverage).


Their journey started in Whittier, AK on Prince William Sound.


...My sister Sandy and I, with her friend Hazel visited Whittier a couple of Augusts ago to take in a glacier cruise. 

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I&rsquo;ve decided to expand my online store offerings there and have added a couple of items using the peace dove flag design.   So far there are t-shirts and buttons.   Cafe Press then will be the venue of choice for &ldquo;all things dog&rdquo;, and Zazzle will work best for what I call &ldquo;etc&rdquo;
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I did what I usually do when faced with something new, I searched out information - pamphlets from the National MS Society,  podcasts, books and articles the chronicled personal experiences, and attended local support group meetings.    On a daily basis, I&rsquo;m finding balance, not pushing myself past where I can function effectively.   And while it&rsquo;s still not easy to admit some limitations, others cannot be denied. 


...<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'ba71e4fc-f13a-4dbe-98a4-f713b4fd142e'});</script><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/f2OUs9lxiCM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-33</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>History Unfolding</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>television</category><dc:date>2011-02-13T07:28:13-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/nrKP8isEI_I/feb-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What an incredible world we live in!    As I watched the events unfolding in Eqypt and listened to the analysis of Tom Friedman and others on the Charlie Rose show, I marveled at the technological advances in travel and communication that have taken place in just my lifetime.    Perhaps the medium IS the message.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/nrKP8isEI_I" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-32</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Another Loaf </title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>cooking</category><dc:date>2011-02-09T10:05:49-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/kJnBrnsGqJA/feb-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On more loaf-worth of dough is still in the frig, and we&rsquo;ll have fresh bread with dinner tonight. 


Love that book!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/kJnBrnsGqJA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-29</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>CafePress</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Cafepress</category><category>family reunion</category><dc:date>2011-02-08T08:25:05-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/5bU1PbejBVk/feb-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I first encountered CafePress, when I decided to make some T-shirts available for our Family Reunion last summer.    It was a fairly easy process, since I have a bit of experience with photo software, and I decided to play around with the idea a bit more and expand what I might offer for sale.    I took some digital files that I had and sized them to fit ceramic tiles, note cards, christmas ornaments etc.    Additionally (and I think this is my way to compensate for being currently pet-less), I&rsquo;ve started developing some dog related items, from t-shirts to buttons to tote bags.    It looks like it will be a work-in-progress for awhile, but I&rsquo;ve put a link on sagegardens (under Store) and will appreciate any feedback.


...<div id="cpi-s1-1001" class="cpi cpi-s1" affiliate="" tracking="sagegardens" color="lightgreen" source="shop:sagegardens" width="200" height="200">Make&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/make/" title="Make Custom Gifts at CafePress">Custom Gifts</a>&nbsp;at CafePress</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://content4.cpcache.com/marketplace/widgets/javascripts/widget.js"></script><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/5bU1PbejBVk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-28</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Baking Bread &amp; Family History</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family history</category><category>cooking</category><dc:date>2011-01-24T07:44:44-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/iGwNbOk195A/jan-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2011#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Over a month since my last post, my excuse is &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been busy&rdquo;.  

...I received many fun and useful gifts for Christmas, one of which was a book called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day  I&rsquo;ve used the first recipe a couple of times now and I think I&rsquo;m hooked - It&rsquo;s so easy!    A batch is prepared, and the dough kept in the frig to bake fresh every day.   As soon as the second batch is all baked, I&rsquo;m going to try some of the other recipes as well, but so far, so good.    I highly recommend this to anyone who likes fresh bread, with the warning that it can become addictive - maybe every day is too often?


I also signed up for several genealogy webinars, the first is on Feb 2, and covers the use of newspapers in genealogy research, the second on 2/16, I&rsquo;m really looking forward to, focuses on finding your female ancestors - always a source of difficulty. 
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/iGwNbOk195A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2011#unique-entry-id-27</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Christmas Can-can</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Holiday</category><dc:date>2010-12-14T07:39:39-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/cmQmHxXfyLY/dec-2010</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/dec-2010#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="1280" height="750" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7E-47VmFopE?  rel=0&amp;hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/cmQmHxXfyLY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/dec-2010#unique-entry-id-26</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Retirement is Harder Than I Expected</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Art</category><category>Retirement</category><dc:date>2010-12-07T07:34:38-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/-JwDw6pVUSs/dec-2010</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/dec-2010#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are so many things to occupy your time, it&rsquo;s a chore to balance creating a necessary structure, with not becoming too regimented.  

...I need to take the mornings, when my energy level is the highest and make that my &ldquo;work time&rdquo;.    Afternoons seem to be better if I can fit in a short nap, and then I&rsquo;ll have some energy to make dinner or catch up on other chores.


...At the moment I&rsquo;m focusing on taking a watercolor class that I purchased online, so I could proceed at my own glacial speed.    A couple of  winter&rsquo;s ago in I enjoyed taking a short watercolor workshop and came away knowing I wanted to explore more. 


...I chose a photo that I took in San Miguel de Allende at the Instituto and managed to produce a flat and stilted watercolor.  <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/-JwDw6pVUSs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/dec-2010#unique-entry-id-25</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>When Sanity Reigned</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-10-29T07:30:43-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/EcgszVEJRG0/oct-2010</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/oct-2010#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This was not a rally to ridicule people of faith or people of activism or to look down our noses at the heartland or passionate argument or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear.&nbsp; 

...The press can hold its magnifying up to our problems bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire and then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected dangerous flaming ant epidemic.&nbsp;


...Not being able to distinguish between real racists and Tea Partiers or real bigots and Juan Williams and Rick Sanchez is an insult, not only to those people but to the racists themselves who have put in the exhausting effort it takes to hate--just as the inability to distinguish terrorists from Muslims makes us less safe not more.&nbsp; 

...It is us through a fun house mirror, and not the good kind that makes you look slim in the waist and maybe taller, but the kind where you have a giant forehead and an ass shaped like a month old pumpkin and one eyeball.


...We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is&mdash;on the brink of catastrophe&mdash;torn by polarizing hate and how it&rsquo;s a shame that we can&rsquo;t work together to get things done, but the truth is we do.&nbsp; 

...Americans live their lives more as people that are just a little bit late for something they have to do&mdash;often something that they do not want to do&mdash;but they do it--impossible things every day that are only made possible by the little reasonable compromises that we all make.&nbsp;
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/EcgszVEJRG0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/oct-2010#unique-entry-id-24</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The 2010 Berge Family Reunion</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family reunion</category><dc:date>2010-10-29T07:29:19-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/2agmAnt2bXI/oct-2010</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/oct-2010#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After several years of contemplating the idea and more than several months of preparation by an enthusiastic committee, we did it!


August 14, 2010  ....    and a good time was had by all.


flickr photos
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/2agmAnt2bXI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/oct-2010#unique-entry-id-23</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Planning a Family Reunion</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family reunion</category><dc:date>2008-05-07T07:27:16-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/Y7MlLXA2LzM/may-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The time has come to move from casual conversations about getting the family together for a reunion, to a focus on the logistics that will make it happen.   The first step is to gather contact addresses for the far-flung members of the family, so a letter can go out to gauge the real interest for the project.


Another part of the first stage is to put together a planning committee, so I'm calling on the family members that have offered to help and taking them up on their offer.   I put together a website where the planning committee can meet virtually.   These websites are free from wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/ - for anyone who would like to do something similar.


I'll keep track on the blog of the Reunion planning progress.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/Y7MlLXA2LzM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/may-2008#unique-entry-id-22</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Honoring Irish Ancestors</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><category>family history</category><dc:date>2008-03-13T17:37:34-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/ERXQ-ZNSRAM/mar-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So far I've identified James Langan, (born abt 1805), whose daughter Catherine married my ggGrandfather Frederick Berge and Lawrence McNally (born abt 1828) and Bridget Heron (born abt 1830), whose daughter Mary Teresa married my great grandfather Charles D. 

...Catherine Langan is listed on the 1850 federal census as a 6 year old, born in Pennsylvania and living with her father James, a coal miner, 14 year sister Mary, born in Ireland, 11 year old Thomas, 10 year old Bridget, 7 year old James and 5 year old Ann, all listed as born in Pennsylvania. 

...If the census records are accurate, then Mary was born in Ireland in 1836, and Thomas born in Pennsylvania in 1838, that narrows the year of arrival.   If all children had the same mother, she was alive in 1845 when Ann was born, but not listed on the 1850 census. 

...The Langan family was living in Luzerne County, PA in 1850-1860, so my next search will be for the baptismal records for the children, in an attempt to determine the name of the mother of this family. 

...Bridget, born in Ireland shows up as a widow, living with her middle-aged children Ann and William in the 1900 and 1910 census records. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/ERXQ-ZNSRAM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-20</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Civil War Ancestors</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family history</category><dc:date>2008-03-13T17:18:46-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/kk75x7kip0Y/mar-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My great great grandfather, Frederick Berge was born in Hesse-Kassel in 1838; at 17 years old, he immigrated to the United States, settling in Scranton, Pennsylvania.


When Fort Sumpter was shelled by Confederate forces, and fell in early April, 1861, the new president Abraham Lincoln asked the states to call up volunteers for 90 days.   On the 27th of April, Frederick Berge, not yet a citizen, enlisted as a musician in Company C, 15th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. 

...The regiment was on provost duty in Washington, D.C. until May of 1862, when they were assigned to the Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac. ...  4. 1864, he reenlisted as a veteran for 3 years more or the duration of the war in same Company and Regiment.


...Finally after four years of war, Frederick Berge was honorably discharged July 1, 1865 at Lynchburg Va.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/kk75x7kip0Y" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-18</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Finding Family Photos</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family </category><dc:date>2008-03-13T17:16:41-08:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/_t19-wn6nuE/mar-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been taking a short break from winter in Anchorage with a visit to family in Pennsylvania.   This past Saturday I spent time with an aunt and uncle in New Jersey and enjoyed hearing stories of their memories of WWII.   My aunt spent some of the war in Hawaii with her parents and sister, when her father worked at Pearl Harbor. ...  My uncle, as a marine spent the war in the Pacific as well; a few years after the war they met when he took a job in her home town of York, PA.


Sunday, while having brunch with cousins, the idea of a family reunion was floated and more family stories were related.   After I returned to PA, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a group of photos that my cousin scanned and emailed to me. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/_t19-wn6nuE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-17</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Carnival of Genealogy - technology?</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><dc:date>2008-02-25T17:13:26-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/np-VVYIXVkE/feb-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Since I won't be able to wax poetic about my new MacBook (it is the center, after all, of my tech universe), I think the scanner would be my pick for the piece of hardware I depend on the most.   It allows me to digitize borrowed family photos and to make copies of relevant printed materials such as journal articles, pages from books, newspaper clippings and correspondence. (postcard from Lake Wallenpaupack above)


Software is an even harder question to answer, but since I can pick only one, it will have to be the 9th upgrade of Reunion. ...  My favorite features in the latest upgrade are "tree tops", which show from each family card, the names of the earliest ancestors and "pod cards" which export the family cards you choose to your ipod for perusal anywhere.


My web site pick on the other hand is easy - ancestry.com First, I was pleasantly surprised to find all the census information available there. 

...I've had fun and found satisfaction doing genealogy research since I first began over 30 years ago, but I have to say that the ever increasing range and reach of technology has helped to make it ever more gratifying.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/np-VVYIXVkE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-16</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Taking a break...</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>fun</category><dc:date>2008-02-24T15:51:44-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/njI_02uox-0/feb-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9vaVBFPq7uk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/njI_02uox-0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-15</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>What can I learn about Charles D Sanders</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><dc:date>2008-02-18T15:49:36-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/IscCGGbXzkQ/feb-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My interest in researching family history started when my mother's sister Clare returned from a trip to the National Archives with copies of the civil war records of two of our ancestors. 

...In 1850, ten year old Charles was living in Pittston, PA with his parents Jesse and Nancy (Knapp) Sanders along with 13 year old Emaline, 12 year old William, 5 year old Franklin, 3 year old Harriet and 2 year old Phebe.   The census tells me that like almost 85% of the US population, Jesse's occupation was "farmer" and that Charles, Emaline and William all attended school within the year.


The next census shows Emaline (23) helping her mother keep house; William (22), Charles (19), and Franklin (15) are listed as laborers, Charles, Franklin and Phebe now 11 years old all attended school within the year. 

...Two years after the 1860 census, my great grandfather Charles and his old brother William enlisted with the 112th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers and spent the next 3 years involved in the Civil War. 

...With each further piece of information that is uncovered, more of the puzzle is completed while the overall picture expands as more questions are raised.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/IscCGGbXzkQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-14</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Where were you during the census?</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family history</category><dc:date>2008-02-10T15:46:45-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/y9-iXlWmCrg/feb-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Gen Lady poises the question-where were you during the US census?   It's an interesting one and I wonder how many are like my family and were in different locales during each 10 year enumeration?


...By the time the 1950 census was taken, my folks had returned to their home state of Pennsylvania and we were living in Sunbury, Northumberland county. ...  Louis, Missouri, where we remained until he retired in 1964, so we would have been in Missouri during the 1960 count.   My parents and sisters were back in Pennsylvania for the 1970 census, and I had moved to the west coast and was living in San Francisco, California.   During the 1980 census I lived in Alaska, and in 1990 I lived in San Diego, CA. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/y9-iXlWmCrg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-13</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>One of my favorite pictures</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family history</category><dc:date>2008-02-09T15:44:26-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/5RkpKm6ECuo/feb-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/5RkpKm6ECuo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-12</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>100 year Timeline</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family history</category><dc:date>2008-02-08T15:43:27-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/wGnYi_4-xWc/feb-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[1863----Charles Kirkhuff(gg-great grandfather)---died---Falls, PA


...1868----William H Berge(great grandfather)---born---Scranton, PA


...1896----Catherine Berge (Langan)(g great grandmother)---died---Scranton, PA


...1914----Charles D Sanders(great grandfather)---died---Avoca, PA


...1926----Mary T Sanders (McNally)(great grandmother)---died---Avoca, PA


...1940----William H Berge(great grandfather)---died---Scranton, PA<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/wGnYi_4-xWc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-11</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Tag Cloud</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>fun</category><dc:date>2008-01-31T15:42:00-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/8oHfqEIRw8M/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A look at a glance at what I've been talking about lately : )


ago agostini ancestors anchorage away berge bit blog brings butternut car change coglievina comments consorti cover door driver enough events family five fulmer fun gamez gardens genealogy going history kirkhuff knapp labels laundromat laundry librarything life light lines living locks marj44 mary mcnally mexico morning national nicoletta open pennsylvania pm posted program research sage sanders search seems site snow soup squash started time-line timeline today used villarreal warm web william window winter working year-old years


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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/8oHfqEIRw8M" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-10</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Where were they?</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>family history</category><category> genealogy</category><dc:date>2008-01-27T15:39:46-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/Lchz6yiGjAo/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I enjoy genealogy not simply as an exercise in collecting as many generations as possible, but even more because it provides a way to know history by imagining my family in a particular time and place. 

...I began my genealogy research over 30 years ago with my immediate ancestral lines, but soon branched out to in-laws' lines as well.   Now I can add Gamez and Villarreal, Consorti and Coglievina to Sanders, Fulmer, Kirkhuff, McNally, Knapp and others, taking me to new corners of the globe for fascinating research.


...	&bull;	8 year-old William Allen Fulmer was living in Philadelphia with his parents, William and Hannah, never dreaming that in eight more years he would enlist in the Pennsylvania National Guard and be sent into Mexico in a futile attempt to capture the revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa.


	&bull;	William Sanders is shown on the 1910 census, living with his parents, Charles (a civil war vet), and Mary (McNally) in Avoca, Pennsylvania and working as an electrician. 

...	&bull;	25 year old Pietro Coglievina had just left his wife Nicoletta (Ceglian) and baby daughter behind in Cherso when he left that tumultuous region to seek a better life in the US. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/Lchz6yiGjAo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-9</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>LibraryThing</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>computer</category><dc:date>2008-01-21T11:57:58-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/vva_KDQUPEM/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Having a bit of fun today with a tool suggested by the folks at LibraryThing.


LibraryThing is an online book cataloging site that I started using a year or so ago.   One of the users created a photomosaic of himself using all the covers of books in his library - "you are what you read".


I used a free photomosaic creation program, MacOSaiX for the Mac (a free PC program AndreaMosaic is also available) to quickly put together these pictures.   I think I could have some fun doing some on cards for family members- pictures of the house, kids, pets etc.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/vva_KDQUPEM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-8</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sage Gardens and Snow</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>website</category><category>winter</category><dc:date>2008-01-16T14:19:49-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/5wVyyLLARMA/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Shoveled another 6 inches or so of new snow this morning - no plans to go out until tomorrow, but the mailman will be happier.


The rest of the time this morning, I worked a bit on the next stage of my web site design.   I've played around with a new background, while trying to determine the scope of the content.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/5wVyyLLARMA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-7</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Family History Timeline</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><dc:date>2008-01-14T10:49:36-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/vpdo_yj25t8/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sounded cold to me until the high for Fairbanks was announced at -30.   I'll be happy to spend the morning inside "doing genealogy".


I'm working up time-lines for some of my family groups.   After locating ancestors on federal censuses and then pulling together, birth-marriage-death records, I've found that a good way to help put their lives into perspective is to work out a time-line of events that would have influenced their existence. 


I'm starting with 20th century ancestors and notating everything from international, national and local events to music, entertainment, fashion, food, etc.   It's pretty mind-blowing to realize that my Dad's life spanned the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, as well as the Wright brother's first flight to man's landing on the moon!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/vpdo_yj25t8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-6</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Buternut Squash Soup</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><category>cooking</category><category>website</category><dc:date>2008-01-12T14:20:23-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/z7K_WSXeVAU/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But the sun shinning always makes me happy, so on with the long underwear and let's make some soup.


I picked up the ingredients for "golden winter soup", featured on the cover of the latest issue of Cooking Light. 

...I'm working on the re-launch of my web site while I let the soup simmer on the stove.   I hope to finish it (the website, not the soup) and get it online before I head back east for a few weeks in March . ...  The deadline I gave myself back in June to get the site revised by early 2008, seemed like plenty of time then, now that Jan is half over - not so much.


I look forward to doing some on-site genealogy work in Harrisburg and Philadelphia in March to gather some source materials, so I'll have to get all the research organized before I leave.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/z7K_WSXeVAU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-5</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>January Brings Snow</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>winter</category><dc:date>2008-01-11T13:51:26-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/itcxHh48Zjk/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[View out the kitchen window....


Five more inches of snow yesterday and we're finally catching up to the normal snowfall amount for the winter.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/itcxHh48Zjk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-4</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Laundry Day in Anchorage</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>winter</category><dc:date>2008-01-05T11:45:11-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/umblKT1bpl8/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I got the laundry bag into the car on the passenger side, but when I went around to the driver's side to start the car and let it warm while I scraped the ice-covered windshields, the door lock wouldn't open. 

...The car started easily enough, but as I attempted to open the driver's door from the inside (I still need to scrape the windows), all the automatic locks froze in the locked position. 


...So now I'm wondering how long it will take the car to warm up enough to allow the locks to function again? ...  I check the window, and thankfully discover that it will open- though the prospect of having to scramble out that way is not one I relish.


Patience is rewarded though, and in another 10 minutes the ice on the front and back windows has melted, and the door locks will now open. ...  Since it's almost an hour past the scheduled opening, it doesn't seem as though today is going to be wash day after all.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/umblKT1bpl8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-3</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Winds of Change</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>politics</category><dc:date>2008-01-03T19:31:19-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/-CuCnyBShws/jan-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just finished watching Barack Obama's speech after his caucus win in Iowa.   What a historic and hopeful event!   Barack's win and record numbers of caucus participants speaks to a real desire for major change in the country.   I'm eager to participate in Alaska's caucus in just about a month.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/-CuCnyBShws" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-2</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Welcoming in a New Year</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>Alaska</category><dc:date>2007-12-31T22:13:23-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/m9EDPIUHipY/dec-2007</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/dec-2007#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Since dawn is barely breaking by 9:30 am, I'll take time to post to this blog while I get my plans for the day finalized.   Since retiring last Jan, I mistakingly expected to finally have enough time to do everything I wished/wanted to. ...  I think it's a law of physics that the things to do expand to fill up the available time.   I will say that I am not feeling rushed about getting things done by a deadline and that is a real blessing.


...Once tells the story through music and feels so real, you'll wonder if it's a documentary.   The music is strong and beautiful and as the credits began to roll, I went immediately to itunes to see if there was a soundtrack available. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/m9EDPIUHipY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/dec-2007#unique-entry-id-1</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Who Do You Think You Are</title><dc:creator>marj@sagegardens.com</dc:creator><category>genealogy</category><category>television</category><dc:date>2011-02-04T16:42:28-09:00</dc:date><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~3/nIfbW2EQixA/feb-2011</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Watching the first episode of the 2nd Season of Who Do You Think You Are. 


As in the first season the celebrity - in this episode, the actress Vanessa Williams has the luxury of the assistance of professional historians and genealogists to trace her ancestors.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sagegardens/hNxm/~4/nIfbW2EQixA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://sagegardens.com/index_files/feb-2011#unique-entry-id-0</feedburner:origLink></item></channel>
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