I’m is Swedish, Lithuanian, Irish, German/Polish and French/Canadian. My dad has been researching our family history and it has been so interesting to see things like the the Ellis Island records of my namesake great-grandmother’s arrival from Lithuania.
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| My great-grandmother Katherine with my grandmother in the carriage. |
Or hear stories of covered wagons, one-room school houses and growing up Swedish in Minnesota.
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| My grandmother when she taught in a one room school house in Dentaybow, MN at 19. |
As I am heading to Sweden in a couple of weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about family history. To that end, this week’s challenge is to create something based on your family’s heritage.
Here’s some project ideas based on my heritage…
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| Beautiful Lithuanian knits from Flickr user reeniebeanie |
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| Swedish Tomte ornament made by me |
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| An embroidered celtic knot from Instructables. |
I can’t wait to see how your heritage influences all of you!
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Those are some really amazing pictures, Kat!
I am living this challenge! I will be working on Irish Crochet lace.
Dentaybow – wow, I was just googling that place because I was doing some family history research myself (for my son's school project) and found out from my dad that my Grandma was born in Dentaybow. I wonder if she went to school where your Grandma was a teacher? So sad that she's no long with us to ask about it…
Lori – How crazy is that. My grandmother taught there in 1926-27.
I'm Lori's Dad. Your Grandmother probably knew Kathrine and Jack Densmore as 7th or 8th graders, and my Mom, Lorna Densmore, as a first grader. Uncle Jack showed us where the school was, but the building is gone. Jack is still alive.
Steve & Lori – Believe it or not my Grandmother hand wrote a "newspaper" with the state exam results & Jack and Katherine are mentioned all through it. She even says as a results of the exams Jack is no longer attending school. If you would like a copy please email me at theironcraft (at) yahoo (dot) com