Karen About Genealogy

Karen LeSueur Packard Rhodes's musings about genealogy, including recent developments, methods and sources, her own family history, and whatever is and can be related to them.

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Family Sayings

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My family has a stock of family sayings that date back to the 1890s. We are a bunch that likes to play with words. My great-grandaunt and...

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: January Highlights

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This weekend, Randy wants us to comment on what genealogy fun we've had in January, what happenings do we consider the highlights of Jan...

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

That Which Survives

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I was directed to a post on Substack in which this quotation appears: "One reason I started as far back in the family tree as I did in...

Monday, January 26, 2026

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Week 4: A Theory in Progress

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This week, for Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks , we are to talk about a genealogical theory we are working on. This one i...

Monday, January 12, 2026

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2026, Week 1: An Ancestor I Admire

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Starting a new Year with Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks , she asks us to talk about an ancestor we admire. I'm going ...

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Karen Packard Rhodes: Graduated 27 April 2012 from the University of North Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in history and Spanish at the age of 65! Received a Master of Liberal Arts in Florida Studies at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, 3 May 2015, at the age of 68. A migratory lifeform with a tropism for bookstores, I have also written two books, Booking Hawaii Five-0: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968-1980 Television Detective Series and Non-Federal Censuses of Florida, 1784-1945: A Guide to Sources.

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