Winifred Calista Welty was born in 1917. Her brief life of 49 years is not marked with notable worldly accomplishments. She had one child, my mother, Susanne Catherine Begich Westover. Grandmothers usually play a vital role in the lives of the rising generation. Winnifred certainly made her mark in influencing her Westover grandchildren. As her […]
Today is my father’s 81st birthday. Well, it would have been. Dad passed in November 2021. I have not yet published the history he was working on because it is not complete. I am finding that it is difficult to finish what he began. So many times I heard Dad say, “We need to make […]
Imagine it: archeologists working an ancient site in Scandinavia uncover the remains of a man found in ruins only recently discovered. They run DNA tests on those remains and determine they date back thousands of years. They attach that information to a database of collected DNA and with sophisticated software they are able to determine […]
Edwin’s Promise is a new video promoting what we have been calling the Edwin Westover Family Project. When discussing this idea with some cousins several years ago it seemed then – and now, frankly – an impossible task. The work of family history is the gathering of information of our ancestors who have passed on. […]
As a year-round Christmas enthusiast the Christmas tree has long been more than just a seasonal thing for me. In fact, when the season comes around I famously put up several trees in our home. I just love them. A few years back one of my friends in the Christmas community featured in an episode […]