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If
only I was creative! Creating photo
montages and published genealogies with images are about as creative as I have
gotten and so I am always fascinated to read about the “neat” things that
others have created to “honor” their ancestors, like Jill Meszaros.
Jill Meszaros thought of her
ancestors when she decided to try her hand at making a historic quilt.
Meszaros, of Rockdale Township, near
Cambridge Springs, said she imagined what life must have been like for her
great-great-great-great-grandparents when they spent parts of seven years apart
in the 1810s.
She said she also researched the
methods and styles of quiltmaking at the time.
The result of her efforts is a
30-by-70-inch "whole cloth" blue quilt, adorned with the tree of
life, that earned Meszaros the viewers' choice runner-up in the Great Lakes
Seaway Trail's War of 1812 Quilt Challenge in mid-March...
Read the full article and learn the research Jill did and
the “connection” she made to her ancestors through her quilt.
Have you or someone
you know created something “neat” to honor your ancestors? It would be wonderful to do a subsequent post
with images of hand-crafted items honoring our ancestors. Please send any submissions to [email protected].
Please do send an image and a short statement “about” the special item.
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Ran across this article -- Quilt of Names from 1912 Donated to Dover Historical Society, http://www.timesreporter.com/newsnow/x551363343/Quilt-of-names-from-1912-donated-to-Dover-Historical-Society -- how cool!
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