The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Friday, September 27, 2019

August 12 - 15, 1972 Geneology Before Google


Saturday, August 12, 1972

Showers today. They mowed lawns. I did a dite of cooking. Carmen up here for supper and all night. Betty and Walt working on their house. Betty and I to Norway to buy beds for Zak and Carmen.



Sunday, August 13, 1972 Es, Cliff and Billie came

A nice day. We done up the work. I did some washing. Bill and I went down to Mrs. Harmon’s, got some blueberries. Then we went down to Betty’s for a cookout. Dorothea and Dave came also Fern and Lloyd. Had a nice meal. Walt worked on the chambers. Cleaned up the cars today. Betty mowed her lawns. We went down to Betty’s for a cookout at suppertime. Dorothea came up today to stay a few days. We are going to go to cemeteries etc. for the family records she is collecting.



Monday, August 14, 1972 Bill worked at Betty and Walt’s

FAIR to partly cloudy. Up early, made two pies and some brownies. Got breakfast, done up the work. Kim here last night. Also Dorothea stayed here. About 10:00 Dorothea, Kim and I left and went to the Cemetery at Welchville Maine. From there to North Waterford, called at Ava Grovers and Winfield McAllister’s. From there to East Stoneham, all over the Cemetery there and then up to the former Edwin Allen place and to a small family burial plot. Got some more for Dorothea’s family records. Had a good time. Bill worked at Betty’s putting up insulation.



Tuesday, August 15, 1972 A beautiful day. Billie back to work after weeks vacation

Up early, done up the work. Did a dite of washing. Put up a picnic lunch. Got ready and left home about 9 AM. Went up, got Kennard. Betty, Dorothea, Zak and I with Kennard, we went to North Stoneham. Met a very nice lady who is now living on the Leonard Gammon Homestead which is over 200 years old. We talked with her for a half hour. She told us about a Cemetery way up in the woods. We walked up the mountain for over 2 miles, even two-year-old Zak. We found the Cemetery. Dorothea got some dates, names etc. We then went to West Stoneham, up back in the old cow pasture as that is what Mama called it as that was the old homestead where my mother, her brothers and sister were raised. It is now being made over into a big resort development. At present it is as a standstill. Called on Delores in evening and at Pat’s.

The 2 mile hike up the mountain

Nanny looking for the hidden graves


Zak on Aunt Oll's grave - Stoneham

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