TBT Old Family Recipe Egg Noodle Recipe

My Grandma Snodgrass's Egg Noodle Recipe

This recipe was one handed down from my Grandma's mother to my Grandma to my Mom to me to my Kids to my Grandkids. We had these noodles every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was always so much fun to go over and help Grandma and Mom make the noodles. I have a lot of great memories of being together, getting flour all over all the while laughing while  mixing, rolling and cutting up the noodles. When Grandma got where she couldn't do it anymore she sat there and supervised the rest of us doing them. This was a family tradition and one I was glad to pass on to my kids and grandkids. No as everyone has grown up and it's harder to get together before Thanksgiving to make these they buy store bought noodles but they are not the same and we don't have the memories we did back when we got together to make them for the holidays. I would never trade the time we spent together making egg noodles. This recipe is in my Mom's hand writing because Grandma didn't write down a recipe. As we did it you just knew if you had enough water and flour and it just became something you did from habit. Mom wrote it down so that it could be passed on to others in the family and I am using it today as my throwback Thursday post.

Always cherish the family traditions and make sure to share the times, stories and make new memories as the next generations come along.

This is Grandma Mattie Snodgrass in the Kitchen.

Stumped and Moving On

I have been finding it very hard to verify and find much out on my Charles Jester. The family story goes he ran away from home at 10 yrs old but I have know way of knowing if this is true or not. I have been unable to find him in any census records until after he married Hattie Jane Anderson. The census records change the year he was born from census to census. Even his death record and headstone give two different years of birth the death record says 1870 and the headstone says 1868 which is most likely the right date from all I have found. I did find he had a brother living in Kansas City Mo at the same time he lived in Kansas City KS and they are both buried in the same cemetery. His brothers death certificate states his father as Jesse Jester which is who I thought all along was Charles father but hadn't been able to prove. I for now will lay Charles aside and work on another line, but I will continue to look for proof of who his parents were and find more info on him. I hope some day to maybe find cousins or someone who can help with this side but for now I will move on. Sometimes it is good to step away from the brick wall person and then come back later to them for me so that is what I am doing.

I will share the death certificate, marriage record and headstone with you so that you can see what I mean about the dates.

Until Next Time 

Keep on Sleuthing and Happy Hunting you Ancestors

Memorial Day In Our Family

Memorial Day In Our Family

WWI Museum trench warfare

Today is Mon. May 26, 2014 and I am writing here and able to because of the sacrifices our men and women in the service have made. We on this day and everyday want to remember and thank the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces to keep us safe and free.  We will also go this day to the cemeteries to remember our loved ones who have died and put flowers on the graves. We will have family cookouts and picnics and play at the pool or lake but while doing all this we must and should honor those who served because if they had not been willing to put their life on the line for us we might not have the freedom to enjoy this day like we do. Our family has had someone who has  served in all the wars starting with the Rev. War.  It is an honor for me to pay tribute and thank them for their sacrifice.
Here are a few of the men from our family that has served. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE AND ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY!

TBT Memorial Weekend and Military Records

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013

Memorial Weekend and Military Records

 Memorial Day is this weekend and so it is a great time to check military records for our ancestors. I come from a long line of military people. This is a good weekend to search them out. At
ancestry.com from May 23- May 27, 2013 they are giving free access to their military records. This would be an excellent time to look your ancestors records up. Below are some examples of what I found for mine at ancestry.com
I looked some of my family in the military records and here are some examples of what you can find there.


Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 Joseph Skidmore

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 for Jesse Jester

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 forWilliam Thomas Capp

U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 for Raymond Leroy Wilder

For a complete list of what military records ancestry has go check out ancestry.com