Pygmy Goats in Alaska

This was taken from the Fall 1976 edition of the National Pygmy Goat Association’s Memo, and was written by my father, Bryan H. Robbins, from our home in Klawock, Alaska.  A while ago, I invited my mother to write about her education as part of the 48th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy.  I thought [...]

Pygmy Goats in Alaska

This was taken from the Fall 1976 edition of the National Pygmy Goat Association’s Memo, and was written by my father, Bryan H. Robbins, from our home in Klawock, Alaska. A while ago, I invited my mother to write about her education as part of the 48th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. [...]

1967 Model No. 1

Source: Robbins, Miriam Joy. Birth Announcement. Created March 1967 by Faith Valk Robbins. Original pasted in baby book of Miriam Joy Robbins in the possession of Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Spokane, Washington. 2008.

It’s no surprise that my parents came up with this clever birth announcement for their first model of little Robbinses. You [...]

1967 Model No. 1

Source: Robbins, Miriam Joy. Birth Announcement. Created March 1967 by Faith Valk Robbins. Original pasted in baby book of Miriam Joy Robbins in the possession of Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Spokane, Washington. 2008.

It’s no surprise that my parents came up with this clever birth announcement for their first model of little Robbinses. You [...]

Alaskan Russian Foods

As many of my readers are aware, I was born and grew up in Alaska, living in five different communities. The “city” where I was born was Kodiak, on Kodiak Island, where the Russian influence can still be felt in the culture, religious practices, and surnames of the Native Alaskans living there. [...]

Alaskan Russian Foods

As many of my readers are aware, I was born and grew up in Alaska, living in five different communities. The “city” where I was born was Kodiak, on Kodiak Island, where the Russian influence can still be felt in the culture, religious practices, and surnames of the Native Alaskans living there. [...]

Advent Memories No. 16: Christmas at School

Christmas at School
What did you do to celebrate Christmas at school? Were you ever in a Christmas Pageant?
I’ve already shared how Santa came to my childhood hometown of Klawock, Alaska on his Cessna from Ketchikan, but before he arrived, we students had been busy decorating our classroom. Every classroom had a tree, which was [...]

Advent Memories No. 16: Christmas at School

Christmas at School
What did you do to celebrate Christmas at school? Were you ever in a Christmas Pageant?
I’ve already shared how Santa came to my childhood hometown of Klawock, Alaska on his Cessna from Ketchikan, but before he arrived, we students had been busy decorating our classroom. Every classroom had a tree, which was [...]

Loving Genealogy…For Over 30 Years!

This evening I was going through the box of letters that my mother wrote to her parents from Alaska during the years 1966 through 1978. I was looking in particular for letters written around Thanksgiving to see if I could find any that matched my earliest memories of that holiday, with the hope of [...]

Loving Genealogy…For Over 30 Years!

This evening I was going through the box of letters that my mother wrote to her parents from Alaska during the years 1966 through 1978. I was looking in particular for letters written around Thanksgiving to see if I could find any that matched my earliest memories of that holiday, with the hope of [...]