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2012-2013
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His travels to Everywhere!

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Birding (including Namibia, Panama, Morocco, Costa Rica, Madagascar, Mexico, Ecuador, Ghana & South Africa)
Astronomy,
Star Trek Stuff,
Nepal Peace Corps

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OUR FAMILY

Karen, Mark, Glenn and Barbara Christmas Day 2011

Christmas, 2012 This Year's Christmas Letter

Moving To a Retirement Apartment May, 2008

A Family Timeline 1920's - 1940's | 1950's | 1960's 1970-1974 | 1975-1979 1980-1984 | 1985-1989 1990-1994 | 1995-1999 2000 - 2003 | 2004-2006 2007 - 2009 | 2010 - 2011 2012 -

Postcards From Our Past

FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY

So far: Halliday, Kemmerich, von Pressentin History

HALLIDAY FAMILY A short history Glenn-An Accidental Pioneer Mark 60th Birthday Photos

KEMMERICH FAMILY HISTORY August & Barbara Kemmerich Rasar State Park --site of Kemmerich Homestead Kemmerich-Urbain Correspondence 1903-1932 All letters now translated! The Hommerdings The Family's History in Germany, the USA and Brazil  -- a Brazil Branch -- Photos from Hommerdingen, Biesdorf Walter Butzen Kemmerich Ancestor

VON PRESSENTIN FAMILY HISTORY Charles ("Chuck") Pressentin's WW II Letters 2013 von Pressentin Newsletter PDF version Our von Pressentin Ancestors in Germany 300 Years of Their History 2008 Chapel Bicentennial Karl & Wilhelmine v. Pressentin Von Pressentin Family Website English/German versions

ALASKA FAMILY HISTORY A trip to Alaska resulted in more research on Barbara's family history related to that state. "Tales of Yes Bay, Alaska" Where Al & Pauline Kemmerich lived 1923-1933 Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four (Excerpts from book): "Alaska's Salmon Hatcheries 1891-1959" Part Five Yes Bay Today The Yes Bay Hatchery, 55 years later Not everything at the Yes Bay hatchery was dismantled and removed from the site. A Yes Bay Hatchery Photo Album Includes some new photos recently found. Stan Bishop - A True Alaskan Sourdough Excerpts from an oral history recorded in 1997 "Stan and the Milk Run" Stan Bishop almost drowns, bringing milk for the "Yes Bay Babies"

 

BARBARA'S LIFE STORY A Work in Progress So far: Yellowstone Park Memories "Death at Delicate Arch, Utah" "Farming in Oregon" "High Sierra Hike" "Life at the Clackamas Fish Hatchery" Revised 2010 "What's In a Name?" (What I never knew about the name "Barbara.") "CARS I LOVED & HATED" "The '52 Chevy" "The Mercedes 190 SL"

GLENN'S WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY (How did this hobby ever get started?)

 

Your comments or further inquiries are always welcome. Just send us an e-mail: gbhalliday2@yahoo.com

Unless otherwise noted, text and photos are the property
of Glenn and Barbara Halliday, © 2013
Last updated: May 16, 2013

 

OUR TRAVELS

AROUND OREGON

Columbia Gorge Trip May 10-11, 2010 Mt. Hood Railway April 15, 2010 Silver Falls/Mt. Angel October, 2009 Central Cascade Mountains June, 2009 Oregon Coast & Fern Ridge Refuge June, 2009 Peony Gardens May, 2009 Marys Peak & Wetlands May, 2009 Iris Gardens May, 2009 Oregon Coast May, 2009 Tulip Festival, Oregon April, 2009 Oregon's Southern Cascade Mountains June, 2007 Northeastern Oregon The Wallowa Mountains & Zumwalt Prairie June 30-July 3, 2006 Oregon Coast Salem to Coos Bay April 2006

BEYOND OREGON

Our 60th Anniversary Trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
December, 2010 

New England/Canada Cruise
October, 2010

Sea of Cortez Cruise
Mexico
April, 2010

The Temples of Angkor
Cambodia
January, 2008

Visit to the Mayan Riviera, Mexico
Staying at the
"Aventura Spa Palace" resort
December, 2006

Wine Country Tour
Oregon Coast, No. Calif. Redwoods,
Napa & Sonoma Valleys
September, 2006

Eastern Mediterranean Cruise
Venice, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Olympia, Athens, Mykonos, Ephesus (Turkey), Rhodes, Santorini, Naples (Pompeii), Rome
May 22 - June 3, 2006

55th Anniversary Cruise
San Diego, Catalina Island,
Cabo San Lucas & Ensenada, Mexico
Dec. 4 - 10, 2005

Trip to Tuscany
An Elderhostel program featuring
Florence and Tuscany
May 2005

Western Caribbean Cruise
Belize, Mexico, Grand Cayman Is.
February 24 to March 5, 2005

Alaska, Inside Passage
Ketchikan, Tracy Arm, Juneau,
Skagway, & Victoria
September, 2004

Baltic Cruise
Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm, Sweden; Tallinn, Estonia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Warnemünde, Germany; Arhus, Denmark; Oslo, Norway
June, 2004

Germany
Barbara and Karen combined a search for our "roots" in Germany
from the Baltic to Bavaria
with sightseeing and birding.
(We found Goettsch, von Pressentin, Kemmerich and Butzen relatives)
May, 2003

Sea of Cortez Cruise
San Diego, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, La Paz, Santa Rosalia, Loreto, Cabo San Lucas
February, 2003

Northern Yucatan Peninsula
Mayan Ruins
 Chichen-Itza, Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil,
Loltun Caverns, Tulum
March, 1995