Am I the only one you know who has 7 family trees on Ancestry.com ? One for my own family, one for my kid's other family, two for friend's families that I got interested in, one each for two doll makers, one for my historic home, and one for my antique dollhouse.
Obviously I really enjoy searching for facts and family.
My grandmother, Minnie Florence Evans was born in Illinois in 1887. As far as I know, she lived on a farm all of her life- but am I remembering only what I knew as a child? It didn't occur to me until recently that the period I am playing with , setting the Gammage house in, is close to the date of my Grandmother's birth. Think about the changes she saw in her life! In terms of popular house styles, that means she could have seen Victorian, Arts and Crafts, bungalows, modern, contemporary....and many more.
Persis was born in 1870. If she lived to be 94, like my grandmother, she would have been alive until I was in high school.
This dollhouse making definitely is about more than playing!
