My commitment to post a few times each week seems to have lapsed, but I guess it's a good thing when life is keeping me busy. I've spent a lot of time scanning photos and updating my Ancestry.com tree and Find a Grave memorial pages. I've been doing more research on my great grandmother, and finally found the location of her grave. A volunteer in Wyoming went out and got a photo of her gravestone. I don't know why, but it made me feel closer to her just by looking at the photo.
I never knew the first name of her second husband, but family lore was she met him while working in Canada. I'd done online searches many times, but this past week I had a new idea. Based on what I knew about her workplace in Canada, I did a search of Canadian Census and Marriage records with her nickname and his last name. There they were on the 1921 Census! They were living in Saskatchewan and her children were also listed, so I knew I had the right family. The Wyoming Find a Grave volunteer also sent me some newspaper clippings and documents she discovered.
There is a deep satisfaction I get from working on my family tree. I love imagining what my ancestor's lives were like. Every piece I fill in on my family puzzle, brings me closer to them.
Wishing each of you a day filled with family, friends, and joy.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Where do the days go?
It's mid-June already! Unbelievable how the days just seem to fly. This week my oldest son spent some time recuperating at our home after a health scare. He was at work and started having severe chest pain and tightness. His heart checked out ok, but they did advise him to take it easy for a few days. It was most likely stress related. It's definitely made him think about taking better care of his health. It made me reevaluate some of my bad habits too. My weight has crept back up again, I've been taking in too much sugar and caffeine, and not getting enough exercise. Time to turn that around!
I meant to share the following a couple weeks back, but it got set aside in all the busyness of life. I decided to take on the cemetery visitation my mom had always done. For me, Memorial Day weekend has always been a time to look back and remember loved ones who have passed on. In actuality, I'd been reminiscing well before the weekend arrived. I've been working on my Ancestry search again, plus I joined a site called Find A Grave. This site posts photos of headstones from all across the country. I was able to view gravestones of some family members who are buried in distant states. I wouldn't have been able to see them without traveling across the county.
I found my most immediate family members too. Because of the kindness of a couple of Find A Grave members, I now manage a few of my family's memorial pages. Some contributors chose not to transfer a memorial, even if it is your immediate family. I understand this, as they have dedicated hours of time to find, photograph, and post the information. I am just so happy there are people willing to volunteer their time to do this. The memorial pages of family members and friends can be placed in Virtual Cemeteries on your own page, so I've created Virtual Cemeteries for each branch of the family.
During the Memorial weekend, my husband took the time to drive me to visit several of my family's graves. I hadn't done that in years. My mom was the one who always did the visitation of the graves. I decided it was time for me to step up, and take it over, in her honor. We took flowers, and PJ took photos of the grave markers for me to add to my Ancestry files. There was a lot of walking, in 72 degree heat, so it was a stretch for me, but I did it!
I have to share the worst part of the day. I was getting light-headed, so I sat under some trees on a contemplation bench, while PJ continued to look for my great grandparents markers. I felt a little tickle on my arm. It was a spider! I knocked it off. Soon I felt it again. I looked down, and I was covered with little spiders! Yikes! I hate spiders when they're up close and personal. Later, I found Paul had some on him too. They were floating down from all the trees. So icky, but it was still totally worth being there. In future, I will visit early in the day while it's still cool, and I will definitely avoid the trees.
Well, this is a seriously long post, and I still haven't shared everything I intended too. It will all keep for another day. I don't want to be putting you all to sleep! Have a beautiful day!
I meant to share the following a couple weeks back, but it got set aside in all the busyness of life. I decided to take on the cemetery visitation my mom had always done. For me, Memorial Day weekend has always been a time to look back and remember loved ones who have passed on. In actuality, I'd been reminiscing well before the weekend arrived. I've been working on my Ancestry search again, plus I joined a site called Find A Grave. This site posts photos of headstones from all across the country. I was able to view gravestones of some family members who are buried in distant states. I wouldn't have been able to see them without traveling across the county.
I found my most immediate family members too. Because of the kindness of a couple of Find A Grave members, I now manage a few of my family's memorial pages. Some contributors chose not to transfer a memorial, even if it is your immediate family. I understand this, as they have dedicated hours of time to find, photograph, and post the information. I am just so happy there are people willing to volunteer their time to do this. The memorial pages of family members and friends can be placed in Virtual Cemeteries on your own page, so I've created Virtual Cemeteries for each branch of the family.
During the Memorial weekend, my husband took the time to drive me to visit several of my family's graves. I hadn't done that in years. My mom was the one who always did the visitation of the graves. I decided it was time for me to step up, and take it over, in her honor. We took flowers, and PJ took photos of the grave markers for me to add to my Ancestry files. There was a lot of walking, in 72 degree heat, so it was a stretch for me, but I did it!
I have to share the worst part of the day. I was getting light-headed, so I sat under some trees on a contemplation bench, while PJ continued to look for my great grandparents markers. I felt a little tickle on my arm. It was a spider! I knocked it off. Soon I felt it again. I looked down, and I was covered with little spiders! Yikes! I hate spiders when they're up close and personal. Later, I found Paul had some on him too. They were floating down from all the trees. So icky, but it was still totally worth being there. In future, I will visit early in the day while it's still cool, and I will definitely avoid the trees.
Well, this is a seriously long post, and I still haven't shared everything I intended too. It will all keep for another day. I don't want to be putting you all to sleep! Have a beautiful day!
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