I Found It!!

I found the book! It wasn't in the box I was thinking it might be in. In fact, I didn't even get to that box. I thought it might be in Zach's box of mission stuff, but that was behind another box, so I looked in the first box, not there. Tried pulling out his mission box, but it was too tall and I couldn't get it. On a whim I saw a box labeled "books" and looked in it. It was full of photo albums, but at the end, perpendicular to the albums was a manila folder. Jackpot!! I have briefly skimmed a couple highlighted things. Now I just need to sit down and read it. One of the highlighted things is that we descended from the Tathams. I remember finding Tathams not too far back when I did my research in college. Now only if I could find those papers or rediscover those ancestors. Once again, wish me luck!

Nothing

Nothing. That is exactly what I have done with my genealogy. I was so excited to go home and talk to my Grandma about her family, but when I went home, we were so busy I didn't get much of a chance, and the two times we went down to see her, I chickened out. Her mother passed away last year, her son three years ago, and her husband quite awhile ago, but she is what I would call "emotionally fragile." I'm afraid to talk to her about those three people because I'm afraid it would upset her.

We had an open discussion in our Family History class this past week and I asked for advice. I think I will talk to Grandma about her life. I will start with her childhood; what it was like growing up in the area and time that she did, and work my way forward. I want to record her stories and then transcribe them word for word so they are truly her stories. The only problem with this is getting over there to do it. I might be able to rope my mom into helping me, and maybe I could be on the phone so I could have some input too. I'm not sure how I will work out the technicalities of it, but I'll figure it out.

I finally got my butt in gear and emailed two people about my maternal grandfather's family tree. I emailed them on Sunday and am waiting to hear back from either one. I really really hope I get a reply. I also have an idea of a box where the missing "book" might be, but I'm afraid to look because I'll probably just be disappointed. Keep your fingers crossed for me on both accounts; the emails and the book search.