1. Great comments in my guest book…want to write these new “cousins” and thank them for contacting me. There’s nothing better than joining with other distant family members in a collaberative effort to trace our past.
2. Gene Dunnuck sent me a great picture to post. I need to scan and post it, as well as keep up our correspondence.
3. Drove to Boston and stopped in Connecticut on the way home. Rick and I spent a great time in the town and cemetery of Wethersfield, home of Nathaniel Foote. (Well, I thought it was a great time. LOL) I need to post pictures and history of the town.
4. My guestbook broke when the host updated. Brandon told me to change php3 extensions to just php. After a month or two of great intentions, I finally did so tonight, and it is back up and running.
5. WWI enrollment records for Houghton County are finally on ancestry.com. I found my Langs and extended family. Also, Alex Lassers (son of a couple of friends of mine) was finishing his last semester at Michigan Tech in Houghton County. He graciously offered to find me some Calumet and Hecla mining records. I had sent for a few back when the college library was well staffed enough to research for others. At the time, I received Lang info that mentioned cousins who worked in the mine. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find one particular cousin, Michael Daley, whom I believe to be the son of Honora Lang and Michael Daley. Alex offered to take a look and found a few records that were possibilities. He carried them to Detroit on Thanksgiving break. I drove there for the holiday, but his mother couldn’t find the records. Hope to see them soon! So close, and yet so far.
6. I still need to contact the granddaughter of John and Gertie Watson. I had only recently discovered that they had a daughter, Donna, but she unfortunately died earlier this year. Lesley at the cemetery gave me the granddaughter’s email address, but I haven’t had a chance to contact her yet.
7. I also need to copy info and send to Betty Brown Rosser’s daughter and son-in-law. I had a really nice but quick chat with them a few months ago.
That’s all I can think of right now. Hope to get back in the genealogical swing of things soon.
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