Spring

I, like most people love to get out of the house when the weather starts warming up, but that can stall my family history research. I don't know about you but I sometimes get in a rut of only doing research at home on the computer. So I tried to think of ways to get out of the house and still get some research done.

1. Take a trip to a cemetery...take those pictures
2. Visit the courthouse..enjoy the drive
3. Explore the town of your relatives...again take those pictures
4. Take a walk..clear your mind and just enjoy being in the beautiful outdoors
5. Visit the library..while doing research at my library I can sit in front of a bay of windows
that overlook a park

So, start thinking of ways you can get out there and research at the same time, and let me know what works for you.

Have a blessed day

Unexpected Blessings

Another unexpected blessing. I was searching for an article in an Ohio news paper, so I called a local library there, they not only found the article that I was needing but went the extra mile and looked for any other information they could about my ancestor. They did find other information and with a couple of long distance calls they are now sending me copies of everything they found. I am new to genealogy research, but without fail every person that I have contacted has gone the extra mile without hesitation. I just hope that someday I will be able to be a blessing to someone else, and go that extra mile.

So go out and be a blessing to someone today!

Keep Asking

Just a quick note to encourage you to keep asking those family history questions. I just received an e-mail from a cousin with new information. He sent me a picture of my grandfather that was taken when he was around 2, he thought he had already sent it to me, so it was a good thing that every now and then I e-mail and ask if he knows anything new. Sometimes when your asked a question you can't think of the answers till later and it helps when people ask again....so ask!!!

Thats all for today......SO GO OUT THERE AND ASK those questions

"Time Flies" is not just a saying

I can't believe that it is already the end of Feburary! When I decided to quit my job and stay home I thought it would allow me more time to get things done. Boy was I wrong! It seems that each week I have such great plans and each week God shows me that He is the one with the plans, not me. God has been so very gracious, he knew all the things that were coming and made provision for me to be at home so that I wouldn't stress over working around my job. I have been blessed with "some" time to work on my family history and have found really interesting information about my family. I hope to be able to work on my DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) paperwork next week. If anyone else is working on their family tree and have any tips let me know. I hope this will be a blog of tips and hints from not only me but others.

Have a Blessed Day

School Days

Hi all hope your week is going well. Another school year has begun and with 2 in high school now I have been looking back in time to when they first started kindergarten. Time truly does fly!!! God keeps reminding me to enjoy each moment I have with them and to take the time to be with them as much as possible. Now the non fun stuff starts, fall cleaning. Instead of spring cleaning I like to fall clean, with kids in school I can get more done and also pack up all the summer stuff. I guess I'm still on school time---school starts and so does my "homework". After I get everything caught up here at home, I will be returning to my genealogy research. So hopefully I will get back with you quickly and the brick walls will fall.

Have a blessed day
Shortmom

Summer Days

Hello all, just a quick post to let you know that I'm alive. I hope you are having a great summer and getting some things done. I have hit somewhat of a brick wall on the family history research. I can't seem to find any information regarding my great grandfather on my mother's side. His birth father died when he was little and was then raised by his mother and stepfather. I can't even find out much about the stepfather. As you can tell, sometimes I don't have much in the way of patience so I get really frustrated and bummed. Well, laundry duty calls so I will write more later.

Have a blessed day

Home at last

Hi all, the first six weeks of summer have been choas!! I don't remember a more busy summer. We have been gone alot and hopefully this next week will be a quiet one spent with all of the family at home.
I just purchased a new scanner so I hope that I will soon be able to add more content to the blog as well as jump start my downloading genealogy information to my software database. I am hoping that a computer file will take place of alot of my paper files that take up so much space.
Summer is a great time to start new projects, so get out there and start something new!!

Have a blessed day

Happy Birthday America!!!!!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! May God Bless America and it's people.

Have a great day

Catching Up!!

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. I think to myself every summer "this is going to be the summer of rest and relaxation" and it usually never is. It seems that the days fly by to fast and I never get all the things done that I hoped to. I have though, been able to spend a few moments each day on my genealogy research, and thats what it takes, a few minutes a day. I did find a GREAT site for information..."YouTube.com" go figure. Type in "genealogy" and it will bring up alot of really informative videos on alot of different subjects that are really helpful. I find that I learn something better by seeing it done than by just reading about how to do something. Give it a try and let me know what you find, never be afraid to think outside the box when doing research.

Well as with me hang in there and try to research for just a few minutes a day and soon those minutes will reward you with break throughs in your search.



Have a Blessed day

Vacation time

This week is a crazy one...our church is having it's Vacation Bible School this week and though I'm not working in it this year our youngest son is. It seems to always be a crazy yet very fun week. Our daughter (middle child) is away on a mission trip this week also. She is in Memphis, TN. in the inner city doing work on homes that need repairs. It's a great ministry that meets the physical needs of mainly senior adults, our prayer for her and the rest of the team is that they will be the hands of Christ in all they do. This coming weekend I hope will prove to be an exciting one... Doug Lewis is coming in view of a call to become our pastor. From all God is revealing I am confident that this is His man for our church at this time. We have been without a pastor for a year now and are ready for a new chapter to begin in our church. Not that we haven't had great pastors fill in each week!!! I guess I better go I need to start planning our vacation to Dallas....so many details to figure out so little time.



Have a blessed day

Happy Summer

Hi all, I hope that June came in with a bit of sun and warmth for you. Just to catch you up...last Thursday was suppose to be my last day at work but God has other plans. No one has put in their application either for the summer position or for the full time one. I know that God has a plan He just isn't ready for me to see all of it yet. God is so good and I know he has great things planned for both me and for the person who will take over the library. Well for now that is all, hope you have a great week and a wonderful summer.

Have a blessed day

Mommy mood

Hi again all, hope your day is going well.
Lately my friends with small children have been placing such wonderful pictures and post on their blogs and it is making me a little sad. I guess as your children grow up and won't let you take their picture as much, I long for years past. I still sneak into their rooms at night just to watch them sleep and marvel at just how precious they are. I sometimes glance at them and see the baby I once was able to hold in my arms, something I truely miss. Wow I must be in a mommy mood today!!! I love watching them grow up and seeing where the Lord is leading them but just the same somedays I just want them back nestled in my arms. (lol, it's hard to nestle a growing teenage boy!!)

Have a blessed day

Creative outlet

Hi all---just want to update you on things with me. Since turning in my resignation at the library, God has shown me over and again that this is the right decision. I know I will miss the people I get to see on a weekly basis and those I work with, but following God's direction is such a blessing. I have joined an online "study" of God's word...it is through a site called "triplesketch.blogspot.com" each week they give you a word or an attribute of God to research in the Bible. Then you use any creative way to write down what you find. Some are doing a scrapbook, others a notebook the possabilities are endless. I think this will be a fun way to be spiritually creative. I pray that this new path will be filled with ways to bring me closer to God.

Have a Blessed day

A new path

For the last almost 3 years I have been the librarian at our church's library. It is a wonderful job and one that I love, but I feel as it is time for a change so I have turned in my resignation. This upcoming year may prove to be a hectic one. Our oldest daugther is getting married, our other daughter will be a senior in high school and our youngest son will be a freshman in high school. So you see it will be a year of frantic activity. That is only part of the reason for staying at home, the other is that I feel that God is leading me back to being a stay at home mom. I also hope that I can now have time to work on my genealogy and scrapbooking more. I know this will be a time of change but with God directing me, I know that I will have a peace about things. Thanks for checking in, have a blessed day.

Snowy Monday

I do believe that snow on the Texas panhandle is the most beautiful. Yes the mountains are nice but seeing miles and miles of white can't be beat. I know I haven't posted in a couple of weeks but this is still very new and I'm not sure what direction this will take. I have been researching my dad's genealogy and have made some new discoveries, which is exciting. I also need to look into my mother's side, I just learned of a letter written from one of the presidents to one of my grandmothers. This is why I enjoy the search for ancestors so much, you never know what you will find.
That's all for now, may God bless you and keep you till we meet again.

It all starts somewhere

Well here goes....
I'm really not sure how all of this works but I'm going to try and figure it out. I really don't know many "old" people like me who blog but at least I will be able to communicate with some friends who do. Right now I am working at my church's library so I have very little time to devote to blogging. As far as hobbies, they include geneaology, quilting, scapbooking and just sitting in front of the television. Well I guess that's all for now, until next time----May God bless you each day and may you worship Him without ceasing.