Today is my last day of vacation. A part of me is sad, but another part is excited for what is to occur. My next class, which starts tomorrow, is Childrens Literature in a Pluralistic Society. I already bought the book and looked through it. It will definitely be an interesting class!
Last night, I was working on my ancestry, and for some unknown reason, my father's side of the history was wiped out completely. Technology, what a wonderful concept. I had to input all information, including my father's. Thankfully, the Newport Historical Society sent me the information! I had my grandmother's line all the way back to the 10th century! I was smart, mostly thanks to Forrest, to have saved as many documents as possible (not including the Historical Society's because that I will definitely keep and is in a three-ring binder)!.
Upon the search last night, I did accidentally find a picture of a McKenzie family photo c.1914. The moment I looked at it, I was blown away. One of the people, the older gentleman, looks almost exactly like my grandfather! I have a picture of my grandfather, held it up to that family photo and Forrest also agreed. I wrote the person who had the picture, but we have not figured out if that is part of my family or not. Man, I hope it is. It would be nice to have a family photo, especially from that time! The funny part is: during the research of my McKenzie side, four names in the family photo keep popping up (before I even saw the photo). I am hoping and thinking they are! Only time will figure it all out.
I also wrote three Historical Society's this morning, hoping for more information on the rest of my family. It becomes very confusing and difficult when there are more than one person's with the same name. Thinking about the difficult time I am currently having with this, I wonder what future researchers within my family will have with my name, since my father and I share the same name. If any more people in my family, while I am living, name their child after them, I will scream! I understand that it is to preserve the family name, but think about the future researchers! Of course, I am kidding, to a point.
At the same time as completing all of this, I am in the process of retyping one of the documents that the Newport Historical Society sent me. It is old and faded. I am going to buy some clear protective pages for it, but want to retype it, just in case. This and getting ready for the new class. So far, I have the physical folders labeled for my filing cabinet, and have my computer folders labeled and ready for my sandisk. I like to have both physical documentation and electronic.
That is it for today. That is enough!
I hope you all have a great week!
Hugs and loves to you all!
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