Ancestors

I have been having so much fun working on my Fanuly Tree, that it has almost become work, instead of just fun. But, I think a lot of that is because I haven't learned how to keep the tree from getting so big, it is becomng unmanagable. But I have found so much.

It all started when I found the wrong person. Pat is not whom I thought she was. I was trying to contact one of HRR's cousins, and wound up with a "shirt-tailed"relative. Pat and HRR share an aunt and uncle, although the two of them are not related. You have to stop and think about that for awhile. Then, through HRR"s cousin in Marysville, I found about a cousin in Southern California. I wrote to her and she has filled me in on some of the family. Through her, I have tried to make contact with another distant cousin of Grandpa's. So far, I haen't heard from her. I hope we can get the contact because I am very afraid my mail might have gone directly into her spam folder. It happened before. Then there is this gal in Florida, who is the ex-wife of the grandson of one of HRR's aunts. She is apparently very much into the geneology and is giving me lots of help.

Last Wednesday I went to the LDS Family Research Center in Yuba City, and they helped me for two or three hours doing research. I think I've mentioned that I am very proud of the fact that I am a direct descendant of the pioneer, Daniel Boone. Years ago I was able to trace him back to his father (I believe) who was born in Engliand in 1866. Well, now I know that the last known date for the family is the great great grandfather of Daniel Boone who was born in 1595 in England, but who died in 1670, in the United States. As Judy said, "Mama. that means we had family in the United States before the Revolutionary War". Yep, sure did!!!

I am trying to trace my family: Arand, White, Roberts, Boone; Then there are the branches - the Weyands, the Banks' , the Springers. Then I get the kid's trees - the Hodges., the Goss', the sparks, the springers, the Boleys, the Morrells, the browns, the DeWalls, the Hughes, and on and on it goes. You might say, yes, but some of those surnames were of fathers who no longer are a part of the family. But, they will always be part of the family, as long as there are children of those relationships as a part of our family tree. I haven't started with HRR's family - here you get into the Rohleders, the Olsons, the Kirchbergs, the Grunewalds, the Windiates, etc. When you get these names all attached to one tree, you begin to see just how far your family really is "connected". Not related, just connected. I'm anxious to see if some suspicions I have do develope. I wish this lady who is being so helpful to me lived a bit closer, but she is in Florida, and all her help has to be by email. She has sent me pictures of some of the old family grave markers, which I believe to be all in the Rosalia, WN cemetery. I also have some I took when I was up there in 1994. They are on video, and I am going to find someone who can pick some of those pictures off, so they can be put on the tree.

Think this is a good place to stop. If any of those names mean anything special to you, please get in touch with me and lets see what we can figure out.