Why we should connect

When I first started this adventure I was really excited, somewhere between a puppy seeing a dog biscuit and a 6 year old going to Disney Land excited. I have this blog, a website, and 3 public trees all floating around out there in cyber space. It is kinda like fishing, I fling my bait out as far as I can and wait and hope for a bite.

Finally after all this time I got some nibbles, in fact 3!

2 folks emailed me, I returned the emails but haven't heard anything back.

The third, and the most exciting, I received an email from a lady whose 3x great grandfather is my 4x great uncle. WOOOHOOO! The best part is that she is from my home county, is good friends with my great uncle, and played cards with my grandparents before their divorce! When I told my grandmother I thought she was going to fall over, all this time and they had no idea.

I was asked why I would put so much effort to get the information out there, now you know. Not only am I getting the information out there but I am connecting with people; and really thats what this is about.

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. ~Shirley Abbott

July 2nd: Mass records day

On July the 2nd familysearch.org organized an event. Not just any kind of event, one that was record breaking! familysearch.org was hoping for 5 million records to be indexed in one day, but could we the indexers do it?

Well, over 46,000 people came together to index records and in just 16 hours the 5 million mark was hit and bypassed for a grand total of .....

....drum roll please....

10,340,879


Thats right over 10 million records were indexed in just 24 hours. GO TEAM!

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. ~Shirley Abbott

Andy Griffith

I wanted to take a break from work, dishes and research to remember Andy. Growing up it wasn't uncommon to watch The Andy Griffith Show. Sitting cross legged on the floor was standard kid sitting with the grown ups on the couch and dad (or grandpa, depending on were we where) in "his" chair, this of course as long as there wasn't baseball or football on.

It always seemed like the black and white episodes were always better then the later ones in color. Either way, the wholesome life of Mayberry with its neighborhood characters, made you wish for a "simpler" time. The script was so well done, (thanks to Andy Griffith many a times) that you felt like you actually knew them, like they were real, and lived next door.

Did you know that this iconic theme song is actually part of a song called " The Fishin' Hole" sung by Andy?

Unlike some of the "superstars" today, Andy could actually act and sing. He is most well known for singing  hymns with one of his albums reaching certified platinum standing.

I bet it was so fun to be on the set of the music video for "Waiting On a Women" by Brad Paisley. Andy added his vocal talents to song.

 I want to pass on my sincere condolences to Andy's family and friends.

Andy Griffith

June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012

P.S Who can forget Matlock!?

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. ~Shirley Abbott