The Continuing Saga

I had mentioned last time that I was doing some research on my family history. The contact that I had made in Sweden ended up being very fruitful. I was able to get information on both my Grandfather and Grandmother on my Father's side of the family. A distant relative sent me info dating back to the 1600's, it is quite interesting, we're still mostly a bunch of farmers, but it has been interesting to see what they had to go through to get to the US.
Last Sunday I took a little road trip to the northern part of the state to roam some cemeteries, searching for grave stones. Boy was I Unprepared for the time involved. Lots of walking up and down the rows. I had some information, but not enough. Next time a lot more research needs to be done. Perhaps I'll live long enough to see the task through, If not I'm hoping my daughter, Amy, will take up the banner. She, so far, has been the only one showing some interest in this task. I traced my wife's family back to England and the 1600's all she said was ok.
The reduction of work hours has, I guess, been a small blessing as I have been able to spend a little more time on the geneology search than I would have if I was working 40 hours. And just when I thought I had finished getting all of the family pictures into the computer, my sister, Marie, gave me three albums of old black and white pics that my Dad had taken.. I'm at it again!!!

Soon....