My Life in Song - So Long to NGS, Ohio

Carol Burnett Show Theme Song Lyrics

Title: "Carol's Theme"

Written By: "Joe Hamilton"

I'm so glad we had this time together,
Just to have a laugh, or sing a song.
Seems we just get started and before you Know it
Comes the time we have to say, “So long".

There's a time you wanna sigh for dreamin.
And a time for things you have to do.
The time I love the best is any evening
I can spend a moment here with you.

When the time comes and I'm feelin' lonely
And I'm feelin' oh so blue.
I just sit back and think of you only
And the happiness still comes through.

That's why I'm glad we had this time together.
Cause it makes me feel like I'm along.
Seems we just get started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say, "So Long".

This song sums up perfectly how I feel each time a leave a conference. The time flies by way too fast and even though I am exhausted and totally wore out, my brain spinning from all the information, I am sad to see it end.

The time spent at the NGS conference in Ohio (or any other place for that matter) is time well spent. I attend meetings, meet up with friends, make new friends, arrange projects and jobs, attend classes and rub elbows with the experts, the big wigs, in the genealogy world.

By the time it is over I'm done. Stick a fork in me. I am in overload. But I still don't really want to see it end.

Maybe that's why I'm a conference junkie. I can't wait for the next one. That would be the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in June. Just around the corner. Join me, why don't you?

You'll be "glad we had the time together."

NGS Conference - Ohio

I met my cousin yesterday. I met her grandfather, my uncle, last year. My uncle R. L. One of the sweetest men on the planet. So it's no wonder that his granddaughter, Nicole, would be equally as sweet. Meeting new people is hard but meeting new family is wonderful and not hard at all.

I would probably never have met Nicole and her four wonderful children if I had not attended the National Genealogical Society's (NGS) annual conference this year. It is being held in Cincinnati. I have no reason (prior to knowing Nicole) to come to this part of Ohio. I didn't even know she lived here.

It seems I have family everywhere.

Meeting cousins is one of the side benefits of attending conferences. Sometimes we just learn a new research method or tools that enable us to find long dead cousins. Sometimes we hear about a "techie" tool like Facebook or Skype or Twitter that might help us meet living cousins. Every once in a while you'll be sitting in a classroom waiting for the lecture to start and you begin talking with the person to your right (or maybe your left) and your both in the same lecture on finding Ohio ancestors because you both have Ohio ancestors. Then you discover that they are the same Ohio ancestors. You've been talking with your cousin!

It happens.

Yesterday I had to miss the lecture my cousin Claire Bettag was presenting. I had to be in a meeting. (More about that later) Claire is a nationally known and respected lecturer. Earlier this year at Salt Lake Institute for Genealogy (SLIG) we discovered we were cousins. Distant cousins mind you. I think her 6th great grandfather and my 8th great grandfather are the same or something like that.

So yesterday was my day for cousins. I had to miss seeing one and I got to meet another.

Who knows maybe today I'll be sitting next to one I didn't know I had.

Sacramento Genealogical Society - Root Cellar

About a year ago I joined one of the local genealogical societies in my area. We are very lucky to have two superb genealogical groups here in the Sacramento, California area.

I joined Root Cellar (that's the name they go by, their "common name") they are officially The Sacramento Genealogical Society. It is probably the more active of the two groups and might be the larger. This group meets in the evenings which might have a bearing on that.

The other group is affectionately called GAS. They are properly known as The Genealogical Association of Sacramento. They meet in the afternoons and are struggling at the moment.

As I said I joined Root Cellar about a year ago and this year decided to get more involved so I ran for one of the offices. I'll let you know how that turns out. I don't believe in belonging to a group and not getting involved. You have to give back.

This June I will join GAS. I feel that both groups serve a purpose and have a lot to give. They meet the needs of different groups. By meeting in the afternoons, GAS allows those who are available at that time and perhaps don't like to drive at night or are early to bed types to get their genealogy fix. While Root Cellar allows those who work during the day to meet and mingle with their genealogy pals after work.

If you are interested in genealogy, and I'm guessing you are if you read this blog, then "get ye to a genealogy society." You'll find great people, and interesting lectures, fabulous tips and more of the wonderful world of genealogy.

BIG NEWS

I have changed my business name! From now on my business will be known as "Seven Sisters Genealogical Services." What do you think? (Too bad, I'm not changing it.)

I also have decided to change the name of the blog. Y'all know you never remembered that big ol' long thing. So I think it will be easier to remember "Seven Sisters Genealogy" don't you?

And guess what? I've got a website. Yee Ha. Bet you can guess the name. "Seven SistersGenealogy.com" (you saw that one coming didn't you?)

I thought long and hard about my new name. Remember? I posted way back in October that I needed a new name. I even wanted to run a contest, but couldn't figure out how to run it. Well, the whole subject has weighed heavy on my mind for months now. Then one day it came to me.

I have seven sisters. They are a big part of why I do genealogy. (Them and my five brothers). Yes, I am including all of my brothers and sisters in that statement. (For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about go here and scroll down to the bottom, the very first post of this blog, entitled The Never Ending Story.) Even though we are a your's, mine, their's and somebody else's type of family, we are still connected. And I love each and every one of them.

My seven sisters are: Victoria Lynn, Jorja Lynn, Suzanne Ruth, Deborah Sue, Loretta Gail, Elisabeth Ann, and Gerrianne Teresa.

So to them I dedicate my new website and business name.

Grandma Theaux's Letter - Page Seven

3 she had no furniture

no She gat lots of help they

would call and say what they

had and she told what she

needed he her baby was sleeping on

a chair. Thank God I did it

I did get lots of heart brake

but I would think about the B. V. [Blessed Virgin]

One time this is with the 

deaf. I had made up my mind

that I would get my deaf people

a place to pray and meet.

I can not explain all but

this I will never forget I forgive 

yes but forget no because

to this day I can see my

self in agonie as Jesus.

This lady wo was rich and 

the kind to Boss we gave a 

party I was not much for

that but I gave in, always remember

my husband was not for that and

he will never know my suffering

the dance was on saturday I 

went she had me like her 

little dog. I obed but I [     ]

I'd never again get in that.

Jame. On the sunday morning

agance my husband will, I went

to help clane, [clean] it was freezing

cold she stood there and

put all the blame on

me insulted me right in

the face, Thank God I had the

courage and faith. If no where

Grandma Theaux's Letter, Page Six

Feb _ 1976   2

and his disable back pay?

All in in all he will have

over $4000. In the L.B.A. on

7 year compound interest he get

what he got befor and get a 

monthly check. $1.76 per month.

Live and have faith

God never forget a good deed

That is why I am so happy

in my old days. I always

enjoyed helping and my good

old man he wanted to help

but was always afraid to

be involve, me I dont coud not care

less, I can just sit and laugh

at myself to see all the silly

things I did.

I did not dare put my husband

on to my tricks befor I could

do my act but after it was

done there was nothing

I c He could do, but help me

get out of the mess.

Thank you old man.

Now one of my act I am still

proude of. I visited a plase

on time the lady had 8

children, I did not have

money to help but where there

is a way will there is a will way

I put an add on the paper for

that lady with 8 children

I gave some of my friend phon #

RedBook

My favorite book on my shelf is Ancestry's RedBook. I use this book on almost a daily basis. I will never get rid of my hardback version, even though you can now view it for free on Ancestry.com.

Every time I try to view the online version of RedBook I find that I can not read the section where the column format was used. That's the part I use most often. It will tell you when a county was created and what the parent county was. It will tell you from what date Birth, Marriage, Land, Death etc. records were kept. And it will tell you where to write for those records.

The other part of the book that is formatted in the regular paragraph type formatting comes through my computer just fine. But I use that part less often.