Mona's granddaughter Faith turns 18

I tell you what, when I first started doing genealogy, I never thought I'd be one of those people.

you know, the ones who didn't record it all.

The ones who let a family quibble get in the way. who let facts get lost or ignored. see, I tried to solve some mysteries from long ago....who was Cleo & Hallie's birth father? who was great grandma Maggie's mother? her father? and here I am, not recording recent family events over a facebook spat.

I told myself I'd do an old fashioned write it down on paper version just for me, but haven't even done that. see, I have a bad habit of saving pics online and posting them on my blog. without permission. but they are already on facebook. anyhoo. a cousin's son asked me to remove a couple of his pictures. one was of his first baby's ultrasound. so, I did. and I deleted him from the family history. he has since married and had a daughter, as well. not recorded. I'm not even sure when these children were born, or exactly how to spell their names. or his wedding date. and does anyone even really care, if I, the once-upon-a-time-self-proclaimed-recorder-of-family-history doesn't give a shit? I remember when I first laid eyes on great aunt Dona's handwritten notebook from great Aunt Dollie for each family to record their own history in. she had listed her brothers and sisters, but acknowledged she wasn't sure how many children her brother had or how to even learn such information. WHAT? just because they disappeared off the face of the earth and there was no google? and you had a family and a life? WHAT? but, now. I. 100%. get. it. I have google and I just don't care. so there. this male family member is very good at posting on facebook when a family member dies. that's how I found out about Grandma Grace and Aunt Kay.

I just find it kind of funny how I went from no relative was too obscure or distantly related to research extensively...you wouldn't believe my collection on William Cullen Bryant, he was great great grandma Mary Alice Bryant Higdon McMican's great uncle. his writing was way over my head. I never understood it, but I collected it. I collected tidbits on inlaws of relatives, who weren't even related. step kids. 2nd and 3rd and 4th marriages with no children from my relation. previous marriages where they brought in children. I traced generations of step kids. I scoured newspapers and history books. now I just record my immediate family happenings. my kids. my grandkids. that is all that matters to me now. I have all this useless information in totes and totes and totes stacked in my basement for someone to eventually throw away.

update: April 3 2020. I have started a genealogy binder for stuff like this, but it'll probably be mushy rose colored glasses memories of my childhood and family stories I think I remember.

4 generation picture posted by Jean Frisbie on Facebook

4 generation. Me, granddaughter, Samantha and great-grandaughter, Jasmine and daughter, Nancy.

a letter from Aunt Mary.

dated 1/23/2020 Thursday eve. My Dad loved apples and I think most any fruit.... I wrote as to why I want to be a volunteer (in letter to return to the tourism office) that it has a unique history that I enjoy sharing. And I think volunteering gives retirees a sense of purpose. Kate's mom brought a cake to Roger (maybe it wasn't a birthday cake as one couldn't use candles) a carousel cake for kids, round cake, drinking straws to stand animal crackers by and a paper plate topper.

a letter from Aunt Mary....

11/21/2019 she's decorating the music room at The Vaile with her friend Joanna.

Louise Frisbie wrote her and sent 2 letters of Grandma Shafer's (1955, a 3 cent stamp) and a 1975...to Aunt Bessie Frisbie and one of my mom's (1958) to Aunt Bessie plus a 5x7" picture of Uncle Junior military uniform and a letter from Italy to Aunt Bessie. the letter was not in good condition. I mailed them to his oldest daughter Karen. these items were found in a 20 lb. lard can in a shed when Ronnie was quite ill last spring and now livesin Cainsville. Louise is such a sweet person, I've always thought.

Andrew Dailey is with Brittany Edwards. October 23 at 11:43 PM · Bound and determined to make an early entrance, I'd like to introduce my son Liam to the world. He'll get to spend a few days in the NICU since he was early, but all is well with momma and baby. Love you little man!

The last of my babies to be born and he is MOST DEFINITELY the wild child of the family! 😂 This boy is a complete goof with a larger than life personality. HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY Brent! ❤