You haven’t “lived” until you spend hours searching census records!!

I’m never content to accept the information on other family trees; I want the data that substantiates the names and dates!! Years ago, I drove to libraries and spent hours cranking through rolls of Census data. The LDS Family Search has made it remarkably simple to sit in the comfort of our home and see the information (all kinds of information).

Found this article on the Internet and appreciate the information. Currently (11 AM), I have exactly 13,100 “hints” waiting my time and attention!!

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“Climbing the family tree,” on Ancestry.com, I discovered some information about the family of an uncle. I contacted the contributor and received a response from a “cousin” living in Europe (first cousin one time removed). She speaks French so my new challenge is to use one of the translation programs (on the Internet) to communicate with her. Just for the fun of it I’m going to try several on-line translations on one sentence to see which might be best at her end.

English (obviously): It’s a delight to meet a new family member and exchange information.

Babylon: Il’s un délice pour répondre à un nouveau membre de la famille et l’échange d’informations.

Google: Il est un plaisir de répondre à une nouvelle information de membre de la famille et de l’échange .

imTranslator: C’est une joie de rencontrer un nouveau membre de famille et échanger des informations.

SYSTRANet: C‘est un plaisir pour rencontrer un nouveaumembre de la famille et pour échangerl‘information.

BING: C’est un plaisir de répondre à un nouveau membre de la famille et d’échanger desinformations.

Linguatec: Il est une joie à répondre à un nouveau membre de la famille et à échanger des informations.

There are several other programs… but this was a simple test. The frequent reader (of my blog messages) knows I am verbose and prone to flowery speech. This test may not reveal the translation that is best. Oh well, I had fun searching the Internet for translation programs.

Grandmother = Grand–mère
Grandfather = Grand–père
Uncle = Oncle
Aunt = Tante
Cousin = Cousin

A recent email message from cousin:

hi lorraine je t’ai envoye une invitation sur facebook je pensais a facebook pour pouvoir se parler en direct c’est plus facile que d’envoyer des mails j’utilise moi personnelement google traduction je trouve que les deux sont bien.

est ce que tu as rencontre ma grand-mere edna et mon grand-pere benjamin taft ?
et mon pere est ce que tu l’as connu ?

Here is the translation:

Hi Lorraine I sent you an invitation on Facebook I thought has Facebook to be able to speak to itself directly(live) it is easier than to send e-mails I use I personnelement google translation I find that both are well.

What is that you have meeting my grandmother edna and my grandfather taft youngest child(junior)?
And my father is that you knew him(it)?

An interesting way to carry on a conversation?!

Enough of that!! Just wanted to share my new challenge!!

It’s 12 noon and I’m still in my pajamas. I’m just now having breakfast-lunch. Yes, I had several cups of coffee during the morning. Yes, I’m “bug-eyed” from staring at the computer screen.

There was a time when I criticized family history (genealogy) gathered from the Internet–because I prepared mine “the old-fashioned way” and I found my meticulous research corrupted on the Internet. Now–2015–I’m fascinated by the volumes of original records available to the researcher. Fascinated–an addicted!!

My recent obsession was fueled by Ancestry “Family Trees” that contained erroneous data. Those are “trees” prepared by individuals (like myself) and readily available along with original records. My criticism (years ago) stemmed from careless (IMHO) linking of individuals without supporting original records. The last few days, I’ve searched thousands (yes, thousands) of original records in an effort to accurately document the families. AND, this isn’t even my lineage!! It was a challenge I couldn’t walk away from!!

In my humble opinion, persistence is the key that unlocks the puzzle.

Too hot to do anything outdoors. Too hot to walk to the CARE Center!!

Yes, I’ve been working on this blog message for about two hours.

Check on pets–and senior citizens!!

Hottest day of the year, so far!!

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I’m so “thrifty,” I won’t waste an egg on an experiment to fry on the sidewalk.

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Less than fifty steps between the sensor for indoor-outdoor thermometer and the clock-thermometer (outdoors). I don’t know why the temperatures vary.

A message on the RV Park email stated a rattlesnake killed–less than one-quarter mile from my location.