2:30 PM and I’m NOT “climbing the family tree.” Putting the recently purchased items away, I decided to have similar items in the same location. To my surprise, I have fourteen cans of soup and lots of canned tuna. This wasn’t planned, it just happened. I “shop” infrequently and I pick up items I consider necessary. An array of canned goods was in one cabinet and I decided to “organize”… (but failed to take a picture of green beans, chunk pineapple, applesauce, etc.). I guess I won’t go hungry this winter. Furthermore, I have a large supply of dehydrated emergency food. ~~ My propane tank is almost full for the Winter. ~~ Acknowledging that I have “a one-track mind,”  it is interesting to see (and display) information on another topic. (Agree?)

Late in the day (yesterday) I received an obituary (via email) for the daughter-in-law of Ruth Elizabeth Franks. Early in the research and documentation, I recognized perceived discrepancies. I wrote a note to myself suggesting research for the next day. However, I couldn’t go to sleep with this challenge on my mind (so I got out of bed and returned to the computer). It was far more complicated than I imagined. Initially, I believed it was straightforward documentation of Ruth Shoemaker married to Robert Frantz. Instead, dozens of individuals with surnames requiring careful examination.

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One-fifteen in the morning as I go to bed and hope to fall asleep.

Below: Eleven-thirty-five in the morning and the third image was added after hours of research and documentation. “Never a stopping point.”

My Ancestry database is large (59,774) and I have a wealth of information regarding Frantz (2557), France (569), Franz (36), Francis (13). I get to a point where my new information can be merged with existing information. I didn’t “research” all those Frantz ancestor individuals this morning.

One-fifteen in the afternoon and I am content with the information in “my tree” (relative to the obituary) and I can prepare “brunch” and do some household tasks.

Walmart phoned twice to tell me my glasses were ready. Two weeks have elapsed and I couldn’t procrastinate any longer. I hate Walmart but it is near my home and spares me prolonged driving in terrible Waco traffic. While I was “out,” and “Smart Cuts” was on my route, I got a haircut.

When I made the selection of frames for new glasses, I told the lady I wanted something “big and conspicuous so people see the glasses and not my ugly old face.”

The other day, an exchange of “comments” on Ancestry led to a recent email message. I did not subscribe to Lancaster County Family Ties but I suspect it is a gift from the lady in the exchange of comments.

Friday morning update: Kidnappers threaten to kill missionaries

It was a silent “wake up” call but as loud and clear as if a person in the room saying “time for Dr. David Jeremiah.”  Jumped out of bed and ran to turn on the TV.

Link to my earlier message. and my strong appeal.

News articles about the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, and American missionaries, and West Michigan family.

Detective Lorraine researched–and found–information about one family* associated with the kidnapping in Haiti. Newspaper articles have declined to list their names and I’ll (likewise) respect their identity. Contact me if you would like further information. Personally, I like to have names when I go to God in prayer. “Dear Heavenly Father, protect Ray and Cheryl, and the other missionaries.”  I found the subjects of my search obviously have a heart for missions because a brother and brother-in-law died in Indonesia. I suspect the man was a missionary. (*FYI: I got my hint regarding their name from the email message prayer request.)

There is a remote possibility that some of the kidnapped missionaries are my remote cousins. Why? Because (in the TV news) I saw a picture of the Dunkard Brethren Church. I checked the Internet and found this story. My extended family can be found in churches with various “Brethren” names. My heart was burdened when I first heard the news. Now, I have an extra burden.

“Among the kidnapped are members of a family from the congregation of Dunkard Brethren Church in Hart, Michigan, according to the church’s minister, Ron Marks.”

Another article located on the Internet.

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CONFIRMED: As I was preparing this blog message, I received the following email message (obviously, a forwarded message).

To: Dunkard-Brethren@groups.io <Dunkard-Brethren@groups.io>

Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2021, 05:06:32 PM EDT

Subject: [Dunkard-Brethren] Prayer request

I think that many of you have already heard that 6 of  my son, Ray Noecker’s family were part of a group of 17 that were kidnapped as they went to visit at an orphanage in Haiti this morning. Please keep these people and their families in your prayers.

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CONFIRMED: An hour later and I have not (yet) developed the “Noecker” family in my Ancestry.com database. However, I found a “Noecker” young woman married to one of my fifth cousins–and they live in Michigan.

Boy, did I goof!? Remember how I crawled around—yesterday—rearranging electric cords? Today I moved the main power cord from one outlet to another outlet—without turning the computer off. It created a situation where my desktop computer was absolutely doing nothing. I spent more than an hour trying to get things restored—without success. I finally called my Internet provider—Spectrum—and a kind, thoughtful, considerate young man walked me through establishing my Internet connection. That is after I finally had images on my monitor.

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You be the judge: Another “dumb deed”? That was one of my outdoor projects, this morning.