Saturday and another “sauna” day.

According to Mark Twain “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”

“Yours truly”  has been doing detective work on Ancestry.com. It is peculiar, I confess, because I was searching for the second husband of the wife of my first-cousin two-times-removed. (Understand?) Her death record listed her married name (at death) as “Beach.” Thus started a lengthy search for a marriage. At last…, and the name of the spouse was Vern Beach. On Ancestry I “tried” several possibilities and came up with a spouse name “Nellie.” Still couldn’t find “Vern Beach.” The search for Nellie was straight forward, no problems. Via a circuitous route, I found “Vern.” Would you believe his name is Remus LaVerne Beach (1891-1955). No wonder I had difficulty finding him!! When I finally had his name, “hints” were numerous. His father’s name is Remus Orlando Beach and his mother is Rebecca Hauty. Seriously, I wouldn’t fabricate this information. I am a fanatic about family history accuracy. The careless record information in Ancestry member family trees is criminal (in my humble opinion). I’m making it my job to “clean up” the mistakes.

Below, see the record showing I recently moved beyond 9,999 individuals in my Ancestry database.

Once upon a time, I heard that women don’t perspire, they “glow.” I did a lot of “glowing” this morning!!

“Feels like”  ninety degrees. This afternoon will be a sauna!! I finished watering early. Next, a trip into Livingston for groceries.

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…to buy a fat pig. Home again, home again, jigity, jig!!”

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No, I didn’t buy a fat pig!! The only meat was sliced turkey breast for sandwiches. Watermelon, peaches, grapes, apples and lots of salad veggies. No wine or soda; no cookies… all the “healthy stuff.”

…time spent in the yard. My garden is so rewarding!!

Thirty-five to forty years ago, I was blessed to be the recipient of volumes of information about descendants of Immigrant Michael Frantz. I received very little information regarding Immigrant Christian Frantz, brother of Michael. After publication of Frantz Families–Kith & Kin (1996), I traveled to reunions with descendants of Immigrant Christian Frantz (Pennsylvania, Virginia and Indiana). I begged for information about their ancestry, and their families. It  seemed they enjoyed fellowship (on a pleasure boat on Lake Wawasee) and lacked interest in documentation. Here I am, decades later, compiling that branch of the tree via the information on Ancestry.com. It isn’t easy; the records are sketchy and confusing. I find myself spending one or two days compiling a single family “branch.” (Descendants of Michael Frantz–on Ancestry–is almost effortless.) Descendants of Immigrant Christian Frantz is a challenge!! (Maybe an excellent way to keep my brain from lapsing into senility or Alzheimer’s?) Indulge me for a minute: From my keyboard, I travel back to Trotwood, Ohio, and/or Brookville, Ohio, (and neighboring communities) as I enter the localities where Frantz families, and collateral lines, lived and died. I go to Salem, Virginia, where I attended the Garst Family Reunion (2004), and Bridgewater, Virginia, where I did research in the Alexander Mack Library. ~~ At eighty-three, I’m “stuck” at home but able to travel via genealogy; fingers doing the walking

“What goes around, comes around.” I recognize that “down on my knees” crawling around… is too difficult for this old lady. The answer: Rearrange furniture. From the cargo trailer, a folding table that dates back to 1978-1979. (I distinctly remember a computer keyboard and monitor on the table with “tower” computer  CPU underneath.) For seventeen months, I’ve been bumping my knees against the shelving–or sitting sideways (very uncomfortable).  Now, plugging router, computers, and extension back-ups, into uninterrupted power supply is convenient. (My APC UPS is [likewise] very old. But “old” works well for this old lady.)

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Notice that this little table is a better height for my “every day” computer. I should have made this change months ago. However, so many other projects demanding my attention!! ~~ No, I won’t have both computers on at the same time; this was “staged” for photos. ~~ Someday, Lord willing, I’ll return to the scanning project.

Time to process, and clean up, the clutter created by the move.

That’s the name of the computer repair shop where a “miracle worker” resurrected the life of my two laptop computers. It took hours… and I watched Tim as he swiftly took keystrokes to wipe out virus, and uninstall burdensome programs I must have unwittingly invited into my computer.  One of my frustrations, of late: Microsoft updates would fail to install and caused program problems. So Tim approached the problem time and time again. ***LORRAINE’S EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH TIM”S KNOWLEDGE and INTEGRITY.*** I recommend you contact him when you need repairs. With your Internet connection, he can “do” remotely; you don’t have to drive to Onalaska, Texas. My mileage: Thirty-nine miles round-trip. ~~ Remember my frustration because I could not get into my “locked” Dell computer? Tim had the software to unlock, and he does that service “free of charge.” I was prepared to pay for five hours of expertise. Tim refused my stack of twenty-dollar bills and insisted he would only accept for one hour labor. ~~ While I was there, numerous senior folks came in with problems and they received swift courteous service. Obviously “seniors” have found that Tim is the man to turn to. I’m so grateful a “senior” friend told **me** where to turn for help.  ~~ Write down his number on a “post it” note; attach to your computer so you can contact Tim in time of need.

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A computer repair customer shared information about eating establishments in the area. I liked the idea of the nearby “Mom & Pop”  restaurant. The “loaded baked potato” sounded good, and it tasted extremely delicious!! (Big enough for two meals.) ~~ I came directly home because too hot to maneuver in and out of stores.

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Tomorrow, I have an appointment with a computer repairman. I’m so “ready” to turn my problems over to a professional!!