“Too hot to trot”  and “in pain Lorraine.” Just a quick message to say I have the symptoms of a heart attack or pericarditis. I’ve checked the Internet for information. I’ve been praying to “The Great Physician” (my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ) for healing. The reader will shout at the computer, as tho talking to Lorraine, “Go to the Doctor.”  Well, that isn’t a solution when the thermometer reads 112 and the heat index adds another five to ten degrees. From the computer, I’ll walk back to my easy chair, wrap up in a light-weight blanket and wait for my healing. I blame this experience on the Coronavirus: Too little exercise, too much sitting. I don’t think I have the Coronavirus; I’m experiencing the aftermath of two years of isolation.

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Here is the comment I attached to a record in my family tree:

Confession: This researcher was in tears as she created the collage of compiled information. She had entertained the thought that David died prior to 1860. “Death” would explain the reason his young sons went to live with cousins. Now the question: Why didn’t he take the children into the second marriage?

After several days of thorough research, I had to accept the mixture of information and conclude that David had remarried…  I became emotionally involved with the Arnett family and (#1) felt sorry for the sons, and (#2) admired the cousins who provided a home for the boys. After four days of researching this family, I think I’ve discovered all the existing information and it is time to walk away.

Correction: The image is hot off the press.

Trust me: It took hours to construct that image after two days of exhausting research of the Arnett families. “Exhausting” because I searched—and documented—information other researchers overlooked (or ignored). Folks constantly copied inaccurate information from other Ancestry Member Family Trees.

Frequently, I tell people that “ancestry” is my medicine. For the past two days, I have been searching, and documenting, the Arnett family. They aren’t “close” family; Barbara Arnett married John Frantz—my second cousin five-times-removed. First: “Due diligence” to correctly document two men named David Arnett (rife with too much misinformation in Ancestry family trees). Second: Admiration for the families as they provided homes for the orphan children of one David Arnett. ~~ Yes, I was the architect of five collages of information with the hope it will benefit fellow researchers. ~~ Indeed, I have experienced a lot of medication!!

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Subscribers to Ancestry are so lazy (imho). They copy from another “tree” and seem oblivious to obvious errors. Correction: I’m not an architect, I’m a janitor cleaning up messes.

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“Very hot.” Sometimes I grope for an appropriate title for a blog message. My mind produced the words “très chaud”  from my years living in Paris, France, and my familiarity with the French language.

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