I was updating more pages tonight and I started down a winding path to more discoveries (as usual). As I was transferring census pages from their html versions to WordPress, I looked at the Billing/s family in 1871 and realized two things. 1. I have never found Edward and Elinor in 1881, and 2. I … Read more
Sorting and linking to the photos was quite a chore. I have lots of subpages of photos, besides those that were on the main surname pages. I finally selected what gallery plugin I wanted to use, then downloaded all the photos from the old website into one folder. From there, I selected them by surname … Read more
The old tree was from more than 20 years ago, so I took about an hour tonight to publish a new one. I use Reunion on the Mac and I love it. It’s extremely user-friendly. The report includes 4095 families. It probably needs some cleanup, but it will do for now. See the tree here.
I’m trying to take short jaunts on this journey to revamp the website. If I take baby steps every so often, it’ll be done before I know it. Today is Sunday (not that weekends mean much to a retiree), but I normally do my NYT Sunday puzzle while eating brunch. It’s 3:30 and I’ve been … Read more
My grandma Ariel often talked of her mother, Bertha, and her death at age 30. Her mother had suffered through several pregnancies and early deaths of her children. I know there were at least 10 pregnancies, and seven live births in a 12 year period. Grandma was never quite sure what caused her mother’s death. … Read more
Well, it’s not exactly new, but it’s cleaned up and better organized. Tonight, I worked on cleaning up my family tree for publishing as a gedcom. It needs more work, but it’s much improved, so I privatized information on living relatives and uploaded the latest tree. I need to start on the Palmer tree next.I … Read more
December 2002 Catching up on the past nine months… I can’t believe I haven’t updated since April! I have had such a lucky year that it will be impossible to remember all that has transpired, but I’ll give it a shot. First, and foremost, were the cousins I’ve met since my last posting—some I have … Read more
December 2001 Finally got to the St. Thomas, Ontario, cemetery where much of my kin is buried. My father was born in St. Thomas and just about everyone in the preceding generations is buried there or in Hamilton. John A. Billings was my great grandfather–my grandfather William’s father. He is buried here with his wife, … Read more
November 2001 In Memory of Ariel Eileen Billings Goodridge February 9, 1921 – November 2, 2001 My aunt Ariel Goodridge lost her battle with cancer last month. She was diagnosed in January, one month before her 80th birthday. Despite the total amputation of her left leg, the cancer spread, and she died on November 2nd. … Read more