tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38059894663302520932024-03-05T21:16:46.514-08:00Like Sand Through An HourglassSo are the days of our lives.
A journal that gives glimpses into my life and my family history. Hopefully it will be a genealogical journey of my research and the fruits of the labor. This journey could not have been possible without the help of friends sharing their many gifts and talents in this field of genealogy and computer technology.
It is a life long journey and it is my goal to share as I can, as I grow and learn myself.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-69746172647587612822010-01-14T12:23:00.000-08:002010-01-14T12:34:32.450-08:00Yes, I'm Still HereHow can I begin updating? My blog has been so neglected, not because I don't want to contribute to it, but because other activities keep getting my attention.<br /><br />Today, January 14, 2010 is a new beginning for working on my blog.<div><br /></div><div>On my mind today is the tragedy that is playing out in Haiti.</div><div><br /></div><div> A tragic earthquake that happened three days ago, now has most everyone's attention. So, many lives have been lost and the attempts at rescuing and helping Haiti is so slow. Mainly because of logistics and not being able to get food, water, and medicine to the survivors. We are hearing on the news that people are still alive under the collapsed buildings, but there is no heavy equipment there to rescue them. Every effort is being made from the USA and Countries around the world to aid the poor people of Haiti.<br /><br />This is a very sad event in our world to begin this New Year, 2010.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-62278518809948094042009-05-30T21:14:00.000-07:002009-06-01T09:32:03.401-07:00Jeremiah Roland Probate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSCg-MN6rVWE8Jdn7mN3n79gW80l2Xm7_wKDVV4xlqK-Q-SW_c2hh-RbmdZqel6TfRJ84W1O2DArDKxv5bBNoGbSeCfasNsb7SVadUWvMB7EajsBaQYBLbPxVcVVMBND9ZPOo-nix7ct8/s1600-h/Jeremiah+Roland+Probate+Record.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSCg-MN6rVWE8Jdn7mN3n79gW80l2Xm7_wKDVV4xlqK-Q-SW_c2hh-RbmdZqel6TfRJ84W1O2DArDKxv5bBNoGbSeCfasNsb7SVadUWvMB7EajsBaQYBLbPxVcVVMBND9ZPOo-nix7ct8/s320/Jeremiah+Roland+Probate+Record.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341838253706201522" /></a><br />Here is the application of Joel Whitten to be the Administrator of Jeremiah Roland's Probate.<br /><br />He started the probate proceedings on April 1863. He moved off to Texas before the probate was finished.<br /><br />Emeline applies to be the Administrator of Jeremiah's Probate. The reason she states is that it needs to be finished and Joel Whitten has "up and gone to Texas". She was appointed the Administrator and the Probate was not finished until 1869.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-48097961624448414662009-05-30T20:40:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:45:45.191-07:00Jeremiah Rowland's Civil War Record<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XhAzN-sbOjWOWPExzr8yZpgNYp7QyhRAvPM8x2P7B5y79kjINhle5eGZ9FVwxq76MjKlgXmulbe6xl2njbSdnFFZ75QSFPCk04zenkRoxR1TIgcsB4VRXAmvD3cyjUKDL8RZOiZMcYG_/s1600-h/Jeremiah+Roland+Civil+War+Record.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XhAzN-sbOjWOWPExzr8yZpgNYp7QyhRAvPM8x2P7B5y79kjINhle5eGZ9FVwxq76MjKlgXmulbe6xl2njbSdnFFZ75QSFPCk04zenkRoxR1TIgcsB4VRXAmvD3cyjUKDL8RZOiZMcYG_/s320/Jeremiah+Roland+Civil+War+Record.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341828486585412946" /></a><br /><br />Within three months time of joining the Confederate Army, Jeremiah Rowland was killed at Port Hudson, Louisiana. This is the only record that is available of his service.<br /><br />Click on the picture to see an enlarged view.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-23503573943406496452009-05-30T08:12:00.000-07:002010-01-14T12:49:18.044-08:00Scenario of Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland of Saline and Faulkner Co., Arkansas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Jefferson Davis Roland is listed on Jeremiah's probate as being born in 1862, along with other named children. I will list the siblings named on the probate record, and two other children of Emeline not mentioned on the probate, of her husband Jeremiah Roland, in the future. <br /><br />Emeline is named as the widow of Jeremiah on that probate record.<br /><br />On the 1850 Mississippi, Pontotoc Co., US Census she is listed as the daughter of William and Prudence Cobb.<br /><br />And, she is the daughter of William and Prudence Cobb on her marriage license in Saline County, Arkansas.<br /><br />In 1856 she was 17 years old when she married Jeremiah Rowland, as attested by her father since she was a minor.<br /><br />Emeline's father, William Cobb died in Saline Co., Ark., on May 23, 1859, as stated in his probate records. His widow, Prudence, and children are listed, and it includes his daughter Emeline and her husband Jeremiah Roland.<br /><br />Prudence Cobb married J.J. Langley after she became William Cobb's widow. .<br /><br />Prudence Langley and J.J. Langley moved to Faulkner Co., and are members in "The History and Records of Oakland United Methodist Church Holland, Faulkner County, Arkansas" by Charles David Parsons 1993, in 1862-1863.<br /><br />In 1863 J.J. Langley is listed as dead and Prudence Langly is a widow.<br /><br />In 1870, back in Saline Co., Emeline Roland has become the executor of the probate for Jeremiah Roland because Joel Whitten, "has up and gone to Texas".<br /><br />That is why she has not moved to Faulkner Co., to be near her mother. But, she has moved there by 1875, according to church membership records in the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church at Holland.<br /><br />Anyway, I have copies of all the papers that are in that brown manila folder of what she went through to settle Jeremiah's estate. She had to sell their farm because she was unable to pay the taxes. It was sold on the Courthouse steps to settle and pay her creditors.<br /><br />She was appointed the executor of that probate even though she can not read or write and signs her documents with an X as her mark.<br /><br />In the 1880 Census for Ark., Faulkner Co., Matthews Twp, it says that she cannot read or write. If this is the same Emeline she would have had a difficult time being an executor of Jeremiah's probate since the 1880 Census says she can not read or write.<br /><br />In 1875, "Widow Emeline Rolen" (name spelling has changed, could be because she can't read or write) is attending church with her Mother and daughter at the Oakland Methodist Church at Holland.<br /><br />I am going back to check the census and records to see if there could have been more than one Emeline Roland. It is very unlikely as the Emeline Roland that I am speaking of is surrounded with the same people down through the years.<br /><br />The census records give different ages for my GGrandfather John Henry Roland. However, going by his marriage record and license in 1884, he was born in 1863. The month of his birth is listed as July on the 1900 Ark., Census, Saline Co., Matthews Twps.<br /><br />If he was born in July 1863, it was possible for Emeline to conceive John H. during the time that Jeremiah was at home according to his military records stating his service began in Jan. 1, 1863. His Company Muster Roll states "appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for Dec. 31, 1862 to April 30, 1863, dated Aug. 17, 1863 When Jan 1, 1863, Where, Benton, Ark., By Whom Col Vance, Period, War. Remarks: Died at Port Hudson March 8, 1863.<br /><br />Therefore, Emeline could have been 3 or more months pregnant when the probate listed Jeremiah's children and heirs. Was it common to list children that were not yet born?<br /><br />It is strange, but, not inconsistent that on the military records Jeremiah is listed as Jeremiah Roland. And, on the probate record stating his place of death and date it is the same as his military record, but his Probate names him as Jeremiah Roland. And, the land records in this Probate name the Jeremiah M. Roland that I found paid taxes and bought land in Saline Co., later changed to Grant Co.<br /><br />On the 1860 Census, Jeremiah Rowland/Roland of Saline Co., Ark. is named Jeremiah E. Rowland with Emeline and their first two children.<br /><br />It seems to me that the same person is named in these different documents as Jeremiah E. Rowland, Jeremiah M. Roland, and Jeremiah Roland. How could such errors be made on official documents? These names and documents are all named or listed in his Probate records as being the same person as Jeremiah Roland that was killed on March 8, 1863 at Port Hudson, La., in the Civil War.<br /><br />This is still a work in progress and nothing is set in stone for me until I am satisfied that all facts and records of proof are in. I will be asking Professional Genealogist to check my work and facts to help me consider all possibilities that my records and research is accurate.<br /><br />Thanks for taking time to ask me questions and to help me to "think" about how, where, when etc, in the lives of the people whom I am researching.<br /><br />I wish I could find the church records for the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Saline Co., as Prudence Cobb Langley was possibly a member there before moving to Faulkner Co.<br />Carolyn</span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-90508084363419842572009-05-27T12:25:00.000-07:002009-05-27T12:29:26.283-07:00My Elusive Jeremiah and Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:13px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana;">I am beginning to wonder if there were two different Emeline Cobb Roland/Rowland/Rolins? And, two different Jeremiah Rowland/Rolands all married to the partner with the same name. In other words two different sets of Jeremiah and Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland both living in the same areas and at about the same time? What are the odds of that happening?<br /><br />Here are documents and sources of the Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland/Rolen that I have;<br /><br />The first document that I have of Emeline Cobb is on the 1850 Federal US Census for Mississippi, Pontotoc Co. She is listed as being 12 years old, her father is William Cobb and her mother is Prudence Cobb. It says her place of birth was S.C.<br /><br />I have more documents citing evidence of Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland/Rolin, but none with the name of Sarah Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland/Rolen.<br /><br />Do you have any documents with her name as Sarah Emeline Cobb/Rowland/Roland/Rolen on them?<br /><br />I am trying to discover if there was more than one Emeline Roland living in Saline and Faulkner Counties between 1856 and 1880.<br /><br />I don't have any documents that confirm or cite the death or where she is buried of my Emeline Cobb/Rowland/Roland/Rolen.<br /><br />If anyone has such information would you share it with me?<br /></span><div style="clear: both; "></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:Verdana;">I posted this on the bulletin board at Ancestry.com in reply to a post talking about Sarah Emeline Cobb Rowland. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 18px;">I thought it would be good to put this on my blog as I work researching that branch of my Family Tree.</span></div><div class="post-footer" style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; font: normal normal normal 78%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; "></div></span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-63041223505978748082009-05-25T21:31:00.001-07:002009-05-25T22:15:09.082-07:00So Much To Do And So Little Time Time for me is moving so fast. I think I'm in fast motion even though I live a very relaxed, non stressed life. I enjoy my life and it is full of many things that I enjoy. 2009 arrived and I was ready to blog. I set up my blog, shared a few thoughts, and before I knew it, Spring was here. Time to get outside to plant flowers, roses, and work in my yard. <div><br /></div><div> The bluebirds have captivated me and I can't miss one day of their lives. They've built a nest. Four eggs soon were in the nest and now there are two baby birds in there. I sure hope the other two eggs hatch.</div><div><br /></div><div>The male bluebird protects the nest and dives at any birds that get near it. I think he is even helping to feed the new, tiny bluebirds.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll not give any more excuses for neglecting my blog. I have a plan to share some of my genealogy research. I've been reading blogs of my genealogy friends and learning ideals that have helped me with my research. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've found some new cousins that are working on the same Roland/Rowland Family Tree, so, I've decided it might help our discussions of our different lines to put my line up to give some perspective.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, I do have Ancestry. com where I do research and where I have a Family Tree, but, I will be using my blog in a way that I can't on Ancestry.com.</div><div><br /></div><div> In the days to come I will be sharing documents that I have discovered that I am hoping will establish my branch on the Roland/Rowland Tree.</div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-37013802812657408512009-01-10T14:27:00.000-08:002009-01-10T14:50:11.256-08:00My Daddy And Me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM01_KA78u3T2pcnIbpf_sD78fvYX5VRk1z3t3h2QGGs8DRYHlkQpiPKPwQOudsi3IZrITLEfGdmnUM-6avqQumTCmJkPz66ND3BOEtJvkJ0aEUkd3wdpgkGhyCFC3taV1h0psE8Lli-W3/s1600-h/image0-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM01_KA78u3T2pcnIbpf_sD78fvYX5VRk1z3t3h2QGGs8DRYHlkQpiPKPwQOudsi3IZrITLEfGdmnUM-6avqQumTCmJkPz66ND3BOEtJvkJ0aEUkd3wdpgkGhyCFC3taV1h0psE8Lli-W3/s320/image0-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289797823274660002" /></a><br />This is my first time to join the Genea-Bloggers, as a group, in blogging together about the same ideas and the same subject. I'm thankful for these ideas as I have been pondering and pondering what and how to begin this new year of 2009 on my blog.<br /><br />So, I begin with one of my favorite pictures of "My Daddy and Me." <div><br /></div><div>My dad wanted to have our pictures taken together. Mom says he told her to get me ready for him to take me to town to have our pictures made. This has become a precious picture to me as I, remember him, and think of him. He died in 1988 of pancreatic cancer. I plan to see him someday in heaven.</div><div><br /></div><div>The picture was taken in Cotton Plant, Arkansas when I was two years old. Dad would have been about twenty five years old.</div><div><br /></div><div>My dad was very handsome. I was always so very proud the next day, after he had visited my teachers at the school's open house. The teachers, in front of the whole class, would always tell me how handsome they thought my father was. </div><div><br /></div><div>He was a very over-protective father, while I was growing up, with boundaries that he enforced. I am thankful now as I see it was a father who loved his daughter and wanted the best he could give me with his protection and guidance.</div><div> </div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-1803438307194854422008-12-12T20:22:00.000-08:002008-12-12T21:51:26.020-08:00Family Names In My Tree<div><br /></div><div>Future blogs will include the following branches with links under their names leading to them. I hope to tie them all to this blog as the main entry or portal to them.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My mother's paternal line in the tree that I research are <a href="http://gcchat1.blogspot.com">Haas, Grimm, Bauer</a> from Baden, Germany. Those are my mother's paternal line in the tree.</div><div><br /></div><div>My mother's maternal branches are Roland/Rowland, Aikens, and Cobb.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My paternal branches include Dunlap, Pleasant, and West. </div><div><br /></div><div>My father's maternal line is Gills. I know of my Grandmother Willie F. Gills, who died when my father was five years old and her mother, my Great Grandmother Eliza Ann Gills. I do not know Eliza Ann Gills' maiden name. So, the line ends here for my father's maternal line. It became one of the famous brick walls for me that I hope to conquer. </div><div><br /></div><div>Just a tidbit of information to reveal an interesting life for Eliza Ann Gills that married Williamson P. Gills, who was a Civil War Veteran from Tennessee. When she married him she had previously been married to one of his cousins and she had two little girls. My Grandmother and her sister Cora. So, she already had the name of Gills when she married Williamson P. Gills and the young girls were Gills. I know this information from my Aunt Violet, my father's sister.</div><div><br /></div><div>The interesting twist to their story for me to discover is who was the father of my Grandmother Willie F. Gills? </div><div><br /></div><div>My blogs will include these family names, with pictures, and many records and documents that I have collected in the past years.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully as I document the story of their lives it will become an interesting story for all who love Family History and the research process of discovery.</div><div><br /></div><div>Each discovery has been a jubilant, rewarding discovery.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today I learned how to back up my blogs at <a href="http://www.fbbootcamp.blogspot.com">Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers</a></div><div><br /></div><div>That is a wonderful site that helps the learning curve to not be so steep! Thank all of you so much for all the work you do on the Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers.</div><div> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-65500677636720715372008-12-04T18:47:00.000-08:002008-12-05T15:13:43.364-08:00The Holidays Are Here!Thanksgiving has come and gone. Our son is home from his second tour in Iraq. That truly is something for which I am thankful. We will soon be reunited with him, his family, and our daughter and her family for Christmas. I'm looking forward to the next few weeks.<br /><br />Not a lot of information in this blog, but I did want to update before it looks like I have neglected it. <br /><br />I do want to add this link to the website where I am learning <A HREF="http://www.htmlgoodies.com">HTML Goodies</A><br /><br />That is a great site to help the beginner with html.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-29715871587838797992008-11-18T21:25:00.000-08:002008-11-18T22:02:57.269-08:00The Best Is Yet To Be"Come grow old with me the best is yet to (come) be"., by <A HREF="http://www.quotationsbook.com/quote/1421">Robert Browning</A>. I have always loved that saying. It came to my mind as I was thinking of about what I am wanting to share.<br /><br />The best is yet to be, because I have learned how to make hyper-links in my blog that will take the reader to other places on the internet when they click on the links. Now, I can add other places of interest that will help me with my new blogging experiences.<br /><br />As I organize my research here through my blogging efforts I will be creating and dedicating a special page to each family. The first family that I will start with is my mother's paternal<A HREF="http://www.gcchat1.blogspot.com/"> Haas</A> family.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-59492517181258063312008-11-03T17:22:00.000-08:002008-12-05T15:19:30.549-08:00Learning Curves and GoalsAs I'm thinking about my blog today, I'm thinking this is the ninth day since starting my blog and I have so much to learn about creating a blog that will be interesting and one that will tie my genealogy research together into a readable form.<br /><br />I'm thinking of learning curves that I'm still trying to master. Learning does create challenges to learn new ideas, information, knowledge and skills. When a new learning curve has been mastered, the rewards in life are rewarding and beneficial to growth and accomplishment.<br /><br />From birth until the day we die we are on a journey of learning, growing and transformation.<br /><br />Sometimes we are fortunate enough to pass on ideas, experiences, and accomplishment to others. I'm thinking now of the many Professional Genealogist that I have been meeting online through Facebook, their blogs and podcasts. <br /><br />It's these positive accomplishments, through goals and challenges, that they started somewhere in their journey one day they took on and accomplished one learning curve after another. I'm sure their passing this on to others is very rewarding in many ways.<br /><br />So, it is as we participate in the journey of life. These thoughts inspire me to be motivated to set goals and strive to accomplish them so that one day I might be able to pass on to others what I have learned and accomplished. <br /><br />So, now, let's see if I can learn how to put links to other sites in my blog. So, far my blog is plain vanilla, but with time, I hope it will morph into an enjoyable, informative blog telling about my family history.Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-45934730294589011612008-10-29T21:24:00.000-07:002008-12-05T15:36:03.927-08:00Black Ink<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;">As far as I'm concerned I have listened to both candidates and I have tried to make myself as informed a voter as possible. I have listened to and debated at <A HREF="http://www.naznet.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9">NazNet.com</A>, I have read the news as reported and watched cable TV with it's reports and slants on both sides.<br /><br />This morning my mind was made up and it was time for me to vote. I just returned from casting my ballot. As I approached the room at the court house where voting was taking place, my mind had thoughts and memories of pictures of Iraqi voters with black ink on their fingers indicating that they had voted.<br /><br />I thank God that I live in a Country where I can "read and write", and "as a woman" I am given this awsome privilege to vote. What a blessing we, the people, are given to get to vote.<br /><br />I have prayerfully participated in this freedom we have here in the USA!<br /><br />As far as I am concerned the final arguments have been given and next week the verdict will be in.<br /><br />God Bless America, Land that I love!<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;">Carolyn</span></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805989466330252093.post-22809805333901428702008-10-25T11:40:00.000-07:002008-10-25T16:27:25.285-07:00Like Sand Through An Hour Glass, So Are The Days In Our LivesMy first entry for my blog is the beginning of an exciting and challenging journey for me to blog about my many years of research. As I do this, I will add my own personal values and insights revealing who I am. It would be very difficult for me to not reveal that as I share about who I am and the people and things that have been my history and those histories that I have discovered through several years of research.<br /><br />It all begin in 1988 after the death of my father. As I am a Christian the grief process for me was one of knowing that I would miss him, but I would think about the future and realized that I have the hope that I'll get to visit with him again later when I see him in heaven.<br /><br />This bible promise means so much to me. John 11:25, Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies."<br /><br />As I read the bible, which for me is a faith document and not a historical one, my hopes for life after death and the renewal of knowing and being with my family and loved ones in my future are based on the promises that I find in the bible. This hope of looking forward has inspired me to look backward to try and put together the puzzle of the lives of those who were before me and who have gone before me.<br /><br />My research started with reading and learning from books about genealogy and from professional genealogist who have shared their vast amounts of knowledge into the research process. I am a novice genealogist, but with the past 20 years of playing the game, I'm thinking that I have a lot of information about my family history that I can document here in my blog.<br /><br />I can share with my family, and all that are interested, in knowing and learning about our family. I can share the process of my discovery, my gathering and my collecting these documents. I can share here about many family heirlooms that have come into my possession because of my research journey. The journey has and is so rewarding to me in learning and gaining the knowledge about who I am and who my ancestors were and where my ancestors originated from. It was a journey that began in Baden, Germany for my Haas and Grimm Family, in England and Scotland and possibly Ireland for my Dunlap, Pleasant, Gills, Rowland/Roland, Cobb, and Aiken Families which brought them to America.<br /><br />They were pioneers, soldiers, farmers and ministers. They were the "salt of the earth". :)Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173949750553689335noreply@blogger.com0