If you're an ancestry buff you can relate.
Out of the blue a descendant of a great great grandparent
was apparently left off my tree and a DNA
match brought this omission to a cousin of mine.
He was baffled.
As I was.
And then had a hand's on deck with the
other family historians or anyone in the family
that actually remembered him.
But, at some point I said hmmm....because I remembered
Charles and his family would come to the family
reunions (held around father's day) and
I remember as kid visiting Uncle Charles in NJ.
Well....Charles was not on my tree, not a footnote not even a question mark.
In my defense, he was not well-known amongst the
secret keepers. Not that he was a secret, but
he never appears in any of the federal census showing
Nils & Mathilda as parents.
However, when I was invited to the "whistleblowers" tree
I noted that she had a 1905 NJ State Census that
was proof Charles was the first born in the family.
Later there are census when he was older and in my defense
those census were not available when I was on ancestry like
8-9 years ago and I haven't checked since.
Oh it's not for lack of ancestry trying.
Even though I'm not a paying member I can still acess my tree
and they tease me by keeping me updated on all the
flapping leaves on my tree, to entice me back.
Well, I caved and joined because now my tree needed updating
and while I was at it, I took care of the 99 waving leaves.
Very interesting, although I do find the ancestry
process somewhat cumbersome.
But alas, my tree was up-to-date for about 30 minutes.
LOL.
So I made this page that'll eventually get into the "album" or
actually just have an album of its own, but the other
2-3 albums go back 12 generations on some - although
something happened to my tree that I neglected and some/a lot
of what I had in there is gone.
Anyway I can't wait to do more, because alas, I have more info.
Sigh.
Tim Holtz fussy cut papers collage papers and distressed them and a tag, stamping, there
is journaling on the front and back, and Prima.
