When they tell you they don't need you anymore...Leave. Now. We will not be replacing you... It's been a month... I was proud to work for this company. On the whole they treated their employees well. They did have the myth of "family" working far longer than it was actually a fact. It is still a family owned company...Corporation. And…
How do you define ‘home?’ Cal Lehmer's house Where do you call home? Is it your present residence? Or is it someplace you’ve lived in the past? If you’re a “home is where the heart is” type of person, you probably have several places that you could rightfully call home. Any place that brings to mind the warmth and love…
Over the many years I have been researching, there have been several times where I’ve been advised against researching in valuable collections. A librarian, historian, or archivist might tell you that a certain set of files, index cards, or an electronic database or image doesn’t have anything to do with genealogy. Some have even said it would be a waste…
Family history isn’t limited to blood relatives or those who have entered our family tree through marriage, adoption or non-traditional means. Our families are broader than that. They extend to those we touch, or those who touch us, often in ways not so easily recognized by those just beyond our inner circles. This realization struck me with gale-like force this…
After resetting all of my sites in September and planning to continue the changes my entire life changed. Thirty-five years of working in the same company...Changing jobs and skill-sets to keep it interesting...The economy and new management at the company I called home decided I (and my experience) was no longer needed. So now I find myself re-inventing my life…
The aftermath of Hurricain Ike has left me with little time for continuing the update process of my genealogy...As the year winds down and the cleanup becomes less of an issue I hope to continue with what was a work in progress once more. My friends researching Cox-West-Whitt-Pearson and related families have been busy though. Lots of new data to…
I have been reading Dick Eastman's Newsletter for as long as I've been researching my family. This is the best time in history to be conducting genealogical research. Genealogy has accelerated at breakneck speed since we began using computers in the 1980s or before. The introduction of the Personal Ancestral File (PAF) genealogy database software and all the subsequent programs…
If you don't receive this newsletter you should sign up...Follow the link to read the whole article (and the rest of this issue) What is a fact? Google the definition of “fact” and you’ll get a variety of answers. Most definitions hinge on the concept of truth; so, a common definition would be that a fact is something that can…
