I drove to Garden City, Kansas today to do find some obituaries I needed to confirm some family members and dates. I also hoped the obits might give me some leads on locations for siblings and such. I did NOT expect any of the obituaries to make me scratch my head and say "I don't get it" while searching through the database to see if I can make sense of the obit.
Maybe if I 'talk' my way through it here I will figure it out. I don't hold out a lot of hope, but here goes.
This person, Ella, is not a direct relative of mine or my husband. She is the child of my husband's great-grandmother's second husband. I like gathering a little information on the step portion of families as you just never know when it might come in handy. I think I'm sorry I picked up her obit. (Just had to throw in that little whine.)
Ella is not married as far as I know. Her obit has her maiden name on it, however, it refers to her as Mrs. That could be a mistake on the newspaper's part. All of the information in the obit agrees with what I already have for her until I get to survivors. Now I have a problem.
According to all my research, let me list what I have, oh....wait...I think I may have just solved my problem. I should have checked my sources before getting too carried away here. I have her flagged as a POSSIBLE family member. The obit was to confirm or deny her connection to the family. I think I just confirmed she is NOT a member of the family. <big sigh> I wish I would have noted my question on the obit list today. It would have saved me a lot of time and aggravation. So, I'm done whining and I'm glad I picked up the obit.
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