Interesting

My husband's cousin once removed married my fourth cousin once removed.  This was a second marriage for both. 

My cousin mentioned above married for her 1st husband my fifth cousin once removed.  Their second daughter married a 5th cousin to me.

I haven't checked to see if they are cousins to each other. 

Interesting.

That's one way to document a census page.

I looked up a census record and had a chuckle.  Out of the 11 households on the page, 8 are related to me.  That made quick work for entering census records.  I completed the page. 

Why not?  Otherwise I get to look for the number details to complete the source whenever I run across the family as I plug along in the data while constantly get sidetracked in my research.  (makes me think of OH LOOK! SOMETHING SHINY) 

Why not find each family on the page and enter their data using a 'clipboard' of the information?  I only had to change three pieces of the sourcing information for the eight families.  This makes my day!

If this makes no sense to you, sorry.  It makes perfect sense to me.  At least today it does.  Tomorrow I'll wonder what the heck am I talking about. 

Oops! Not My Family!

I spent three hours today entering and documenting a family that doesn't belong to me.  Why?  Because I wasn't careful.

My Lehigh County, Pennsylvania family is huge.  (Or as Trump would say....bigly!)  All of my branches intertwine with each other so I make it a habit to enter family information for spouses marrying into the family.  I also will go back a generation or two on familiar names as a lot of the times I will find a connection. 

This morning I worked on one of the generations added previously thinking I was documenting family.  While it is frustrating, I may be very happy some day in the future when I find a connection.   I never know! 

Doris

I sit here smiling as I reflect on a Christmas letter from a 93 year old woman I've never met.  Doris lives in my grandfather's area of Pennsylvania.  She answered my plea many years ago, well before the age of the internet, for help on my family search.  We are not related, at least no connection has been found so far.  She responded by transcribing information from books and clipping obituaries from the local newspapers.  She watched for many family names for me and did the same for others.  She is a genealogy angel. 

Thank you Doris for your kindness.  You have set the bar high for helping others.

Pauline?

What would be the chances of someone having the same first name and last name as you and born in the same area and year as you? It could happen, right?  What about both of you marrying someone with the SAME last name as both of you?  Not as likely, right?  I have this situation.  I have NO idea which Pauline is mine.  Maybe neither?