Bluebonnet Country Genealogy

Archive for November 26th, 2009

This rocking chair belonged to my great-grandmother, Marie Mistrot Carrico Stanley. When she passed away, the rocker went to my Mom. When my Mom passed away, the rocker came to me and is now an honored member of my household!

… does his brother become your great-uncle?

My great-grandfather John Thomas Stanley was adopted. Does that make his brother, Henry Thomas Fair, my great-uncle?

Henry Thomas Fair was adopted by the sister and brother-in-law of John Thomas Stanley’s adoptive mother. According to my RootsMagic program, that makes him my first cousin 3 times removed!

(in no particular order )

• A strong and healthy first grandson who almost didn’t make it into this world
• A strong and healthy youngest daughter who almost didn’t survive the arrival of my first grandson
• A happy and healthy oldest daughter and her family who live right across the street from me
• A granddaughter who is wonderful and smart and happy and survived the Swine Flu
• A job that, much as I complain about it, is still a job that pays the bills and allows me to live a good life
• A father who is alive and healthy and active at age 80
• A grandmother who is alive and healthy at age 93
• An extended family who really came together to support each other during a difficult time
• A hobby that fills my days (and nights) with a burning desire to find that last piece of the puzzle
• A country that is strong and free

Went to Walmart early, “got the milk, the eggs and the fabric softener”. Wonder what I forgot….?

Posted for Wordless Wednesday about my great-grandfather John Thomas Stanley’s 1918 newspaper likeness. GenealogyBank is such fun, you never now what you’ll find!

Also posted about the mystery of great-grandfather Stanley’s birthdate. This is a great way to gather all of the evidence together, thoroughly examine it and come to the most logical conclusion possible, by the way.

Converted a bunch of newspaper articles from .pdfs to .jpgs using PDF-XChange Viewer. More image editing in preparation for upload to my gallery.

Started searching for, finding and downloading GGF Stanley’s city directory entries.

Also started Thanksgiving cooking: Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sweet Potato Pie and cornbread for stuffing. Gotta get up early in the am to bake Grammaw Annie’s Coca Cola Cake, then get the two turkeys in the oven. My house smells delicious!

Got that housekeeping done for the stack of papers on my desk. Consisted of getting each individual’s records into his/her labeled manila envelope and getting said envelope into its special place in my file cabinet. Also uploaded documents of deceased individuals to my ZenPhoto gallery. Moved each individual’s electronic documents and images into his/her file on my hard drive. “A place for everything and everything in its place.” (Did you know that phrase originated in 1827?)

Finally, I cleared off my desk in preparation to study a major character, my great-grandfather John Thomas Stanley.

Posted my cousin’s headstone for Tombstone Tuesday.

Planned menu and grocery list for Thanksgiving meal. My granddaughter is spending the night to help with the prep/cooking. Off to Walmart at 6 am to beat the crowds!