Betty,
Have a wonderful trip!! I hope you have a wonderful adventure that
exceeds your expectations!
Mona, (who was able to take such a magical trip a couple years ago.)
down the road in Hillsboro, MO
Mona_Houser@juno.com
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/
Hi Mona,
So, we don't live very far apart, since I am in St. Louis. Actually I live in Berkeley, 4 miles east of the airport.
I have been to Germany a few times and to Switzerland also. My daughter Sue has worked in Brussels and Zurich. I have a niece Karen who is married and has four daughters who lived in Weisbaumen, bordering Baden, close to Zurich. Karen and I have actually gone to the archives two years ago looking for my Widmer and Wuest ancestors. We found a few things. This time I am hiring a searcher to help us. I just have to get things together. I have to start on putting all this together in a book of some kind.
I started on genealogy in Dec. 1969. I sent letters to my Dad's brother and sisters with a brief form to fill out. They gave me the basis of my Scherle search.
Did the same for Mom's Hess side later the next year. In 1970, my youngest daughter Jenny was born. I would take Thurs. and do genealogy. Had to stop during the summer when all the children were home. Raised a large family.
In the early 80s, I did lots of searching. When I look in my original 4" binders, I am amazed at how much info I really have. Jenny was about 10 years old when she asked me if I was going to write a book about our ancestors. I told her I was playing with the idea. She said "Don't you think you had better get started?'' She must have thought I was old then. I remind her of that once in a while. I didn't do much for a long time. I started working "out of the home" and went to college. The year after my youngest son graduated from high school, I got my associate degree from a junior college.
But now I am retired!!! I worked at the USO at the airport. I am loving it. Besides genealogy, my next favorite thing to do is quilting. I do that on Tuesdays. There are six ladies and our children went to school together.
So now is the time to be really serious about gathering info and putting it together in a story. What do you think?
Betty
mona_houser@juno.com wrote:
Betty,
Have a wonderful trip!! I hope you have a wonderful adventure that
exceeds your expectations!
Mona, (who was able to take such a magical trip a couple years ago.)
down the road in Hillsboro, MO
Mona_Houser@juno.com
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/