Woohoo! It’s time for another Weekend Chat, my fellow WikiChatterers! And greetings one again from Cathey’s Creek, where at least I had one day of no rain so that I could mow the whole two-and-a-half acres in one shot. The only problem was mowing over the ruts left by the tree guys’ huge trucks. That made for some interesting colors being expelled from the mower.
On the Home Front: My sister was here for a week (well, my stepsister, but my sister, if you catch my meaning). We ate either at our house (with Dad) or at Dad’s house for four straight days. Would have been three meals, but my nephew drove up from Florida, so we had one more. We’re stuffed, not to mention that everything was off our diets. Going back on has been difficult as our stomachs have expanded and now, they get emptier quicker.
I got a bad case of poison oak while weeding, and didn’t know I had it until after it had already spread to some very particular places. This reminds me of learning to avoid getting chiggers by not sitting on the bank of the pond where we fished when I was a kid. You know what I mean! One time is all it takes.
We sent three more chairs, the last of them, I think/hope, to get re-covered. Just know that if you come to visit us, you will have to stand the whole time. Not really, but a couple of the couches are antiques, so I guess they’ll be just for show. (I think they’re meant to be sat on, but the wife rules, and as in most instances, this is a very good thing!)
On the Genealogy Front: I have been working on my elder daughter’s (well, my stepdaughter, but my daughter, if you catch my meaning) Shannon family. I hadn’t been working on them long before I heard from one of her distant cousins in that line offering some leads. I’m adding uncles and aunts and spouses, plus children. The problem with this family is that they had wanderlust! Tracking them is hard because many of them missed being counted in census records in some years. My daughter was not particularly happy to find out that two of her first cousins were in the 99th Indiana and the 101st Indiana during the Civil War! Well, it is what it is.
I was fortunate enough to have a G2G post I made over a year ago answered by a kind member who gave me a lead into some records for Barcelona, Spain. This family, Carcolse, would be my son-in-law’s family that came from Puerto Rico. The only record that stated his ancestor came from Barcelona (not just Spain) was in one son’s death certificate. Another record in PR also gave the immigrant ancestor’s second of those double-barrel surnames (Carcolse y Parlante). It is also the only record of that.
I thought I had found a birth certificate for this ancestor. This would have been a very exciting find because most Spanish birth registrations in this time period give not only the parents’ names, but all the grandparents’ names to boot. Alas, it was not his, though the name and the date were pretty close.
I’m a worry wart, so y’all do whatever you must to stay safe!
Enjoy the Chat!