Hello, my fellow WikiChatterers! And greetings from rainy Cathey’s Creek in the Land of the Waterfalls! The snow is gone, and now we’re just soaking wet! Glady Branch is up but not cresting, thank goodness.
I hope you’ve got all your shopping done. I have to confess that I was online finishing that up yesterday for the last two people on my list. (One was my WikiTree Widow!) We’ll have none of our kids this Christmas, so we’ll probably head over to my parents for a meal and sometime together.
On the health front: As my grandmother would have said: I’ve felt a mite poorly. Almost needed a hospital visit this week (probably should have gone anyway). Whenever I come down with something, I have to self-monitor how my heart is working (https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome). The couch became my nesting place for a couple of days. Feeling better today.
On the genealogy front: I’m still on the Orphan Trail for the England Project, third stage now. Bless them (esp. Lizzie!) for their patience! I think they must think I’m the student who was always held back! But I’m making progress. Also, I took a long shot and tried to break through a brickwall. I went to FS and typed in the name with a fairly wide parameter of dates for birth (1715- to 1735). While the Lawing name is rare here in the US, it seems that there were 658,117,385,966 people with the name William Lewing (the spelling then) being christened in England just between those dates!! It feels like attacking a castle with a pen knife!
My personal WikiTree research tips:
1) Drink coffee
2) Drink more coffee
3) Go to store and get more coffee
I’ve made more progress on my wife’s lines. I made one connection to a line on WikiTree, got a very quick merge approval from Bob K., and adopted a few orphan’s in one direct line. I’m still trying to connect to one Mayflower line, one Edward III gateway ancestor, and one French Huguenot in her family.
All in all, a mixed week for me. I know that we have several fellow WikiTreers who are also dealing with various issues in their lives. Let’s keep these and others close to our hearts this Christmas season.