Wednesday, April 14, 2010

RAIN, FAMILY TREES AND PROOFREADING

Managed to knock off another section of weeds today. Gee, three days in a row out in the mud pile. The weather man predicted showers for late today. Yeah, right. The word showers implies that the falling water doesn’t fall very long. Anything over an hour is rain, guys.

The pink rhodie on the north side is showing a little color. Just have to remember those May flowers that go with the April showers. And the April mud, and the April weeds……..:-) On the upside I’ve seen several lady bugs hanging out in out of the way places like the heather.

Getting a kick out of working on the family tree. Something that does catch my attention are the folks who either don’t pay attention when the program prompts them with a place name or copy what someone else has done without thinking about what they’re doing. That is when I’m not wincing. Are they in too big a hurry to think about what they’re doing or just not realize that there’s a problem?

As an example, I was working with an archived tree on Ancestry.com when I spotted a little problem with an entry, I’m reasonably certain that my I’m not sure how many greats are involved grandfather who was born in Normandy did not die in Alia, Delaware in 1031. I mean it’s just a hunch; but it’s not like Bayeux, Normandy and the east coast of North America are in the same hemisphere much less the same time zone.

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